Yes, yes, because being aware of the basics of how people manipulate statistics and economics as well as going to the original source is "doing their own research"

Here's a good link by Frances Woolley, another leading Canadian economist, so you can practice adulting instead of getting easily mislead by numbers.
- What units I am using (miles, km, tonnes, millions of tonnes, Canadian dollars, 2020 (constant) dollars, nominal (not inflation adjusted) dollars, etc)
Have I put my data into perspective?
- For data showing trends over time: are dollar amounts adjusted for inflation?
- For data showing trends over time: have I tried the “year 1=100” approach – i.e. divide by the year 1 value*100?
This is ALL basic shit that you should have learned in Montessori but didn't.
Maybe I, like other illiterates, should be quoting randos from Twitter/X instead?