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The greatest social damage is to prevent people from accumulating any wealth, as wide swaths of the population are priced out of home ownership. The lower rungs of Maslow's hierarchy are being forgotten here. I exaggerate: You'd care less about a theocrat pushing religion into policy, when you...

This is the 3rd or 4th time you've changed the topic with whataboutisms. I get your stance, but can I see the evidence that backs up the point? Or the steps to how you got to your conclusion? I ostensibly agree with what you're saying, massive cuts, and no intention. However, I suspect that the...

Hopefully Carney cleans up the ship, so Ford looks worse. I suspect Ford's record on transit has endeared him enough to urban voters, and his suburban policies are appreciated by well, suburban voters. (To say nothing of the cuts) But the ideologues here will tell me Ford is objectively worse...

Setting aside optics, which I agree are awful. Is the province owning a private jet that much different from chartering private jets? It's also not at all uncommon in the States, or seemingly for Quebec for that matter. "The statement issued by Ford's office contrasts the price of Ontario's...

That was partly due to a high profile honour killing and other gender-related crimes. Paradox of tolerance... I don't see it as being poorly intentioned, even if unnecessary. The status quo is to contact police through regular channels. He's only lionized by the dumpster fire that came after.

I could care less about the jet, it's other things like that slush fund and housing starts that concern me: August 2025: https://www.rbc.com/en/economics/canadian-analysis/canadian-housing/special-housing-reports/canada-isnt-in-a-housing-starts-slump-ontario-is/

Hence, I would hope the "government doesn't get involved in day-to-day operations". Being a wholly owned crown corp could be different to majority government ownership. The CN Commercialization Act prohibits more than 25% ownership, but that can easily be amended.

If fully nationalizing one only costs $100 billion, then a controlling stake is, half of that (edit: +30% premium at most). What's to stop a government backed takeover of one or both companies? My guess is A. they think the money could be better spent elsewhere, B. outcry from the Americans and...

I agree. Optics matter. Evidently, the plight of the masses doesn't, when your house is paid off and you live in a nice neighbourhood. It's not social conservatism driving young adults to be oddly more conservative at the polls than older generations. It's because the previous Liberals dropped...

Am I missing something here? How does McGuinty not wanting to foot the costs associated with Harper's anti-crime legislation have to do with OW/ODSP? (I presume line of thinking leads to D.Ford's not funding OW enough to keep up with living costs?) --------------------------------- I'm still...

This. Homeless tripled in my hometown of Hamilton since pre-covid. Numbers are public. I invite people to visit Central Park in Hamilton. There was no tent city before. And I sympathize heavily, being homeless is a numbers game now, not just an issue of mental health and addiction, at one point...

[redacted] I mean there has been really only 1 era after Harper, it feels like Carney only got elected yesterday....

Genuinely curious, not being rhetorical... if y'all are bemoaning Carney accepting Gladu, selling out to filthy capitalists and AI bros just 1 year into his term, how much more dystopian were you assuming PP would be? Trans erasure? Canadian ICE? 51st state? I keep hearing how Carney is the next...

I have more sympathy for someone who says $36,000 USD isn’t enough to rebuild their house, against a backdrop of high inflation every year for decades (Chinese case in the video), than someone who owns land that has appreciated faster than inflation, to become some of the most expensive rural...

At the risk of pointing out the obvious, that's a famous case of a "nail house" in China, more examples here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holdout_(real_estate)#Nail_house

Archeological work probably hampered by weather. And I don't know, the teaching and research schedule of the academics involved. Some serious consideration for weighing the pros and cons of costing hundreds of thousands, if not millions of human-hours in traffic. Millions of dollars in...

I'll hop in here, because I'm sensing a pattern. I know you really love battery electric trains. I don't see them as being a proven tech, since they're not widely used in the countries traditionally seen as leaders in rail. Dual mode or otherwise. I also have no faith that Metrolinx will...

Hear me out, I'd be okay with Eglinton East being at-grade, assuming fast speeds through intersections, strong signal priority/preemption, and 1+ km stop spacing. The 1 km or greater stop spacing is key. If parallel buses will run, then the stop spacing should be wide to facilitate rapid...

LOL It was supposed to be done by EOY 2026, they said 1 year ago. It's now supposed to be EOY 2027. By that logic, come spring 2027, they will be predicting EOY 2028...