Liberal (Minority/Majority) Government 2025 - ???

[MilEME09]

Fuel isnt the only thing adding cost, fertilizer is spiking fast. Farmers are in for a rough year

 

[Altair]

Fuel isnt the only thing adding cost, fertilizer is spiking fast. Farmers are in for a rough year

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It's weird that this war is going to benefit so many parts of the Canadian economy.

Oil and Gas-Alberta,Saskatchewan and NFLD & Lab

Fertilizer- Saskatchewan

Aluminium is spiking-Quebec

Shame about how many people are going to starve to death this year, but certain sectors in Canada stand to benefit.

 

[CBH99]

Fuel isnt the only thing adding cost, fertilizer is spiking fast. Farmers are in for a rough year

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And because of globalization, we are forbidden from taking care of our own needs first - then selling the surplus to a global cabal...right??

(Open question, please correct me if I'm wrong on this. Not meant in a snarky way)

It's weird that this war is going to benefit so many parts of the Canadian economy.

Oil and Gas-Alberta,Saskatchewan and NFLD & Lab

Fertilizer- Saskatchewan

Aluminium is spiking-Quebec

Shame about how many people are going to starve to death this year, but certain sectors in Canada stand to benefit.

I don't think this is what winning is supposed to feel like...

 

[AmmoTech90]

And because of globalization, we are forbidden from taking care of our own needs first - then selling the surplus to a global cabal...right??

Nope, capitalism. Companies are free to sell to who they want. And they want to sell to whoever will pay the highest.
We could take over the companies and make them sell to certain people at certain prices. That's not capitalism, that's an aspect of communism.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Shame about how many people are going to starve to death this year, but certain sectors in Canada stand to benefit.

Canadians are going to starve or other nations?

 

[brihard]

And because of globalization, we are forbidden from taking care of our own needs first - then selling the surplus to a global cabal...right??

(Open question, please correct me if I'm wrong on this. Not meant in a snarky way)



I don't think this is what winning is supposed to feel like...

Countries don’t sell to countries. Companies sell to companies. When you say ‘we… take care of our own needs first’, that only logically works if you’re talking about forcing companies here to sell to Canadians at a discount versus selling into the broad market at market rates. That’s bad for a lot of reasons.

 

[Altair]

Canadians are going to starve or other nations?

Canadians?

No, I wouldn't imagine. We can absorb the increase in food prices, as much as we grumble about it.

There are nations in Africa and Asia that just can not pay for fertilizer at those prices and can not compete with the first world in terms of bids for a limited supply.

Farmers or governments in Mali, Sudan, Congo, Bangladesh competing in a open market with farmers in France, Canada, USA, Germany?

Not happening. Many will be starving this year.

But Canada will be making money from the situation. Weird dichotomy

 

[Altair]

I don't think this is what winning is supposed to feel like...

No, not really.

I would sacrifice a few points of GDP if it meant that millions didn't starve to death but if it's going to happen, might as well make money off of it I guess...

 

[Jarnhamar]

No, not really.

I would sacrifice a few points of GDP if it meant that millions didn't starve to death but if it's going to happen, might as well make money off of it I guess...

Be nice if those countries spontaneously had a Star Trek style post-scarcity utopia emergence.

 

[HavokFour]

Be nice if those countries spontaneously had a Star Trek style post-scarcity utopia emergence.

Even if we had the technology to make that happen today, I don't think humanity as a whole is mature enough yet for it to not immediately turn out like every attempt at doing the communism thing.