@TimedRome7264@EricDLombardi@JosephKarim1 A good question. Hard to compete with China at this. Of course subsidizing EV battery plants is just one aspect that may or may not pay dividends in the future
@EricDLombardi@JosephKarim1 Lastly, there are huge secondary benefits to carbon reduction, like a reduction in air pollution, which reduces health care burden etc and in studies shows it ends up paying for the transition itself. So regardless of global positives, there's still tremendous 'local' advantage
@EricDLombardi@JosephKarim1 We aren't responsible for China, nor do we have any authority over them. We do however have a say in how Canada operates and the decisions we make here, including how much carbon we choose to emit. That's why the discussion is actually about Canada and not China.
@EricDLombardi And the list goes on... we should decarbonize our heavy industries, switch to electric cars etc. To dramatically reduce air pollution, which would have hugely positive health benefits across society leading to better health outcomes which pays for decarbonization itself.
@leighbeadon @Diana_C_McNally @fordnation Emergency Management Ontario used to be under the Solicitor General but had moved in the past few years to the Treasury Board Secretariat. I'm assuming it's just to properly align the minister's role with the reorganization.
@Beth_Levy66 Based on his record he clearly doesn't. He's contributed literally nothing to the city except voting no on everything that could make the city better. It's all bloviating based on his ideological priors. And based on his previous speeches and council record, yes this is him.
@GraphicMatt How is this not a major scandal? Everything we learn about this bid it just gets more corrupt, expensive and anti-democratic. Who is even running this city?
@GraphicMatt Absolutely the worst, most useless councillor who contributes absolutely nothing to the city except to obstruct and continue to advocate for making Toronto a worse off city. Hard to understand why he's even a councillor except maybe for the attention.
@GraphicMatt What a clown. Holyday votes against funding anything and complains incessantly about waste and not being able to afford anything and yet votes for one of the most wasteful expenditures Toronto has ever been involved with. Boggles the mind why or how this guy is on council.
@anotherglassbox Consistently wins as the worst, most useless councilor year on year. This guy contributes nothing except regressive man yells at clouds vibes every time he speaks.
@joshuahind What's always amazes me about Toronto is how provincial many of its leaders and citizens are. We have people living here from all over the world, more so than the majority of cities on the planet and yet the idea of what a city could be is always so small-minded.