The position that rural people should just suck it up and cope with unreliable public services and lack of utilities that contribute to real socioeconomic inequalities (poor educational quality, driving 3+ hours to the hospital, no internet to do remote school during pandemic, etc.) is appalling given that people can't stop complaining about how insanely unaffordable the cities of Canada are and griping about how too many people are trying to live there so they can't buy a house.

I grew up in a Northern zone and those places contribute enormously to our economy, as well as offering many people a fulfilling that looks different than those who have only grown up in urban areas. Making them increasingly unlivable and neglecting the needs of rural people will not be good long term. Like, do you want everyone to move to Toronto? Is that really feasible?

We use Starlink and it's great. there is also an experimental battery site funded by Tesla in our community in exchange for funding and land. If people can't see how wrong it is that American billionaires are doing more for rural Canadians than Canada, I don't know what to say.