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There are rumblings that there may be a spring election, so you might be spared a by-election by having a full fat election.

And keep US and China based firms out of any ownership or longterm leases. Australia is finding out the hard way that once they’re...

Big announcement of a huge alumina deposit in Tisdale, Saskatchewan...

Maybe they're just trying to discourage a negative confidence vote. The polls don't suggest the LPC has a much of a chance of achieving...

The first 2/3 of this video is a good explainer on why renewables + electrification are obvious, desirable and inevitable. The last 1/3...

I'm not sure if there's a better place to put this, but in today's Mississauga city council meeting, Mayor Carolyn Parrish claimed...

Then we need to return to 1998 level interest rates, I think. 5 year government bond yields were 5.3% then, vs 2.9% now.

There has definitely been an inflection point, and house prices are falling. Grinding sideways or only gradually down is how you avoid a...

Jon Stewart on the Trump admin blatantly lying about the execution of Pretti. His closing thoughts are pretty devastating. This is how...

The stop spacing could be identical on Hurontario with high floor LRVs. All you need is a slightly higher platform and a slightly longer...

I think we started from the position that Bombardier makes low floor LRVs in Ontario and we want jobs there, so build the line using low...

So build a BRT! Cheaper than an LRT.

That's only true in the absence of proper stations with level boarding. High floor vehicles can have improved interior circulation, as...

At this point I really don’t care. I was warned by the community on discord and Reddit about this place. There’s a reason RM doesn’t...

Why not copy the 407 scheme to give a handful of free trips per time period for those with low incomes?