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    Toronto TD Terrace (160 Front W) | 239.87m | 46s | Cadillac Fairview | AS + GG

    It’s really just an extension of the international student GICs they offer. Everyone coming to study here has to post something like $10,000 (I think it increased this year) and they mostly do it by buying a GIC. This is just to hook them easier into that.
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    Toronto Union Station Revitalization | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto | NORR

    There are minimum building size and occupancy loads before they’re required. And I think batteries are ok as long as they’ll last a certain amount of time.
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    Toronto Union Station Revitalization | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto | NORR

    Nobody asked for “cinnamon buns”. They asked for Cinnabon!
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    Toronto Lower Don Lands Redevelopment | ?m | ?s | Waterfront Toronto

    I think they've said fromthe beginning that "Villiers" was just a placeholder (presumably taken from the street, though why it couldn't be "Cherry Island" I don't know) until they come up with a permanent name. There's some discussion of the current proposals/options above.
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    Toronto Lower Don Lands Redevelopment | ?m | ?s | Waterfront Toronto

    There are organizations out there building housing that is built using mortgage financing (usually with some sort of CMHC subsidy) and run like private housing, but even in those cases the tenants' ongoing rents are highly subsidized by government programs. If there are no government subsidies...
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    PM Justin Trudeau's Canada

    Given that each province has its own set of things that either have to be in a residential lease, or cannot be in a residential lease, a national standard lease seems like a figment of someone's imagination (someone who is a political/comms staffer who doesn't know much about this issue)
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    Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)

    Aren't they specifically designed to be a visual barrier but not do any damage to a car or stop a car's motion in any way (which would damage the car)? The top priority in their design isn't safety but minimizing car damage.
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    Homelessness on GTA Transit (catch all)

    We already have a system that draws that line. It doesn't actually work very well in practice because we don't have the right supports in place to refer, adjudicate, etc. but the line is that you can only be involuntarily admitted for psychiatric treatment where someone has a condition that...
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    Toronto Union Station Revitalization | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto | NORR

    The fire exit signs are also attached to the emergency lighting system so they stay on if all the other lights in the restaurant go off. It's pretty standard to have these things in public spaces like restaurants, even if it doesn't match the rest of the decor.
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    PM Justin Trudeau's Canada

    It's very difficult to operationalize a million small-time landlords reporting on rent payments to a credit bureau or whatever other bureaucracy they think they'll set up. In any event, do renters want whoever owns the basement apartment they're renting to be able to ruin their credit if their...
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    St Lawrence Market

    I used to work in Mississauga and the sushi counter at Pusateri's was a nice lunch spot if I had time to treat myself.
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    Toronto Lower Don Lands Redevelopment | ?m | ?s | Waterfront Toronto

    The Well has a pretty dense neighbourhood surrounding it. And people complain about the Well's transit, but it does have two streetcars and is just a <10 minute walk from the subway. Unlike Villiers, which will be lucky to get a streetcar by 2040. I think Rebel's days are numbered. The Island...
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    Homelessness on GTA Transit (catch all)

    There are ways to force treatment on people and keep them there against their will, but that's basically jail, so the test is pretty stringent.
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    Homelessness on GTA Transit (catch all)

    If you could wave a magic wand and end drug addiction and mental illness, Toronto would still have several thousand homeless people. If you got rid of alcohol, that would probably make a big dent in the number.
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    Toronto TD Terrace (160 Front W) | 239.87m | 46s | Cadillac Fairview | AS + GG

    That’s not really expanding an international presence though. It’s really just to provide services to students coming to study in Canada.

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