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Originally Posted by ken0042
However by making this program a "success" by being so popular, they can justify continuing the program. Then next year you can write another even bigger cheque. And make sure you write that cheque out of your kid's university fund account as well, because they will be the ones who end up actually paying for this- with interest.
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Don't know what to say to this, but this is the NDP we are talking about. They could not care any less whether any program they start is "successful" or not.
This is evidenced by a couple things;
1) The money that has been allocated for this program is supposedly coming from the carbon tax grab which ultimately goes through general revenue to begin with. There is no way to actually track it of course because...well...math is hard after all. Suffice to say however, that no matter how many people actually use this service, it will be deemed a massive success that has us saving the planet one light bulb at a time. In the NDP ideology nothing they do can be considered anything but a good idea regardless of actual impact. See the Leap Manifesto for details.
2) They have already deemed this to be of such good social benefit, that after the initial portion of the contract (a year or so apparently) they have written into the agreement with Ecofit that the whole business model employed will be absorbed by....them! A whole new crown corporation for her highness to oversee and employ unionized workers with. It's a win-win for the NDP.
The whole thing is a black hole of waste and whether or not I, you , or anyone else takes part is so irrelevant, its comical. This thing is here to stay...or at least until 2019 when hopefully it isn't so entrenched and expensive to undo that the next government blows it to smithereens and implements something that could actually work and makes sense.