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  • Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.detoCanada@lemmy.ca•*Permanently Deleted*
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    9 months ago

    Would have been nice of the author to mention the massive amount of trade deals that Canada already has.

    Canada is the only G7 nation to have free trade agreements with every other G7 nation. The wikipedia page on Canadas trade deals is huge, 15 free trade agreements with 51 countries.

    And most of the countries he suggested in the article are under active negotioation, the big ones being:

    • ASEAN
    • Indonesia
    • Mercosur

    Canada could have free trade agreements with every country on the planet and would still probably trade more with the US because they’re right there, they make a lot of stuff, and are the worlds largest economy… We cant teleport goods around the planet yet.

    I think that targeted public funding to create domestic industries would be a much better way to secure the economy against US isolationism. Specifically in high tech industries. Why export 100$ worth of lumber to buy 1000$ worth of chairs if youll pardon my gross economic oversimplification.

  • Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.detoGames@lemmy.world•Steam - Update to User Reviews: New Helpfulness SystemEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I want to be able to rate games as ‘meh’, a lot of games i dont feel strongly enough to say its outright good or bad.

    Example: there is an extremely highly rated game from a few years ago that i got around to playing, but to me it was just okay and i’ll probably never get around to finishing it. Based on my achievement progress i find it highly unlikely that 95% of the reviewers have finished the game either. They probably reviewed it after playing for an hour.

    I dont want to review it as good or bad so instead i just wont.

    But if 0 is bad and 1 is good then tallying 0.5 as meh shouldnt be that hard.

  • Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.detoWorld News@lemmy.world•Quebec separation re-enters political debate thanks to TikTok-friendly leaderEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Increased barriers for trade will reduce the number of businesses wanting to do business in the region (different rules, regulations,.and red tape)

    They would also create their own currency eventually, so that introduces exchange rate problems. A single currency is almost always better for economic cooperation between states as it removes the uncertainty for long term contracts. Like before the Euro if a german company and an italian company wanted to do business they would have to use 2 different currencies, if one country sufferered a banking crisis that would basically screw over the other as their investment would then be worth a lot less. The UK already had their own currency so this part would actually be worse for Quebec.

    Lastly there would be brain drain. Now Quebec is the 2nd most prepared province to go off on its own (diversified economy, warm water ports) but its still a bad idea economically. Despite being a net contributer to the EU budget the UK cant make up for the money the EU gave to the UKs poorer regions, or invested in the countries institutions and industries. Its highly likely the same would happen here. And with the xenophobia for non francophones no longer able to be limited to people from outside Canada i suspect a lot of non Quebecois would leave. Skilled labor being so economically valuable this would just do further damage. Much like the UK outside the union it is harder for them to attract skilled labor from the continent and they are actually now in a net loss for skilled workers dispite increasing immigration.

    So no… not at all…

    Edit: those rules and regulations i mentioned in the first part im sure would include something about mandating French be used (at least at first) for businesses. The global economy is based on the English language. I work, as a Canadian, in Germany for a Germany company, i work in English every day. my German boss went to China on a business trip, they spoke to every professional the met in English. So while many Quebecois might see independence as preserving their language… That will fall away really quick when they realize the economy is more important. Ironically Quebec is probably more insulated from English by being a part of Canada.