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The Canadian economy is taking a hit mainly due to the fall in oil price. I note that we were at parity with the US dollar but now have fallen some 30% in value.
This all means that retail prices are going up quite a bit and the food bill for families are getting a lot higher.
It seems to me that a lot of the issues are down to the way Canada works. For example we spend billions to import petrol whereas we should be independent for petrol. We still have not built that pipe line to the east or west so our oil is landlocked. We can only sell our oil to the US and as it's our only market we get a even lower price for it.
Then to be frank our tourism market should be earning us billions more than we currently make. But we seem to employ idiots that couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery.
Then Canada could grow a lot more of our own food but again that industry is not doing as well as it should. Just one wee example of this is our Strawberry crop which is a lot smaller than it should be. I noted the UK's use of poly tunnels to greatly extend their growing season. Here in Canada we don't seem to do this so why not?
Then the way we purchase our drugs is also costing us billions. A far better procurement system could make a huge difference.
Then we don't seem to want to question what the private sector are doing at it seems to me a 30% reduction in the looney should make our exports 30% more competitive yet it seems to me our exports are hardly moving at all. Why is that?
I am already getting a bit fed up with our new Liberal government as they don't seem to be doing anything and they are already good at not answering questions.
I also note that I sent three emails to the old Prime Minister where each one was acknowledged and I actually got an answer to two of them from his staff. I've sent two emails to our new Prime Minister neither of which have been acknowledged.
The new budget is not being announced until March this year and many are calling for them to move this up. The Liberals are also holding their own special conference where I note that press have been excluded. So much for having a more open government.
So troubling times ahead but how do you actually change all this?
Alastair
This all means that retail prices are going up quite a bit and the food bill for families are getting a lot higher.
It seems to me that a lot of the issues are down to the way Canada works. For example we spend billions to import petrol whereas we should be independent for petrol. We still have not built that pipe line to the east or west so our oil is landlocked. We can only sell our oil to the US and as it's our only market we get a even lower price for it.
Then to be frank our tourism market should be earning us billions more than we currently make. But we seem to employ idiots that couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery.
Then Canada could grow a lot more of our own food but again that industry is not doing as well as it should. Just one wee example of this is our Strawberry crop which is a lot smaller than it should be. I noted the UK's use of poly tunnels to greatly extend their growing season. Here in Canada we don't seem to do this so why not?
Then the way we purchase our drugs is also costing us billions. A far better procurement system could make a huge difference.
Then we don't seem to want to question what the private sector are doing at it seems to me a 30% reduction in the looney should make our exports 30% more competitive yet it seems to me our exports are hardly moving at all. Why is that?
I am already getting a bit fed up with our new Liberal government as they don't seem to be doing anything and they are already good at not answering questions.
I also note that I sent three emails to the old Prime Minister where each one was acknowledged and I actually got an answer to two of them from his staff. I've sent two emails to our new Prime Minister neither of which have been acknowledged.
The new budget is not being announced until March this year and many are calling for them to move this up. The Liberals are also holding their own special conference where I note that press have been excluded. So much for having a more open government.
So troubling times ahead but how do you actually change all this?
Alastair
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