[HN Gopher] The federal government promised to plant two billion...
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The federal government promised to plant two billion trees. How's
that going?
Author : voisin
Score : 49 points
Date : 2024-03-30 17:59 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| transcriptase wrote:
| "The problem with the program is not that the goal is not
| laudable. It is that the program has not really been designed to
| achieve its goals," he said.
|
| A pattern with the current government.
|
| Even with their main fulfilled promise of legalization of
| Cannabis, the stated goal throughout the legislative process was
| to undercut and eventually choke off the black market.
|
| Instead they cherry picked the most onerous regulations from the
| alcohol and pharma industries and taxed it like tobacco... while
| basically ending any sort of enforcement against black market
| operators.
|
| 5 years in the black market is larger and more public facing than
| ever, while licensed producers all circle the financial drain
| because they can't possibly compete with illegal growers and
| retailers who pay no tax and follow no regulations (eg. release
| testing for pesticides, herbicides, heavy metals, mold).
| gottorf wrote:
| > Instead they cherry picked the most onerous regulations from
| the alcohol and pharma industries and taxed it like tobacco...
| while basically ending any sort of enforcement against black
| market operators.
|
| The worst of both worlds!
| passwordoops wrote:
| Just listened to a podcast today with a focus on the Ontario
| budget, but they do discuss how this pattern is the norm for
| most, if not not all, provincial governments too. (1)
|
| It's like governing is the end goal and not a means for the
| political class, so we end up with crummy policy across the
| board.
|
| (1) https://thehub.ca/2024-03-29/this-government-is-oblivious-
| th...
| beezlebroxxxxxx wrote:
| The general sense I get from every Canadian politician,
| regardless of whether they're at the municipal, provincial,
| or federal, level, and regardless of party, is that they are
| much better at _getting elected or re-elected_ than they are
| at actually passing legislation or making their stated
| platforms a reality. The federal level would be helped with
| an actual 3rd contender, but the NDP have been floundering
| since Layton passed. Instead the 2 major parties are just
| ideological vacuums with no point or goal but to cycle in and
| out of power.
| multiplegeorges wrote:
| The NDP have forced the current Liberals to pass two of the
| most impactful programs in a LONG time: universal dental
| coverage and now pharmacare.
|
| They may be floundering in the polls, sadly, but their
| impact has been immense.
| 14 wrote:
| Sadly the NDP have lost their way and will not be winning
| an election for a long time. Jagmeet needs to be
| replaced. Move away from liberal policies and create
| their own political agenda that defines them.
| avtar wrote:
| The following article sheds some light on the corporate
| lobbying that's been taking place within the NDP
| (provincial and federal) since Layton's era:
|
| https://breachmedia.ca/ndp-lobbyists/
|
| Seems like it's just neoliberalism all the way down,
| regardless of the party.
| bryanlarsen wrote:
| The cannabis black market is steadily shrinking in Canada.
|
| https://mjbizdaily.com/canadas-legal-cannabis-market-winning...
| 14 wrote:
| There are definitely struggles on both sides of the matter.
| Regulated sellers have the worst expensive low potency weed.
| Black market producers can no longer sell at a high premium.
| The government made these rules knowing it would perpetuate the
| black market. People want to see the weed they are buying yet
| sanctioned stores have to have all their products in packaging
| you can not see through. Edibles have to be of such low potency
| it is laughable. They stores are selling weed that is 9+ months
| old. So many issues. Black market guy just selling high quality
| weed he smokes himself so no he doesn't put any crazy
| pesticides or things like that into it. Has to make one wonder
| why the government made these rules when they serve no purpose
| other than making a black market viable. But again the struggle
| is on both sides gone are the days of $2500 a pound. It's way
| down.
| fbdab103 wrote:
| There was a Planet Money story[0] about how legal growers are
| struggling because there is too much competition from not
| enough buyers. Maybe black market competition is to blame, but
| I would love to see some hard numbers on where the majority of
| purchases are made. My knee jerk reaction is to believe that
| most people are lazy and will pay for the convenience of a
| brightly lit store front instead of locating their local
| dealer.
|
| Choice quote from the article: There are just
| over four million people in Oregon, and so far this year,
| farmers have grown 8.8 million pounds of weed. Which means
| there's nearly a pound of dried, smokable weed for every single
| person in the state of Oregon. As a result, the sales price for
| legal marijuana in the last couple of years has plummeted.
|
| [0] https://www.npr.org/2023/11/29/1197955821/marijuana-state-
| fe...
| spurgu wrote:
| Seems to be going better in India:
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adTsC7RPlUs
| WillAdams wrote:
| Also in Africa:
|
| https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/great-gree...
| kgbcia wrote:
| Wish they could plant some random crops like potatoes and corn to
| the mix. And a healthy barrier to prevent wildfire from
| destroying all their work.
| osigurdson wrote:
| Long ago, I tree planted for a few weeks one summer as a teenager
| where everyone was was paid by the tree. I worked very hard to
| planting trees properly using correct techniques to help maximize
| the probability of their survival. There were a couple of "ultra
| high performing" teams that we eventually learned were simply
| burying trees. I thought eventually they would be caught and
| fired but in the end the management company was also in on the
| scam - ultimately declaring bankruptcy and no one got paid. It
| was an interesting lesson for me both in terms of doing truly
| hard work / living in nature as well as corruption in government
| contracts.
|
| Given Justin Trudeau's abysmal corruption and competency records,
| I expect that money will be buried in Katimavik Bitcoin wallets -
| no need to bury actual trees.
| aurizon wrote:
| Start 'Bitwood' - it might become a thing...
| ProllyInfamous wrote:
| I just purchased a very small part of a forest, an inholding
| within 8000 acres of protected land trust and 40,000+ of national
| forest surrounding.
|
| Having no clue of the actual number, I suspect I now own
| thousands of trees. Last week, I owned zero trees.
|
| Thankfully this US state offers multiple forms of conservation
| easement, which will allow me to keep trees on 99% of the land
| (building two tiny homes on dozens of acres). Perhaps I might
| even generate some authentic _carbon offsets_?
| losvedir wrote:
| That's pretty interesting. Do you have any more info about how
| you did that or how you found it or how much something like
| that costs? Was it just a sustainability donation kind of
| thing, or do you intend to (or can you) live there or visit?
|
| We donate to a Shirley Heinz Land Trust which buys up decrepit
| lots around where we live in Gary, IN and around there, and
| restores them into preserves. But it's nothing on the scale of
| what you bought, it sounds like.
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