Comment on Heat pumps can't take the cold? Nordics debunk the myth

• FireRetardant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Housing, food, car insurance and alcohol are all pretty expensive in Canada

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  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So…living. Got it.

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• PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Cellphone plans, internet plans, seriously look into the cost of living in Canada.

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  • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Telecoms have a stranglehold here, our cell phone and internet prices are some of the highest in the world (if not THE highest).

    They also own some news and media companies which only makes it harder to bring about change

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• Magister@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wine and cheese, damn it’s expensive compared to Europe!!!

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• bjorney@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Electricity is also pretty expensive everywhere in Canada other than quebec

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  • NightAuthor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Linus (tech tips) said Vancouver BC has cheap electricity bc it’s all hydro.

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    • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yep, BC and Quebec are both hydro

      …visualcapitalist.com/biggest-sources-of-electric…

      This seems accurate, but I haven’t verified

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    • bjorney@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      May vary by municipality but BC is the 3rd cheapest in Canada

      …And it’s like 50-75% more expensive than Quebec

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  • kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Manitoba has some of the lowest rates in the country

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    • bjorney@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, it’s the 2nd lowest, but Quebec is still dramatically cheaper

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• Hotdogman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Tim Horton. It’s cheap, but not cheap.

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