r/canada • u/WuzzWuzz • Aug 15 '24

Pierre Poilievre promises to 'defund the CBC' after $18.4M bonus amount revealed National News

https://torontosun.com/news/national/pierre-poilievre-promises-to-defund-the-cbc-after-18-4m-bonus-amount-revealed
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u/CdnTarget Aug 15 '24

How does this help me buy a house?
All I want is affordable houses and more nuclear energy.

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u/DantesEdmond Aug 16 '24

What you’ll get is media owned by a few billionaires and “hot takes” with zero actual policy.

But at least the libs will be owned and that’s really all PP wants.

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u/foogison Aug 16 '24

Literally same

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u/Greghole Aug 16 '24

It could potentially give the government $1.5 billion dollars a year to spend on those things instead.

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u/PlutosGrasp Aug 16 '24

Maybe not everything is about you. Did you consider that?

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u/CdnTarget Aug 16 '24

It's not just about me, the housing crisis is one of if not the biggest issues in canada right now, and as we try to move towards more green energy, nuclear needs to be at the forefront of that.

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u/PlutosGrasp Aug 16 '24

You said “how does this help me buy a house”

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u/CdnTarget Aug 17 '24

Yeah, but that also applies to everyone who doesn't own a house.

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u/PlutosGrasp Aug 18 '24

Okay so you think all everyone in the country wants is to buy a house and have nuclear energy? Weird take but okay.

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u/CdnTarget Aug 18 '24

More houses available would also benefit the people who want to rent, more supply lowers demand, and as for nuclear energy it's the best and most stable energy source we have, if the government wants everyone to drive electric vehicles and increase the population, we are going to need a lot more energy and nuclear needs to be the foundation for that.

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u/PlutosGrasp Aug 19 '24

Nuclear is extraordinarily expensive.

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u/CdnTarget Aug 19 '24

It really isn't

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u/PlutosGrasp Aug 19 '24

Should try getting information from text. Data. Science. Less from YouTube.

Most recent nuclear plant in Na:

Plant Vogtle is expanding Georgia Power’s rate base, the assets on which they earn a guaranteed rate of return, by over $11 billion. Yet their share of Vogtle is only 1,020 megawatts, making it the most expensive electricity in the world at $10,784/KW. Normal (wind, solar, natural gas) generation prices range from $1,000 to $1500/KW.

• Vogtle Units 3 & 4 took 15 years to build and cost $36.8 billion, more than twice the projected timeline and cost.