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I certainly hope it’s not cede all control in one swoop to a couple of rich guys who think they know what’s best for everyone.

Im all for experimenting. I’m not for handing over local legal power to a corporation in one fell swoop because they promise to pay for my taxi as long as I’m in their good books.

No—the immediacy and totality they’re pursuing is the thing that bothers me. Little compromise seems to be offered. They seem to think like vey corporations do—they should be able to “just buy it”. I don’t like that. Not everything is for sale.

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> They seem to think like vey corporations do—they should be able to “just buy it”. I don’t like that. Not everything is for sale.

Are you referring to buying land from a country? That's a form of cession, and it's certainly not unprecedented (see: Louisiana Purchase). In my eyes, it's the moral way to go about acquiring land, with the alternatives being annexation and conquest.

Under what conditions are you okay with territorial control changing hands? Can land only be sold to other existing governments?

It wasn’t just real estate they wanted. They wanted judicial control over a region in Toronto while still retaining the benefits of being a Canadian locale. They seemed to think that was for sale.

I'm not aware of what you're referring to, but even if some entity wants to start an independent country in an area that was under the control of Canada and Toronto, what is your exact issue with it? Why is it not for sale? Is the issue that the theoretical small country would have open borders, and they'd expect the same from Canada? Should both countries have closed borders so that Canadians and the residents of the small country couldn't benefit from each other? If the borders were closed, would it be okay?

I don’t think you’re reading my comments or responding in good faith here as I explicitly stated what I was looking talking about.

Have a nice holiday.

I'm sorry you feel that way. When I said that I wasn't sure what you were referring to, I meant that I'm not familiar with the case you mentioned in Toronto. I searched for it but didn't find anything regarding what sort of control over the area they wanted. Perhaps it would have been better for me to ask for clarification about that specific case rather than creating a hypothetical scenario.

The Sidewalks Labs Toronto waterfront project. There’s a plethora of articles and a wealth of information on the subject...

Edit: it’s one of the first items returned in a search of the subject— https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-sidewalk-la...

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