This will require strengthening domestic manufacturing, […] develop[ing] workforce resilience, domestic capacity and innovation right here at home. […] The solution lies in strengthening Canadians’ right to repair the products and devices we rely upon.
I found this overly strong at first, but it holds water. If there’s a market for it that means a domestic capacity for it and related technical, manufacturing-adjacent things.
DIY repair has saved me a lot of money and headache, and saved a lot of stuff from landfill. It should be an easy sell, but with everything going towards a subscription model - overtly or covertly - we aren’t supposed to own things anymore. I would expect the balance of lobby money to be on the other side of this issue every time.
I found this overly strong at first, but it holds water. If there’s a market for it that means a domestic capacity for it and related technical, manufacturing-adjacent things.
DIY repair has saved me a lot of money and headache, and saved a lot of stuff from landfill. It should be an easy sell, but with everything going towards a subscription model - overtly or covertly - we aren’t supposed to own things anymore. I would expect the balance of lobby money to be on the other side of this issue every time.
Yes… but most of that lobby money is American, and is currently otherwise occupied.