A company that nets $20 billion in revenue, recieved 44.3 million from Canadians, 20 Mil from Ontario

Once again… WHY!!!

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Because unlike China, we like publicly funding private enterprises without receiving any ownership. 🙂‍↔️

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      4 months ago

      It’s not just China

      The US received ownership when they bailed out companies in 2008. They just sold it to recoup the investment instead of controlling the company

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        4 months ago

        True but that was the exception to the rule. Most subsidies are given without any ownership stakes in return.

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    4 months ago

    subsidies to private enterprise are just another name for corruption.

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    4 months ago

    Goodyear Canada is set to invest more than half a billion dollars to expand and modernize its tire plant in southeastern Ontario, with the goal of making the plant net-zero in less than two decades.

    Car tires will not help us achieve net zero. EVs will marginally help but we achieve net zero with walkable/bikeable cities and improving our public transit infrastructure to be the fastest and most convenient option.