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@Lifeinvestmoney Haha not a chance. I get alot more than that even after Canada taxes the hell out it

You’re offered $3m but have to show up at an office 8-5 M-F for 40 years and the money is divided and paid weekly Are you taking this deal?

@SilentSnow89 @s4rah_dev Its thier power they can do what they want with it.

@s4rah_dev You're missing the part where this is the equivalent of nearly the entire power usage of the City of Edmonton being "created" for 300 jobs at most. That's a lot of pollution for very minimal benefit.

This is a terrible idea. The facility will require 1 gigawatt of electricity. The entire City of Edmonton uses 1.4 gigawatts of electricity. 300 jobs will require almost as much electricity as 1.2 MILLION people.

@SilentSnow89 @KluepfelMark What utilities? They are building thier own power generation on site and using a closed loop cooling that will take minimal water at all being they will recycle it on site. Sure it isn't alot of jobs but any job created is a job for someone who is out of work right now

Meta says that this facility will produce $250 million per year... That's called a sales pitch. There will be a short-term boost to the local economy when the thing is being built. But, once construction is over, that economic benefit will disappear, and the site will become a drain on our already strained utilities networks. You bought the sales pitch.

@SilentSnow89 Good thing they are building thier own power generation on site that will not affect our power or grid at all! this one is also using a closed system for cooling which means they are not using our drinking water supply all up after the original fill. It will use 90%+ recycled

@Therealstephe19 @Yd__Te @Reil76 They are building thier own power genwration dedicated for the site. That is a big part of the 13B cost

@Yd__Te @Reil76 Yeah like that changes anything!!! The initial filling of "Tanks" uses millions upon millions of litres of water for the start-up and after because it's a closed system it uses massive amounts of electricity that will lead to brownout or rolling blackouts ...I'm educated in this

Alberta just approved a $13 billion Meta data centre in Sturgeon County. Here’s what they’re not telling you. It needs a dedicated 1.4 gigawatt gas plant just to run. That’s roughly the entire daily power demand of Edmonton, for one facility. Alberta’s grid is already 60% gas powered, nearly 5 times the national emissions intensity. Ottawa’s whole AI strategy assumed Canada’s clean grid would power this stuff. Alberta is the exception, and it’s where almost every planned data centre in the country is now landing. Meta says it’ll fund its own power infrastructure and match usage with clean energy eventually. Pembina’s Greenlight gas plant isn’t even online until second half of 2030. So new gas gets built now, promises get made for later. 300 permanent jobs for a $13 billion investment. Compare that to what else that capital could have built. Residents near similar projects in Olds have raised real concerns about water use, air quality and noise, with limited say before approvals move forward. This isn’t an anti-tech take. It’s a question of who actually benefits when a province hands out energy and land for a fraction of the long term jobs a $13B investment should create.

@Therealstephe19 @Reil76 It is 90% reused it will not be a significant impact on our water sources.

@Reil76 I dont agree whatsoever with these data centers the amount of fresh water these centers use is crazy and none of can be captured..we will become the real version of those mad max movies in which drinking water is scarce

@Reil76 Its meta money they xan spend it how they want. And they are going ro build thier own power generation not use what we have now or are building and will not need to be tied into our grid at all. Then if they use closed loop cooling it really doesnt affect any of us

@ericvideos91 @PuckFuddleCGY Lol, yes prescriptions on my insurance i have to pay 20% that 20% is thebportuon my insurance does not cover, same with my wifes prescription she has been on for ywars we pay 13/month as our portion- signed a Canadian

@PuckFuddleCGY this is a total bullshit story it doesn't work like that there is no 'portion my insurance didn't cover'

Canadians will wait in line for 12 hours at an ER, then look you straight in the face and say Canada is better than America

@Mark_Wilson_ Except for food, and the house itself, and your car the things you actually need.

Almost every single thing in your home right now, you paid less for it in 2026 dollars than we paid for it in 1985 dollars back then. If you calculate inflation based on 1985 minimum wage hours vs 2026 minimum wage hours, things cost 10x more in 1985. Child slaves and communist countries have produced everything for us at a fraction of the cost.

@LadyOrchidYYC Fur babies getting the toyal treatment

Gotta say pushing this thing up a steep hill was a workout and a half but it made the booty burn! Hope Lylah is up for daily strolls!

@allegraviper Definitely gives off "I'm in charge" vibes

@LttleGel @NoLimitGains If you can show me a better scenario I am all for it, and might start looking for work there again. Its not the finances that makes me consider leaving its the liberal policies over the last 10 years. But I can only sell it to my wife if we come out further ahead financially.

@Koniption2 @NoLimitGains It isn’t.

Real question for Canadians. 53% income tax. 13% sales tax on what is left. How are you okay with this? “But I am not taxed at 53%”. Yeah, because you don’t make money lol.

@LttleGel @NoLimitGains When you count health insurance it was. Decent house here 350k cad no health premiums make just over 100k Income, 20k income tax, Arizona income tax was 12k a year less house simialr price but 6k a year health insurance. Not worth moving for 6k so I started my side buisness

@DrOrangejuice @Mex_Optimista @NoLimitGains Just cpp and ei, no conteibutions to rrsp, no additional deductions at tax time.

@Koniption2 @Mex_Optimista @NoLimitGains According to a calculator you did. But like I said - I don't know what other boxes you've got on your T4 (deductible expenses, other contributions, etc). BC = "Bring Cash"

@LttleGel @NoLimitGains You would not pay double ever, our tax rates a only a couple % different at any income you might pay 3 to 5% more depending on the province.

@Koniption2 @NoLimitGains I asked grok what we’d pay. It’s double what we pay in America.

@LttleGel @NoLimitGains I addressed that, when I mentioned a 200k wage pays 65k in income tax. Some other provinces are slightly higher and around 70k in combined taxes

@Koniption2 @NoLimitGains Again, sole proprietorships don’t have dividends.

@DrOrangejuice @Mex_Optimista @NoLimitGains How did i under pay, I got a couple hundread refund? I dont pay PST either.

@Koniption2 @Mex_Optimista @NoLimitGains You've underpaid by $5500 assuming no RRSP contributions / deductible expenses. I paid an average tax rate of 38% on income. Meaning: If I want to buy something that costs $100, I have to earn $180 first. The government takes $80 across income, GST, and PST. Appalling.

@RodKahx He did not refuse to vacate they choose to wait until after the by election, because moving an i term leader in for a couple months than back out would be silly and a waste of time and money

Let's not forget that in that last general election, Pierre Poilievre lost his seat and refused to vacate tax payer funded housing. This is their conservative hero? What?

@LttleGel @NoLimitGains Inccorporate, it protects you personally from law suits and then allows you to pay yourself dividends. But lets say you take a 200k wage normal wage ypu would pay about 65k in tax in my province but wouod be 20k in tax if it was dividends

@Koniption2 @NoLimitGains Sole proprietors don’t have dividends.