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Originally Posted by isaidso
You'd be surprised. Lots of developing countries are investing heavily in their infrastructure while Canada is patching up a crumbling, yet large system that's reached its best past due date.
Thailand, Malaysia, China, Turkey, etc. Canada still has a more extensive system than most places outside the West, but we're being passed by country after country after country. Burying out heads in the sand and convincing ourselves that we're still light years ahead of these other countries isn't just incorrect, it's foolhardy.
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While I don't deny that the infrastructure deficit in Canada is extensive and mounting, it is absolutely ludricrous to suggest that our infrastructure is on par with that of developing countries (except maybe in certain remote areas and reserves).
Sure Bangkok, Beijing, Shanghai & Istanbul have fancy new transit systems, multi-lane freeways, and brand new waterworks projects. But, step out of the main cores of any developing country's mega-city, and what you'll find is something most Canadian's could never even imagine (the small cities and rural areas are even worse):
Scarce running water facilities. No sewage (just streetside gutters). Informal garbage disposal (in the gutters, or burnt in informal dumps). Dirt roads with pot-holes that would even seem foreign in early-April Winnipeg. Intermittant electricity (for those areas lucky enough to be served). I could go on and on.
Don't equate downtown Mexico City, Kuala Lampur, or Capetown as proxies for the developing world experience in terms of infrastructure...
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