Free trade benefits all countries involved, IF they play by roughly similar rules. Free trade with countries with no human rights, environmental rules, labour laws, or with manipulated currencies is economic suicide.
Google and Netflix are still probably the losers in that exchange. The result will be somebody else coming in and serving that niche in Canada, a force which may eventually be able to expand outward into Google and Netflix territory -- a force they would want to nip in the bud with their superior market presence. It's not like the secret of streaming video technology is unknown to Canadian engineers, and its not like Netflix or YouTube are so critical to Canadian day to day life that to cut off Netflix access would cause an overnight revolution.
Possibly, say Rogers and Bell. Who are, coincidentally, trying to setup a streaming service. And who more or less control the CRTC. Hrmm....
Seeming to oppose any favoured piece of legislation automatically makes you a troll to that party's supporters. And that is the state of political discourse today.
China, and a bunch of their allies in South America who have formed a political/economic union, get together and oust the democratically elected president and parliament of Mexico and get appointed a group who immediately pull Mexico out of NAFTA and force them to consider joining a Chinese-controlled defence bloc.
Further imagine that the northernmost Mexican states are primarily populated by ethnic white Americans, and that the new Mexican state is openly hostile to Americans and is threatening to exterminate them.
Oh, and imagine that your only warm-water naval port was located in a part of Mexico that used to be part of the US, and also that a large part of your foreign trade depends on pipelines that go through Mexico to reach your customers.
Then imagine that those northern states rebel and demand to join the United States.
Mat leave is prioritized in western countries because our economy prioritizes constant growth over all other considerations, and because we aren't having enough children to satisfy that growth over the coming decades. So mat leave laws exist to try to encourage people to have more children.
And yes, I know constant growth in a finite world is stupid. But so is a debt-based money system.
I suspect that if done right, it may have a marginal affect. But since there's no chance of increased spending actually being spent in that mannger, I'll have to not hold my breath.
OK, so even though education spending is at an all-time per-student high, you can't find a single jurisdiction that has solved any of the problems you advocate spending more money on education for?
Can you point to a jurisdiction that has spent money in the ways you're now advocating and has solved the economic problems you listed previously?
Actually, with the prison population being as high as it is in the US, it's possibly the only country in the world where more men than women get raped nowadays.
I think it's safer to say that most human beings will eventually abuse any power given to them. Since governments are run by human beings, it's also safe to say that all governments abuse their power. That's why the US Constitution tried so hard to limit government scope and power. Unfortunately, since governments abuse their power, and sheeple want "someone" to take care of them and protect them, those protections have been whittled away, anyway, but it was a good effort.
A tourist visiting Canada and staying in a hotel is generally not eligible for their nationalized health system. They expect payment/etc just like most other countries would. I don't know the details, but I wouldn't be surprised if they offer free healthcare to citizens of comparable countries that reciprocate for emergency conditions/etc, which would be fairly logical.
I doubt it. I think you're expected to carry travel insurance. I know as a Canadian I don't get covered out of the country by provincial health care.
And people here routinely get screwed by discount travel insurers that refuse to pay up when they get sick in the US. My extended medical insurance, provided by my employer, includes decent travel medical, though.
Borrowing money to make more money can make sense, but that is not consumer debt. Consumer debt is borrowing money to buy stuff now that you can't actually afford.
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Free trade benefits all countries involved, IF they play by roughly similar rules. Free trade with countries with no human rights, environmental rules, labour laws, or with manipulated currencies is economic suicide.
Google and Netflix are still probably the losers in that exchange. The result will be somebody else coming in and serving that niche in Canada, a force which may eventually be able to expand outward into Google and Netflix territory -- a force they would want to nip in the bud with their superior market presence. It's not like the secret of streaming video technology is unknown to Canadian engineers, and its not like Netflix or YouTube are so critical to Canadian day to day life that to cut off Netflix access would cause an overnight revolution.
Possibly, say Rogers and Bell. Who are, coincidentally, trying to setup a streaming service. And who more or less control the CRTC. Hrmm....
They have lots of staff.
