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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • If there’s one thing you can count on, it’s the greed of corporations. That means they will try to cut costs every means possible in order to maximise profit. If going green saves them a dime, they will do it. This isn’t a hard concept to understand.

    Will they reduce prices rather than pocket the change? Probably not… But y’all are acting like the carbon tax is meant to reduce prices??? It’s meant to save the fucking planet.


  • Sure, that happens in the short term. But it also incentivizes the biggest polluters to reduce polluting as there is now a cost associated with polluting. Maybe a competitor is able to come in with a greener process and thereby undercut the competition. This is like, capitalism 101. It boggles my mind that people can argue that a carbon tax doesn’t work.

    Also… News flash: the world is fucked and the cost of everything is going to rise no matter what. It’s time to get uncomfortable
















  • ahal@lemmy.catoCanada@lemmy.caHappy Canada Day
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    5 months ago

    This is a wholesome reply, so not saying this to shame or anything, just to inform. I don’t think it’s something many people realize.

    But the statement “we’re all Canadians” is quite literally untrue. Many indigenous people do identify as Canadian and that’s great. But many others vehemently do not. What’s more is their right to self government is enshrined in the constitution, so they are actually sovereign nations living within Canada.