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Re: Petition to Withdraw Canada's Bill C-22

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Post by k12sosse »

myth_drannon wrote: post #129
alephnerd wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> then will act surprised as Canada's tech sector finds it even harder to create any consumer facing businesses... That's not why an indigenous Canadian tech industry is non-existent. Heck, China, Israel, India, South Korea, and Taiwan all have larger tech industries than Canada and have much stricter internet speech requirements (and in Israel and Taiwan's case are much smaller than Canada population wise). Canadian…

Canadian tech was thriving 10-20 years ago, there is a reason it was called Silicon Valley North. RIM, Nortel, Celestica, QNX... I can't explain what exactly happened. A simple explanation would be Liberals prioritized real estate growth, unlimited immigration to artificially boost GDP but I suspect the problem is more complex.

Balsilie sold out to America what China didn't steal and undercut is what happened

Re: Petition to Withdraw Canada's Bill C-22

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Post by k12sosse »

__turbobrew__ wrote: post #45
EmbarrassedHelp wrote: post #42

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The Liberal party members of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) are: * Jean-Yves Duclos: jean-yves.duclos@parl.gc.ca * Sima Acan: sima.acan@parl.gc.ca * Marianne Dandurand: marianne.dandurand@parl.gc.ca * Anthony Housefather: anthony.housefather@parl.gc.ca * Marcus Powlowski: marcus.powlowski@parl.gc.ca * Jacques Ramsay: jacques.ramsay@parl.gc.ca * Amandeep Sodhi: amandeep.sodhi@parl…

3 from Ontario and 4 from Quebec. As a western Canada resident it has been real old that we have been steamrolled by the east for the past decade.

Gotta have security clearance to be on the committee I suppose

Re: Petition to Withdraw Canada's Bill C-22

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Post by throwawayk7h »

tignaj wrote: post #141

Is ourcommons.ca an official House of Commons website? It says so but how do I verify before I submit the petition with my information?

it really should be .gc.ca for us to be sure.

Here's a chain of trust you can follow:

https://parl.gc.ca -> https://parl.ca

https://www.parl.ca/Committees/en/LANG/Contact?parl=37&sessi... -> ourcommons.ca

Re: Petition to Withdraw Canada's Bill C-22

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Post by SkyeCA »

badc0ffee wrote: post #52
stackghost wrote: post #47

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It's the tyranny of the majority. Ontario and Quebec together are like 65% of Canadians. I'm in BC and have made my peace with that. I would imagine people in PEI feel a similar way. Probably people living in Hope or Quesnel also feel similar about being steamrolled by Metro Vancouver and Victoria.

PEI gets 4 seats in the House of Commons.

As required by law.

Re: Petition to Withdraw Canada's Bill C-22

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Post by jibe »

koe123 wrote: post #146
alephnerd wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> then will act surprised as Canada's tech sector finds it even harder to create any consumer facing businesses... That's not why an indigenous Canadian tech industry is non-existent. Heck, China, Israel, India, South Korea, and Taiwan all have larger tech industries than Canada and have much stricter internet speech requirements (and in Israel and Taiwan's case are much smaller than Canada population wise). Canadian…

One thing I have been thinking about is digital tariffs. The US is perfectly willing to slam billions into ventures that lose money for years. EU for example doesn’t work that way. Consequence: US can develop faster, unconstrained by profitability, and capture the entire market before EU. This seems as US being more “innovative”, but realistically they are just running a perhaps similar engine way hotter at the cost…

First issue is you are conflating investment and subsidies.

Re: Petition to Withdraw Canada's Bill C-22

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Post by koe123 »

jibe wrote: post #155
koe123 wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One thing I have been thinking about is digital tariffs. The US is perfectly willing to slam billions into ventures that lose money for years. EU for example doesn’t work that way. Consequence: US can develop faster, unconstrained by profitability, and capture the entire market before EU. This seems as US being more “innovative”, but realistically they are just running a perhaps similar engine way hotter at the cost…

First issue is you are conflating investment and subsidies.

Quote the part where I state they are the same

Re: Petition to Withdraw Canada's Bill C-22

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Post by voidnap »

alephnerd wrote: post #123
8note wrote: post #121

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the biggest reason is that canadians speak English we could much more easily get a Quebecois tech industry than canadian

Smh what's with these dumb takes. Literally the only thing blocking a self-sustaining Canadian tech scene is the lack of capital. Has anyone who comments these hot takes ever talked with Canadian founders or tried to raise capital in Canada?!? Do y'all even know what a term sheet is? It doesn't matter if you live in Quebec, Alberta, or Nunavut - why the hell would I as a fund manager at Ontario Teachers, ScotiaBank,…

> The Carney admin has started to make the right moves.

What moves in particular?

Re: Petition to Withdraw Canada's Bill C-22

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Post by j16sdiz »

alephnerd wrote: post #13
fidotron wrote: post #8

While deeply unlikely to change anything it really is important as much noise is made about this as possible. On top of this will be C-34 which is just full no privacy anymore territory https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/everything-all-at-once-b... The gov do all this and then will act surprised as Canada's tech sector finds it even harder to create any consumer facing businesses leaving all the value being captured…

> then will act surprised as Canada's tech sector finds it even harder to create any consumer facing businesses... That's not why an indigenous Canadian tech industry is non-existent. Heck, China, Israel, India, South Korea, and Taiwan all have larger tech industries than Canada and have much stricter internet speech requirements (and in Israel and Taiwan's case are much smaller than Canada population wise). Canadian…

> Canadian tech is nonexistent because every Canadian pension fund, family office, and bank prefers to invest in American equities over Canadian equities.

I was told that we should never invest pension fund on local, because you salary is basically based on local industry. One need diversified investment.

Not sure how true this is, but that's what I have been listening for years.

(disclaimer: not canandian, not american

Re: Petition to Withdraw Canada's Bill C-22

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Post by tistoon »

tistoon wrote: post #119

I guess canadians get what they voted for... :)

Oh wait.. canadians there’s more on the way lol, Mark Carney just posted on X for ID identification for social platforms:

Today, our government introduced new legislation to protect our kids online. Canada's Safe Social Media Act will hold social media and AI platforms accountable, make them safer, and restrict access to social media for children under 16.

https://x.com/markjcarney/status/2064846939691139082?s=46

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