What happened is a reminded at how bad it is to go to a cashless society. This shows how dependent we are in technology, so many things crashed and no one thought about having a backup. Some businesses already transferred to completely interact and the fact interact went down those businesses had to close because they had no backup for manual transactions. Before 50 years ago society survived without cellphones and the internet. Moral is to always have cash on you. This shows how Canada's move to Socialism is part of the problem. The CRTC controls the market and limits competition. The result is the highest prices for mediocrity and poor performance. Had there been more competition these telcom companies would be much more motivated to keep their service at its best and keep prices competitive. The market landscape is highly centralized.
The real dangers is going cashless, the government and Bank of Canada hinted and are pushing to set a Central Digital Currency System. This is disturbing to see, because a CBDC would be disastrous for our freedom, and make our economy even more vulnerable. This would also mean the end of the hobby of escorts. To start with, consider how the Liberal government abused the Emergencies Act in order to punish political opponents. They used lies and false news stories to justify the use of emergency powers, and even froze the bank accounts of some Canadian Citizens. Imagine what the Trudeau government would do with the power of a Central Bank Digital Currency. It would centralize state power and control over our economy to a massive degree, and would erase any idea of privacy that remains. The Liberals would not hesitate to weaponize a CBDC against their political enemies, seeking to drive opponents out of the economy entirely. As if that is not enough, the Rogers outage demonstrated how dangerous it is for a society to be nearly cashless. Many businesses were unable to process Interac transactions, and much of the economy ground to a halt because Rogers was not working.