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The smartest investments we can make are in the health and education of ourselves and our children. Sometimes it means moving to find better opportunities for work or better schools. Sometimes it means living where we can walk or ride a bike; spend less time commuting and more time with family and friends.

The dream is not things, the house or the car.  The dream is about quality of life. And the revelation is spreading. See: Not buying a home was my smartest financial move.

Not trading our savings for over-priced financial securities is another very wise investment move.

The passion and inspiration for electric vehicles is way beyond the price of gas. This is about seeing the future and leading change.

Last year, a collection of recent college grads parlayed an impressive spec ad for Tesla into putting their new production company Everdream on the map of major advertisers everywhere. Now Elon Musk’s electric car brand has another stunning piece of free advertising, this time from director Sam O’Hare. Here is a direct video link.

An admiration of Musk’s vision led to picking Tesla as the test brand.  “I’m interested in electric vehicles and the future of transportation, and Tesla are at the forefront of that,” says O’Hare. “I really admire how Elon Musk wants to change the world for the better, and took on the enormous task of developing an amazing electric vehicle, only to share the patents and encourage others to follow his lead. It’s a philosophy you don’t find very often. From SpaceX to the Hyperloop, it feels like he’s actively creating the future.”

The incoming Liberal government promised to “fulfill Canada’s G20 commitment to phase out subsidies for the fossil fuel industry,” in their election platform. Will they deliver?

Canada’s fossil fuel industries are the recipients of $2.7 billion US ($3.6 billion CDN)  in handouts each year, despite a promise from all G20 nations, including Canada, to eliminate subsidies in 2009.

About $1.6 billion US of those subsidies came from the federal government with the rest distributed by the provinces, according to a new report from Oil Change International.

The report finds G20 countries spend about $452 billion US each year to prop up their oil, gas and coal industries.

Read:  Canada subsidizes fossil fuels by $2.7 billion every year. Where does that money go?