The Global SIGNAL

One might think that we have achieved Utopia, but unfortunately we are still far away from that. As always issues have emerged that can swamp what good has been achieved. I see several problems that damage the prospects of us achieving Utopia.
    To me, the biggest threat is mistrust towards japan, South America and the United states of the Canadian population. Reportedly 82% of Canadians do not trust Japan. They fear that our allies are withholding essential information and technologies from us. I admit that I fell this way as well, because since the first few breakthroughs, almost nothing new has emerged. This mistrust is also present because of the shield causes psychological disturbances. As a citizen said “it was like being under a microscope in a microwave, you could feel alien eyeballs or whatever they see with on you, waiting for you to pop." According to the CSIS, japan and the primary contributors aren’t being transparent about all they have found.
    Personally this does not disturb me but what disturbs the populace disturbs me. I simply ask that as an ally, japan, and all Accord nations improve their transparency. The first step to Utopia is trust, only after that can we make significant progress.
    I have spoken to the Emperor regarding the shield. As there are no more major threats, it is now unnecessary to maintain it over Canada. The emperor agreed to my request that it be removed from Canada. Hopefully this will lay some of the doubts to rest.
Another major issue is Africa. Though it’s technically an Accord continent, it didn’t contribute anything, not even raw natural resources. It has only been a year since we built it. We still haven’t mastered it, and are still not economically able enough to aid them. At this early stage of the new world we can’t help them. This shall be a test of self-sufficiency for them. They should not rely on us to build them a desalination plant. Their test shall be to build the desalination plant, but they’ll have access to unlimited power to build and run it. Personally, I don’t support them in watering the dessert and changing it. It would completely change the climate and ecosystem. Another threat is to the oceans, what will happen with all that salt, will it just get dumped in the ocean. This might just kill off important animals because local salinity would increase to much, and if it’s sold there wont be enough demand to use the sheer volumes of salt created.
    They aren’t prepared for this big a project, and its too much money, too fast,. Internal corruption in their companies and governments would drain money from the project. It has happened countless times with well-intentioned projects that failed because of miss-management or corruption. They need to show that they can control corruption and reliably handle large sums of money before they can draw any investment. They might as well unite and assemble that money among themselves and build it. That shall be their test of maturity until we are ready to help them build it.
    The economic threats created by new technology have already started. They include the damage done to manufacturing because of the micro-manufacturers, The damage to the oil industry, especially to the exploitation of the tar sands of Alberta, have created significant amounts of joblessness. The capability of quantum computing should never have released to the public, but the cat is out of the bag.
    The solutions are hard but can be done. The oil industry will just have be scaled down, oil will still be needed to power the cars and oil machines. Internal combustion engines will not disappear for several years, so demand will continue. Manufacturing jobs can be replaced and new jobs will be created by these technologies. Converting all engines to the new power source will require extensive retooling of factories and manpower will have to be used to create new things that come from the technologies. As has happened when any major industry has fallen, new industries shall emerge from the new technology to eventually replace the former. The recovery of the economy will be slowed but will recover stronger than ever before.
Stephen Harper