Sounds like they got you by the balls.

So, probably not much you can do.

These programs literally produce more money than they consume

Is there research you can provide to back that up?

Again, I’m all for it. But being devil’s advocate here, I just want some evidence.

Well jeez. I wasn’t saying I’m against it. I’d love to see it happen.

I don’t know of any success stories of it working at scale. I mean, countries using it at scale. Not cities or provinces. I was a part of the short lived pilot program in Ontario before it was axed. Axing it completely fucked me over. It worked. It worked great. I was about to invest in starting a business.

But you know exactly what the opposition will say, right? “How can we afford it?”. Even Trudeau said he saw no path to it. So really, I was just echoing what was already said, sure - but if it keeps getting cancelled then the public will have a sour taste.

Can we afford it right now is the question. I’m not against it by any means, though.

Agreed!

I like the rays of light.

Wonder if they’ll pull and id software type thing where the code is GPL

There ain’t no trust in this game. If it isn’t open source then it’s pretty much dead in the water. You can’t compete with OSS with closed code in this space, really. There’s a few alternatives (and ones that are more mature and proven) that will always be first choices.