Yeah, it's just awful having those billions of dollars falling out of the ground. We can barely stand it.
They can try and recline, but my knees are already there. But most of the time I'll just pay for exit row, if I have the choice.
Seeming to oppose any favoured piece of legislation automatically makes you a troll to that party's supporters. And that is the state of political discourse today.
"Life" can mean a lot of different things. Ask JFK.
Yeah I only added white because many in the US obviously wouldn't care, if they were black or hispanic ...
Imagine this scenario ...
China, and a bunch of their allies in South America who have formed a political/economic union, get together and oust the democratically elected president and parliament of Mexico and get appointed a group who immediately pull Mexico out of NAFTA and force them to consider joining a Chinese-controlled defence bloc.
Further imagine that the northernmost Mexican states are primarily populated by ethnic white Americans, and that the new Mexican state is openly hostile to Americans and is threatening to exterminate them.
Oh, and imagine that your only warm-water naval port was located in a part of Mexico that used to be part of the US, and also that a large part of your foreign trade depends on pipelines that go through Mexico to reach your customers.
Then imagine that those northern states rebel and demand to join the United States.
What would you do?
Mat leave is prioritized in western countries because our economy prioritizes constant growth over all other considerations, and because we aren't having enough children to satisfy that growth over the coming decades. So mat leave laws exist to try to encourage people to have more children.
And yes, I know constant growth in a finite world is stupid. But so is a debt-based money system.
Yeah, when even winning results in 4% or more of your total population dying, the appetite for war can diminish.
Not that normal people ever want war. Certainly not war in their own country or anywhere close to them personally.
Well, maybe it would give them a reason not to go $100k into student debt learning a skill that will be useless.
I suspect that if done right, it may have a marginal affect. But since there's no chance of increased spending actually being spent in that mannger, I'll have to not hold my breath.
OK, so even though education spending is at an all-time per-student high, you can't find a single jurisdiction that has solved any of the problems you advocate spending more money on education for?
Can you point to a jurisdiction that has spent money in the ways you're now advocating and has solved the economic problems you listed previously?
Can you point to a jurisdiction that has solved any of those problems through increased education spending?
Yeah if it looks like I won't have room over my seat I'll dump my bag 5+ rows forward; I can grab that on the way out, but not if it's behind.
Actually, with the prison population being as high as it is in the US, it's possibly the only country in the world where more men than women get raped nowadays.
I think it's safer to say that most human beings will eventually abuse any power given to them. Since governments are run by human beings, it's also safe to say that all governments abuse their power. That's why the US Constitution tried so hard to limit government scope and power. Unfortunately, since governments abuse their power, and sheeple want "someone" to take care of them and protect them, those protections have been whittled away, anyway, but it was a good effort.
Banning prostitution and gambling is just as stupid as banning drugs.
Yeah I don't believe that's the case. The provinces have agreements, but I don't think there's any country-level reciprocity.
A tourist visiting Canada and staying in a hotel is generally not eligible for their nationalized health system. They expect payment/etc just like most other countries would. I don't know the details, but I wouldn't be surprised if they offer free healthcare to citizens of comparable countries that reciprocate for emergency conditions/etc, which would be fairly logical.
I doubt it. I think you're expected to carry travel insurance. I know as a Canadian I don't get covered out of the country by provincial health care.
And people here routinely get screwed by discount travel insurers that refuse to pay up when they get sick in the US. My extended medical insurance, provided by my employer, includes decent travel medical, though.
I said consumer debt.
Borrowing money to make more money can make sense, but that is not consumer debt. Consumer debt is borrowing money to buy stuff now that you can't actually afford.
In a country like Canada you can't just move there for six months to have your cancer fixed.
Sure you can. You just have to call yourself a refugee.
All consumer debt is a scam.
The only debt you should ever take on should be for a first home, and you should pay it off as fast as possible.
You will always be further ahead financially if you never pay interest charges.
There is also a small argument for a car loan if you need one to get a job and can't come up with the cash.
And then the FBI will walk in with an NSL and demand the keys. Just like they do now.