let's see some major government grants for this kind of shit, to turn the industry over, and pronto.
with the proper move to indoor growing, we can have year-round produce without having to import slaves to do it - and at lower overheads, and therefore cheaper prices.
on top of that, if we can get the industry building the robots in ontario, on top of the dwindled manufacturing capacity, we can restart some meaningful industry, and create a slew of spinoff jobs with multiplier effects in the mean time.
i'm sick of nineteenth century thinking. let's get beyond this. let's move forwards...