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Bullboard - Stock Discussion Forum Ackroo Inc V.AKR

Alternate Symbol(s):  AKRFF

Ackroo Inc. provides marketing, payment, and point-of-sale solutions for merchants of all sizes. It develops and sells an online loyalty and rewards platform. The Company also offers e-gift card, GiftFly, for small to medium sized merchants. Its self-serve, data-driven, cloud-based marketing platform helps merchants in-store and online process and manage loyalty, gift card and promotional... see more

TSXV:AKR - Post Discussion

Ackroo Inc > Lockdowns
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Post by Maggs on May 27, 2021 1:59pm

Lockdowns

Just a question for any investors...Do most of you who are Canadians support these absurd  lockdowns?
Comment by Resilience19 on May 27, 2021 6:07pm
To date, the US has had roughtly 600,000 COVID-19 associated deaths. Canada, with a population 1/10th that of the US, has had roughly 25,000. On a prorated basis Canada has had, more or less, have the death-toll of the US. With politics, in Canada, being rather less polarized than in the US, Canadians have better accepted the implementation of measures such as lockdowns - these having been but ...more  
Comment by Torontojay on May 27, 2021 8:49pm
  Just to give you an idea how conservative our governments are. We require 60% of the population to have received at least one dose and then we must wait an additional 2 weeks to begin phase 1 of our re-opening plans. Then we require 70% of adults to be vaccinated with at least 1 dose and 20% to have 2 doses. Stage 2 is exciting because now we get  have small gatherings indoors with ...more  
Comment by prophetoffacts on May 27, 2021 9:38pm
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Comment by westcoast1000 on Jun 02, 2021 2:34pm
Maggs, Everyone I know is waiting patiently but certainly does not feel these measures are absurd. As I retired person with a house it is a lot easier than being in an apartment. We have a public health system in which we all pay to maintain the health of everyone. That is a big incentive to advance public health initiatves in a pandemic. We have a health care sector that has been overloaded for ...more  
Comment by Maggs on Jun 02, 2021 3:07pm
All fascinating views and thank you all for your input. It really shows the difference between our two countries and the individual pursuit of happiness versus the collective pursuit. Pretty much what I suspected. 
Comment by Torontojay on Jun 02, 2021 4:48pm
Very classy response Westcoast and nice response maggs. I copied and pasted this discussion to some friends and they enjoyed the read.