dealing with the American shitstorm
getting us on a greener path
Can you clarify your position or share the article you read? I might have missed those points when I read the https://www.budget.canada.ca/ report
there are parts I’d like more of and otherd of which I’d like less
broad compromise that I think is reasonable to a large swathe of Canadians,
A bit vague no? What do you mean?
Thanks.
That $2B USD from the digital service taxes would not be so bad now.
Also, guess who will pay less taxes, and who will foot the bill?
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/11/government-of-canada-releases-budget-2025-canada-strong.html
A bit better diluted: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/budget-highlights-9.6966595
(detailed): https://budget.canada.ca/2025/report-rapport/pdf/budget-2025.pdf
The author surely likes that the mascot is a dog. It feels more of a read and analysis of the terms of use than a deep dive of the tool but it was a good reading and I liked the suggestions.
I also liked the "reminder".
Edit: you should share this in some community as a post, every time I see this kind of website (pure content no-nonsense) it is shared is in the comments. 15 years ago this kind of stuff was easy to find, but nowadays, I only see them in comment sections. Even the search engine recommended around here would list a bunch of junk in the first pages.
I understand better your points now, thanks for sharing your thoughts and optimism, I needed some optimism.
When I first read the report on budge.canada the "greener path" shows that pretty much everything ended in 2024. Moving forward they mention carbon capture without details what kind of investment they are putting money in (best I could find is funding this https://www.alberta.ca/carbon-capture-and-storage that is also a bit vague), investing in mining (justifying that mining specific minerals helps the environment, but no mention on how to make mining less damaging to the environment and hold companies accountable) and removing the carbon cap saying that investments in several sectors would reduce the emissions anyway. A lot of wishful thinking on the budget text, or on the worst case mental gymnastics malice.
Like, there is this promising
I would love to see the government working with farmers to keep production high and with low footprint. Despite the text being vague on how/who will get the money, farmers are already very thin on their footprint, usually limited to the access of resources to maintain their farms (heat, fertilizers, etc...). A farmer that only has access to gas for heat would not be able to reduce their footprint unless other options are made available.
I also felt like there is no handling "american shitstorm" either, there are plenty of brags on how they capitulate and are one of the least impacted by tariffs because of that.
Also, good thing you bought up the taxes. One thing I found interesting while reading the PDF version earlier, they pretty much teach us on many ways to avoid paying them, I wish that was easily available at the CRA website. =P