That would be good temporarily ...not so good for businesses selling across the border.
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Budget predictions 2021
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That would be good temporarily ...not so good for businesses selling across the border.
Blech. I never understood the draw of those things. I tried them. Not worth it for me. I'd rather pay more for better.
I met a girl from Belleville years ago and her first words were “I’m from Belleville but I’m not a stripper”.
So she was a stripper and a liar?
To be fair, I don’t really know...I just thought it was strange that she needed to qualify her statement about where she lived. Mind you, that was years ago, I know better now and just assume.
Escorts always say they don't strip....
sburns
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OK now I have to go there, just to see that turret on the building. Not for the milkshake, no lactose on the road.
Try to do it after covid. The last time I went (decades ago) there was model train that drove around up by the ceiling.OK now I have to go there, just to see that turret on the building. Not for the milkshake, no lactose on the road.
pfbmgd
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For sure and pick up some cheese curds to have with wine later .
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I prefer Black River cheese in Milford.All Natural Artisanal Cheese Since 1888 – Maple Dale Cheese
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Hmmm. Well Maple Dale is on the way to the cottage, Black River is a 1 hour detour.
I guess if i quantify stopping in Belleville for a milk shake, that and a small break is most of an hour....
Loop under and take the cable ferry for a change.
Let's compare.
I had to go to quebec city last year.
I'm a single car family household (although i do have the motorcycle).
Riding wasn't an option back then due to undetermined stay to luggage was needed.
But driving or riding there is about 8 hours, takes about a gas tank and a half to get there in a car (about $75-80), 2+ gas tanks on the bike (about $60) and then i have freedom to do what i want once i'm there although i might be a bit tired.
The train takes 10 hours and i can't even work since its an unsecured wifi, i get there, have to get a taxi but i'm more rested, costs $170
The plane takes about 1.5 hours (it's longer now since gotta stop in Montreal) you gotta be there an hour before at a minimum and takes about 30 minutes to get there and come back, so about 3.5 hours and if i'm lucky i have someone to give me a ride, otherwise its about $40 in taxi in YYZ and $25 taxi in YQB and the ticket is $440 so possibly $500.
So if they can get me a train that does it in half the time for maybe %25 more expensive, i'd be down. Make it Windsor, Hamilton, Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, Quebec at high speed and other cities with slightly slow VIA... you'd be in business...but obviously i'm not the first who's thought about this.
EDIT) oh and in covid times, you gotta take into consideration that train or plane = mask the whole time. Which is just an inconvenience and 10 hours masked might be a make or break for some people
Unsecured wifi can be dealt with easily with VPN. On a single ticket, it may be almost viable but many people travel with two or more and that strongly swings the economic balance to driving.
For a train to do the trip in half the time, it needs to have very very few stops. Toronto to Quebec City is 800 km. Each time it stops costs it >five minutes below cruising speed. With stops every 100 km, that's over an hour of not moving. I suspect towns would lose their crap if stops were more than 50 km apart which has you stopped for over two hours. Even if it travelled at 200 km/h, it would have trouble beating the car in time on a perfect run. Also any trip east from Toronto likely passes through Tyendinaga which has no problem halting traffic for days. It would also cost more than the car for a single ticket. For rail to be financially viable you need it full and it just wouldn't be on the vast majority of trips.
The upfront cost of the train is many billions. The per ticket subsidy for the train is very high (likely close to 1:1 of ticket price). If all of that money were given to airlines to buy down internal ticket prices, they may not be substantially worse than the train.
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The Canadian people are so dumb to fall for this again. I think the liberals have been promising daycare since Pierre
Mad Mike
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Deficits in this scale are bad. Really bad.
Deficits that come about throughout strategic spending are practical. Lighting dumpsters full of cash on fire is bad. Really bad.
Freeland finally passed her Accounting 101 and delivered an Election Budget.
Incredible 51% National Debt to GDP with projections to the pre pandemic level of 30% in 5 years.
Sprinkles for everyone and nothing to stimulate revenue other than a Luxury tax ($100 K cars, plains and boats) and a “Poverty Tax” of $4 per cartoon of cigarettes.
The 1% for foreign property ownership is laughable given it will only be implemented at the end of 2021.
And the 3% on Digital services will be passed up consumers so not very creative.
Incredible 51% National Debt to GDP with projections to the pre pandemic level of 30% in 5 years.
Sprinkles for everyone and nothing to stimulate revenue other than a Luxury tax ($100 K cars, plains and boats) and a “Poverty Tax” of $4 per cartoon of cigarettes.
The 1% for foreign property ownership is laughable given it will only be implemented at the end of 2021.
And the 3% on Digital services will be passed up consumers so not very creative.
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Nearly everywhere has a huge deficit!
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