Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

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We are being pushed towards trucks, SUVs, and crossovers in a myriad of ways. Of all people, Doug Ford, who sneers at smaller/more efficient vehicles and the environment, shouldn't be surprised about an electric car factory going away. We are being sold on being instantly prepared for anything we might ever encounter; I still have friends who own an SUV or pickup truck because they expect to haul a load of "X" once every few years, instead of considering having it delivered, renting a bigger vehicle that day, or using a trailer. Even at work, I'm amazed at how many people won't take transit or bike to work, even when they admit it is often easier/cheaper, because they're afraid of that one time when they need to go home early (which makes the TravelWise Emergency taxi fund an eye-opening realization for them). And above all else, as we've watched Mexico pay for upwards of two thirds of new car plants to shift production southward, and with Trump's "America First" perspective, we shouldn't be surprised that our small nation isn't able to expect much as consumers look to squeeze every dollar out of purchase prices. These, and all kinds of closures, are a simple obvious result of not wanting to pay a penny more than we need to, and now those pennies are starting to add up to very significant impacts.