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philwalkerp•

I know this will get downvoted (a sad reflection of the general attitude in Canada) but the Deliotte study the story is based on just confirms what other studies have found: with few exceptions, Canadian business is gutless and unambitious compared to international peers.

People know this without having to see data: where are Canada's corporate "national champions" on the international scene? Do we drive cars made by Canadian car companies? Do Americans wach Canadian TV? Do Italians wear Canadian fashions? Do French women eat Canadian food or wear Canadian perfume? Do Mexicans drink Molson?

Meanwhile, Canadians grumble about Amazon.ca prices and the Senate commissions report after report on why the same shit inexplicably costs more in Canada than it does in the US - even accounting for taxes, and even if it's made in Canada.

Downvote and ignore this all you want - heck, it's why this situation perpetuates - but it still doesn't make the fact that Canadian businesses are uncompetitive untrue.

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robert_dOP•

Robots can now make a latte, stock a shelf, deliver mail and read you the news (they can even write that news). Canada, and I would especially point to it's leaders, are simply not ready for this massive disruption that hasn't been seen since the start of the industrial revolution in Dover England 250 years ago.

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adaminc•

With those super mailboxes, and automated vehicles coming soon. We really will have robots delivering the mail soon enough!

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robert_dOP•

I got into a fun argument with several redditors that a modern plant, built today, won't employ 1000s of grade 12 grads at 65K a year. It will have a few dozens of them, then a bunch of highly paid technicians.

What these plants needs is power, lots of power and cheap power.

Guess what Ontario does not have.

The company for which I work for today has several hundred trucks in it's fleet, we are actively tracking the driverless truck and hope it happens within 5 years.

Already we GIS every truck, every minute, to map out all routes. This will be required data to move forward.

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adaminc•

Yep. Cheap, to free, energy is the future.

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freedrone•

You have a plan for the 1000 people you will lay off if this happens or are they just collateral damage. At some point we are going for have to think about how the profits of production are distributed when it is done by ai and machines.

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