Why can’t Canada dispose of its Recycling and Garbage? The Answer is we’ve killed our Manufacturing – May 2, 2019,

Why do I bash minimum wages on almost every single post I write? The answer revolves around manufacturing, prior to the industrial revolution the idea of wages and income taxes combination wasn’t sustainable at all. However, ever since this concept of minimum wages came into fruition, there’s been a fight to constantly increase it, which on the surface appeared to have worked. The reality is far different, however, what minimum wages have done is it’s sent manufacturing jobs to places like China and the Philippines. The article that I point to, validates my argument without even pointing to wages as the main culprit.

The GlobalNews article titled the following: If Canadian trash is turning into a diplomatic headache, why can’t we dispose of it ourselves? writes about the issues facing Canadians regarding recycling, now everyone should know the problem with garbage collection and recycling revolves around the government. Again, the assumption by most Canadians is that garbage and recycling collection is free, it’s not, but because it doesn’t come directly out of pocket, people don’t bother to learn how to properly recycle.

If this fee did come directly out of pocket, you’d see an immediate change in people behaviors, you’d see a different demand in consumers. But more importantly, when you start talking about trash you should be talking about the private sector, that would be more involved in the process if it wasn’t so regulated by the government, wages have sent manufactures all over Canada packing their bags and headed for cheaper shores. This, of course, equates to Canada having to sell its garbage and recycling. The developed world is getting more developed and beginning to make demands on its own, is that we’re now in a position of greater dependence, selling garbage and recycling is getting harder and harder to do.

This Philippines incident is actually just the beginning, but that article is another warning sign that Canada better warry of this dependence game we’re playing, I get it, on the surface, everything looks rosy in Canada right now, but be warned and I will say this again, Canada is becoming increasingly dependent on imports to maintain our standard of living, this is could trigger a currency crisis.

Interesting times ahead.