Obscure To-Do List
The following is the forgotten to-do list for the government. Easily implemented and empirically proven.
1) Digital Telecommunications
The e-commerce growth in Canada has been extremely slow. Lagging behind in this new market sector would be incredibly damaging for the future of Canada.
The government should invest resources into developing the fibre optic backbone (for areas which do not already possess dark fibre) and implement this under a new government-owned crown corporation (let's call it Not-Crackpot Bell). The infrastructure is leased out to ISPs at cost-plus (a little extra for expansion of the network).
This results in an internet service marketplace which has almost no market entry barrier, giving consumers a better price and better service. With the increase in bandwidth, e-commerce is given an environment in which it can thrive.
Cost? Possibly 10s of billions.
Gain? Probably 100s of billions.
2) Space Programme
Throw an extra 100 million into the space programme, effectively doubling its budget. Then commit to every single robotics portion of space programs across the entire world. NASA, ESA, Russian Space program, Chinese, Indian, Japanese and so on will use Canadian robotics from Canadarm to Rovers.
Cost? 100 million
Gain? Depends on how much we sell the robotics for, but we also get ties with every single country's space program which should lead to a brain gain.
3) Medical Nuclear Reactor / Nuclear Medicine
Build a new medical reactor asap. Replace the one at Chalk River, or upgrade existing reactors to this capability, or build a totally new reactor. It's not hard.
With a new set of reactors we can easily edge up control of the radioisotope market to 90%+. This allows us to fund the entire world's anti-cancer programs.
Cost? A few billion.
Gain? Aside from saving millions from cancer, the increase in worker productivity and thus income taxes, we'd also be selling the isotopes to cover most of the costs anyway.
4) Safe Injection Sites
The Lancet journal backed the safe injection site because statistical evidence has shown a 30%+ drop in deaths. There was an accompanying drop in crime rate.
Cost? Put one in every city, probably a million dollars per year per city. So what 100-150 million?
Gain? It's likely to be a decrease in policing and healthcare costs of 1-2 billion dollars.
5) Mental Hospitals
Bring back mental hospitals. Safe, comforting mental hospitals for the mentally ill and take them off the streets.
Cost? Probably 100-150 million across the country.
Gain? Likely 1-2 billion per year due to decreased policing costs.
1) Digital Telecommunications
The e-commerce growth in Canada has been extremely slow. Lagging behind in this new market sector would be incredibly damaging for the future of Canada.
The government should invest resources into developing the fibre optic backbone (for areas which do not already possess dark fibre) and implement this under a new government-owned crown corporation (let's call it Not-Crackpot Bell). The infrastructure is leased out to ISPs at cost-plus (a little extra for expansion of the network).
This results in an internet service marketplace which has almost no market entry barrier, giving consumers a better price and better service. With the increase in bandwidth, e-commerce is given an environment in which it can thrive.
Cost? Possibly 10s of billions.
Gain? Probably 100s of billions.
2) Space Programme
Throw an extra 100 million into the space programme, effectively doubling its budget. Then commit to every single robotics portion of space programs across the entire world. NASA, ESA, Russian Space program, Chinese, Indian, Japanese and so on will use Canadian robotics from Canadarm to Rovers.
Cost? 100 million
Gain? Depends on how much we sell the robotics for, but we also get ties with every single country's space program which should lead to a brain gain.
3) Medical Nuclear Reactor / Nuclear Medicine
Build a new medical reactor asap. Replace the one at Chalk River, or upgrade existing reactors to this capability, or build a totally new reactor. It's not hard.
With a new set of reactors we can easily edge up control of the radioisotope market to 90%+. This allows us to fund the entire world's anti-cancer programs.
Cost? A few billion.
Gain? Aside from saving millions from cancer, the increase in worker productivity and thus income taxes, we'd also be selling the isotopes to cover most of the costs anyway.
4) Safe Injection Sites
The Lancet journal backed the safe injection site because statistical evidence has shown a 30%+ drop in deaths. There was an accompanying drop in crime rate.
Cost? Put one in every city, probably a million dollars per year per city. So what 100-150 million?
Gain? It's likely to be a decrease in policing and healthcare costs of 1-2 billion dollars.
5) Mental Hospitals
Bring back mental hospitals. Safe, comforting mental hospitals for the mentally ill and take them off the streets.
Cost? Probably 100-150 million across the country.
Gain? Likely 1-2 billion per year due to decreased policing costs.
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