Windsor is not the home of many high tech companies, while Ottawa has been dubbed 'Silicon Valley North' because of its booming high tech industry. So hosting the conference in Ottawa makes sense to me.
Personally, I would like to see a conference like this hosted in Toronto. Then maybe I could attend:)
I like the idea of 'pollution credits' that have been considered for use here (in Canada).
Depending on the companies size, they would be giving a certain amount of credits with each credit allowing them to create x amount of pollution. These credits can be bought and sold between companies, so that firms that pollute less and that have spare credits can sell to firms who pollute more.
Ideally you would give out enough credits to cover the amount of pollution that is currently being produced, and then would gradually reduce x (the amount of pollution per credit) as to lower the overall pollution.
If a company fails to aquire enough credits to cover their pollution output, then massive fines are charged.
This type of system would have the effect of making it profitable to not pollute, as their leftover credits could be sold at a market determined level (which could be very profitable as the pollution credit "supply" diminishes)
The only problem that I see with this system is how it could be applied to imports. It would not be good if the forgien competition can undercut the domestic industry becauise they can pollute more. Tariffs are harder to impose now because of all the various free trade agreements going around...
Canada has significantly higher taxes, on both the corporation and its employees.
Canada's corporate taxes are among the lowest in the G7. The income tax rates are harder to compare because there are different loopholes, benefits, etc. associated with either country.
Yes, homogeneous. Do you have anywhere near to the ethnic minority population levels as the U.S.? I think not.
Sorry, but you are wrong. The ethnic minority levels in Toronto are expected to reach 50% within the next 5 - 10 years. It is expected that Canada will be the first country to change its 'colour' in recent times. (ie. whites will go from being the overwelming majority in 1900 to a minority by 2030)
Not because of the nature of the people, just because when you have a large groups of people with foreign cultures clustered together, it makes for a more balkanized culture, where people don't share the same values, and makes assimilation into the mainstream culture more difficult.
Instead of the American idea of a "melting pot", Canada has opted for a "cultural mosaic" where people *do not* assimilate into the mainstrean, rather they keep their customs and values. This approach has seemed to work very well. Our crime levels are no where near that of the US, where prisoner population per 100 000 people is nearly 6 times higher then Canada's rate(which is unfortunatly is still much higher than Europe's rate)
"Well, can you imagine broadband access, a 2000 percent improvement in the quality of the technology? And you let an iCrave get away with that? Why, it would put those television stations out of business."
Valenti just does not understand. iCrave T.V. won't put the television STATIONS out of business, it will put the Sony television manufacturing division out of business. All that iCrave does is to level the playing field causing increased competition. A television station in Halifax will now have to worry about competition from a larger station in Toronto. But that same Halifax station will have the chance to reach to a broader market if they are broadcast on iCrave too.
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Actually the metro Ottawa area has over 1 million people. It is the 4th largest city in Canada, following Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Windsor is not the home of many high tech companies, while Ottawa has been dubbed 'Silicon Valley North' because of its booming high tech industry. So hosting the conference in Ottawa makes sense to me.
:)
Personally, I would like to see a conference like this hosted in Toronto. Then maybe I could attend
I like the idea of 'pollution credits' that have been considered for use here (in Canada).
Depending on the companies size, they would be giving a certain amount of credits with each credit allowing them to create x amount of pollution. These credits can be bought and sold between companies, so that firms that pollute less and that have spare credits can sell to firms who pollute more.
Ideally you would give out enough credits to cover the amount of pollution that is currently being produced, and then would gradually reduce x (the amount of pollution per credit) as to lower the overall pollution.
If a company fails to aquire enough credits to cover their pollution output, then massive fines are charged.
This type of system would have the effect of making it profitable to not pollute, as their leftover credits could be sold at a market determined level (which could be very profitable as the pollution credit "supply" diminishes)
The only problem that I see with this system is how it could be applied to imports. It would not be good if the forgien competition can undercut the domestic industry becauise they can pollute more. Tariffs are harder to impose now because of all the various free trade agreements going around...
Canada has significantly higher taxes, on both the corporation and its employees.
Canada's corporate taxes are among the lowest in the G7. The income tax rates are harder to compare because there are different loopholes, benefits, etc. associated with either country.
Yes, homogeneous. Do you have anywhere near to the ethnic minority population levels as the U.S.? I think not.
Sorry, but you are wrong. The ethnic minority levels in Toronto are expected to reach 50% within the next 5 - 10 years. It is expected that Canada will be the first country to change its 'colour' in recent times. (ie. whites will go from being the overwelming majority in 1900 to a minority by 2030)
Not because of the nature of the people, just because when you have a large groups of people with foreign cultures clustered together, it makes for a more balkanized culture, where people don't share the same values, and makes assimilation into the mainstream culture more difficult.
Instead of the American idea of a "melting pot", Canada has opted for a "cultural mosaic" where people *do not* assimilate into the mainstrean, rather they keep their customs and values. This approach has seemed to work very well. Our crime levels are no where near that of the US, where prisoner population per 100 000 people is nearly 6 times higher then Canada's rate(which is unfortunatly is still much higher than Europe's rate)
"Well, can you imagine broadband access, a 2000 percent improvement in the quality of the technology? And you let an iCrave get away with that? Why, it would put those television stations out of business."
Valenti just does not understand. iCrave T.V. won't put the television STATIONS out of business, it will put the Sony television manufacturing division out of business. All that iCrave does is to level the playing field causing increased competition. A television station in Halifax will now have to worry about competition from a larger station in Toronto. But that same Halifax station will have the chance to reach to a broader market if they are broadcast on iCrave too.