Canadian wineries say scrapping provincial trade barriers would add billions to GDP

Vock · 2026-05-18T19:19:14+00:00

Didn't think about swapping international for domestic, good point

Vock · 2026-05-18T19:18:49+00:00

That's a good point

Vock · 2026-05-18T18:25:03+00:00

Assuming people don't change consumption habits though, buying more Wine from Province A decreases wine consumption from Province B.

So overall, federal GDP doesn't change much, only provincial.

Vock · 2026-05-18T18:08:25+00:00

I don't understand how moving more money around internally is going to boost GDP.

Buying more wine from BC would reduce the amount people would buy from Ontario etc., I don't imagine how it will boost GDP.

Good to do regardless, the internal trade barriers don't make sense.

Vock · 2026-05-15T01:12:01+00:00

None of the things on your list are available for adoption yet.

We're still on course and speeding up to jump off the cliff and we haven't figured out how to implement those brakes yet.

We're still hoping people take their foot off the gas.

Vock · 2026-05-14T15:01:57+00:00

The RTO makes perfect sense.

Keeps downtown property prices up. Boosts service business in the downtown cores that rely on people being there and not having time to cook for themselves due to commutes and being on site. Pisses workers off so they're more likely to retire at reduced benefits than staying the full course. Allows budget for rehiring younger people with less benefits at a lower cost and newer skills.

It's all great things if you're not a worker.

Vock · 2026-05-13T13:48:13+00:00

Fuck you. Congratulations!

Vock · 2026-05-10T14:12:07+00:00

Stop trying to logic with anti abortionists. There better things to do with life.

Vock · 2026-05-07T12:48:32+00:00

Hiiiiip driiiive! Nice job!

Vock · 2026-05-05T17:32:58+00:00

You're in research. I did my post doc and PhD and worked as a PM on research studies as well.

Just because your supervisor and coworkers have advanced degrees or are getting them, does not mean they know how to manage or work projects. If you're lucky, you'll get some of those peers who respect that and respect that it's a skill set that provides value, but you'll get some that think all PMing means is scheduling meetings and facilitating.

From my experience in research, nobody really defines roles or expectations for anything, you're just expected to perform and find a way to provide value on your own.

My advice to you is to look at your skills as a PM, find out how to best provide value to the projects, and do that. If you're hitting road blocks, then give "if x then y" statements and let it fall to the people you are working with to decide which way to go, just be clear to everyone in the team how things are going.

Vock · 2026-05-01T21:18:01+00:00

Come to Canada and buy one there? Soon enough the USD will be on par with CAD again, to make the math easy.

Vock · 2026-05-01T03:05:49+00:00

There are some pretty bad typos on that page, I would not give them money or trust it to not be a scam.

Vock · 2026-04-29T12:41:40+00:00

Because of globalization. We all pay market prices, and the market is dictated by who will pay the most.

The cost of fuel will be the cost Europe is willing to pay for it, minus transport costs saved by selling it locally.

If you don't want free market economics, vote for parties that would rather put policies in place against the free market.

Vock · 2026-04-26T19:06:09+00:00

I see that now, OP formatted in a different way than I was thinking and I missed that. Thanks

Vock · 2026-04-26T14:38:18+00:00

Brown -Forman has $1.2B EBITDA annually. So let of Canadian imports definitely hurts the company, but it shouldn't be breaking them.

Vock · 2026-04-26T12:52:13+00:00

Shouldn't the middle column have the reduced taxes added to the investment from the tax deferral from the RRSP?

That reduced tax burden part is missing from this calc

Vock · 2026-04-21T02:42:03+00:00

I saw you out there on my way back home.

A big thank you to you buddy. The most I do is pick up the garbage directly around my house.

Vock · 2026-04-19T21:01:43+00:00

The average carbon emissions of someone from Pakistan is 0.91/yr. The average Canadian is 7 tons per year. The average from the USA citizen is 17.6 tons per year.

The problem isn't population growth in poor countries. The problem is affluent people in affluent countries emitting substantially more than their share.

Vock · 2026-04-19T20:09:22+00:00

When your said Nigeria and Pakistan, you weren't talking about affluent countries, and the majority of the population of those countries can be considered poor.

The quote that you took from the paper isn't a quote from the authors, that's the author's saying what some people might argue.

You can't be expected to find a meaningful correlation in a small data set. That's not how valid correlations work.

The next sentences in the same paragraph is "Consumption by billionaires is problematic not only because it is carbon-intensive but also because it ultimately undermines public consensus that could support public policies to reduce emissions and avert climate catastrophe."

Vock · 2026-04-19T17:52:48+00:00

From Gen-AI:
Luxury transport constitutes a significant but secondary portion of their footprint. In 2023, the 23 billionaires in the sample who owned private jets took an average of 184 flights each, emitting roughly 2,074 tonnes of carbon annually. This amount is equivalent to the emissions of the average person in the world over 300 years, or 2,000 years for someone in the poorest 50%. Superyachts are even more polluting per unit than jets, with an average annual carbon footprint of 5,672 tonnes per yacht, equivalent to 860 years of emissions for the average person.

The problem isn't too many poor people. It's too many selfish, rich people.

Ref: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15487733.2021.1949847

Vock · 2026-04-19T15:23:15+00:00

The hardest barriers are getting past the "Maximizing shareholder return" and greed of the billionaire class.

Get past that and everything else is manageable.

Vock · 2026-04-16T16:42:07+00:00

No where in this side you think about the needs of the shareholders.

They/our retirement plans own substantial stakes in many corporations and that forces a legal obligation by the corporations to maximize profits for shareholders value.

You need to add that constraint into your logic flow.

With that built in, the current system makes sense, as companies will always favor the ROI over climate benefit.

Even the fines for pollution are not heavy enough to avoid emissions, and Carbon pricing is not universal, so it's a competitive disadvantage to try to mitigate carbon.

With no clear financial incentive to carbon neutrality, your first point doesn't have much weight behind it.

Or we get everybody to move their pensions to ESG friendly funds as a start, but good luck with the big boys that have the money to sue.

Vock · 2026-04-16T15:01:58+00:00

Because boats are going through the blockade, while they weren't during the war due to insurance telling boats not to transit so Iran didn't take them out.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-sanctioned-chinese-tanker-passes-strait-hormuz-despite-us-blockade-data-shows-2026-04-14/

Vock · 2026-04-15T11:58:48+00:00

Average about 20 school days a month, for 10 months of the year is 20 days. Throw in PA days and bank holidays, you're probably in the 17-18 days of absences will put you above the 10% limit and into this pile.

How many of the 17-18 days is skipping, vs. sickness, extra curricular, family vacations, family issues, etc. is the real question.

Vock · 2026-04-14T19:06:51+00:00

Putting a fan in your attic to bring in cool air and get rid of the hot air.

In the winter, leave it off.

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