Broadband for the Boonies
So let me see, Harper will add $400 Million to the Auto and the Aerospace funds, that promote those areas, which supposedly is supposed to increase jobs in that sector, and now he wants to spend a $100 Million more than that, to bring cable to the outback regions of Canada, or the more Rural Regions.
Broadband access, which provides high-speed links to the internet, is an economic necessity in a knowledge economy, but “as it currently stands, one in 10 Canadians does not have access to broadband,” a party news release said. (source - CBC News)
I am no math major, but I think that 90% is not bad, considering how few in the USA have Cable, or broadband Internet. Yet at the same time, the opposition parties suggest that using the money earned from the recent Cel Phone Auction be used, is interesting as well, but uh folks, don’t we have more pressing issues than laying cable to the farms and rural areas?
Sure, I’d want it if I lived there, so maybe it isn’t right for me to say, but I think we need to lower gas prices for those areas, because you know, food is a bit more important than watching YouTube on your computer. In addition, what they produce, costs more for us, because of that fuel, so rather than worrying about Fast Internet Access, how about we worry about more Kitchen Table issues, like the simple cost of living?
Oil per barrel is under $80, but the price at the pump goes down in a penny here, another here. Sure didn’t go up that way, and a direct result of the higher energy is being reflected in our shopping carts. So maybe Mr. Harper, stop throwing the money at the rural population to get votes, give us cheaper fuel, more environmental friendly energy sources, like all of the other parties offer.
Your stubborn mantra of sticking to fossil fuels, of saying any Green Plan will cost us money, is simply your way of paying back the Oil Industry for their support and contributions. Perhaps yes, a shift to GREEN policies will cost us more today, but you know what Stephen Harper, IT WILL COST US MUCH MORE LATER ON WHEN WE HAVE NO CHOICE.
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