Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

[Czech_pivo]

Several things here, though to me the greenhouses are a big one. Food security is national security.

Prime Minister Carney announces new measures to make groceries and other essentials more affordable for Canadians

Our plan is moving Canada’s economy from reliance to resilience, though some of the biggest long-term payoffs of this transformation will take time to be felt.

www.pm.gc.ca

The vast majority of the workers in those greenhouses, if they are located in Essex County (Kingsville-Leamington) will be staffed with legal Mexican workers on 1yr renewable work visas.

 

[lenaitch]

Same as with a hypothetical Alberta separation - why would Canada not allow existing Canadian citizens to retain their dual citizenship? What would be the criteria for revocation of citizenship? Would we suddenly refuse to recognize dual citizenship in the unique case of Quebec/Alberta?

Corvette uses a similar, also stupid electric door latch that has caused at least one death when the driver was trapped for several days after the battery failed and he was unable to open the door or access the emergency release.

I still don't get why they moved away from this:

Tech for tech's sake.

 

[PPCLI Guy]

The vast majority of the workers in those greenhouses, if they are located in Essex County (Kingsville-Leamington) will be staffed with legal Mexican workers on 1yr renewable work visas.

I am aware of trials to use synthetic labour to increase output / viability of large scale greenhouse operations. Automation is perfect for the 4 Ds: dull, dirty, dangerous, or demeaning, and there are Canadian companies that are market-ready to meet that demand

 

[daftandbarmy]

I am aware of trials to use synthetic labour to increase output / viability of large scale greenhouse operations. Automation is perfect for the 4 Ds: dull, dirty, dangerous, or demeaning, and there are Canadian companies that are market-ready to meet that demand

Vertical farming enters the chat:


B.C. entrepreneurs see sky as limit for vertical farming

Indoor farming expected to grow as dominant source for leafy greens in next decade

Up Vertical Farms launched production in March at its fully automated, custom-built, vertical-farming facility in Pitt Meadows.

Brothers Shahram and Bahram Rashti founded and financed the multimillion-dollar operation that is in a 50,000-square-foot building on 10 acres of ALR land, and they designed the company’s equipment, CEO Bahram Rashti told BIV.

https://www.biv.com/news/resources-agriculture/bc-entrepreneurs-see-sky-limit-vertical-farming-8271212

 

[Czech_pivo]

I am aware of trials to use synthetic labour to increase output / viability of large scale greenhouse operations. Automation is perfect for the 4 Ds: dull, dirty, dangerous, or demeaning, and there are Canadian companies that are market-ready to meet that demand

2 of the 4 D's correctly describe working on the line building a car, whether back at the old Plant 3 in Windsor where I worked as a Uni student or anywhere else in the world.

 

[Navy_Pete]

I recall reading somewhere that most (if not all?) the Chinese EV's that were imported by Canada before the 100% tariffs went into effect were Teslas built in China.

From ChatGPT:

That was pre-DOGE where Musk became kryptonite and also when there was large rebates generally on EVs.

The EV rebates not getting renewed, or being cut on Tesla specifically hurt their existing sales a lot, but I think the export will be focused on lower cost EVs.

Will be interesting to see how it plays out, as I'm sure China will control who gets to export what, and Musk didn't exactly make friends with them either