No. At least, not yet. Then again, we also should not have scrapped the carbon tax. There are a few key pillars to my reasoning: The government is operating a deficit. And a big one. This helps. The world is currently in an energy crisis, and anything which promotes reduced consumption is a good thing. Prices in Canada are currently much more favorable than most other places. There are other things that the government can do to help. Some of it with that money. The first point is pretty obvious. Higher gas prices means that the government makes more in tax revenue from oil and gas. At a time of economic uncertainty, when the government is already trying to spend its way out an economic crisis this is actually a bit of good luck. And we shouldn't turn around and piss that money away. The second point is also kind of obvious. The straight of Hormuz being closed means that there is less oil and gas to go around. We shouldn't be cutting prices to help us pretend that this isn't...
Sometimes things make a lot more sense in retrospect. The difficulty jumping from a 10kg yumi to a 14kg yumi was one of those things for me. For those whose jaw dropped reading that, I will preface this by saying that the draw weight I chose based on a recommendation by my instructor and that I actually went with a lighter draw weight than was recommended. I can't remember the exact recommendation but it was 15-16kg. I also did use a 15kg once before the purchase and was able to draw it. But I was already tired and couldn't tell how much of the difficulty was due to fatigue vs. the bow itself. It has been over 2 months now. It is still somewhat difficult getting into DAISAN. It isn't a completely alien feeling any more and it is much more manageable. I can also keep shooting through at least 2 dozen arrows now. Which is to say; progress. I do miss how much easier my 10kg dojo bow felt. I'm actually considering getting a second bow; either a 12kg or a 16kg. The idea is ...