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The Future of Television

George Dus
25 Mar, 2016
Media, Rants, Technology
Bell, broadband, Comcast, cord cutting, CRTC, government, Internet, Millennials, Net Neutrality, Rogers, streaming, television, TimeWarner Cable

Starting March 1st, 2016, cable companies are mandated by the CRTC to offer Canadians a skinny television package for $25. Canadians are paying the highest rates for Television and Internet services in the world. Why is that? Why are the cable companies so reluctant to even advertise the new package? More importantly, what does the

Ontario Proposes Basic Income Pilot Program

George Dus
10 Mar, 2016
Federal, Local, Politics, Provincial, US, World
assistance, automation, basic income, canada, employment, Finland, government, jobs, low income, money, ontario, poverty, robots, Switzerland, taxes, technology, universal basic income

While I was doing research, I stumbled upon a discussion on an American Progressive forum entitled “Canada plans to experiment with giving unconditional free money.” I was stunned that I had heard nothing about it. It wasn’t mentioned in the media. More surprisingly, I caught wind of it on a US political website. So I did a little