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And he made an objection to the speaker, claiming that mocking him in that way was "unparliamentary" :)

The Green Party finished second in the byelection to replace Bill Morneau. Marci Ien got 42% and Annamie Paul got 32%. But that was pure protest vote and interest in the new Green leader. She was back down to less than 10% in 2021.

The Globe and Mail is on a full court press to try to drum up sympathy for all those "average" Canadians (+/1 0.1% of all Canadians) who realize huge capital gains in a single year by selling a cottage, investment property or very large investment portfolio...

I imagine it's the same crowd that keeps all of the King W establishments going. A mix of professionals who can easily afford it, "aspiring" professionals who can't but enjoy the conspicuous consumption aspect, tourists, and people out for a big night to celebrate something and think the best...

It's the neighbourhood. Within a stones throw of this place there's probably a dozen other places serving $25 cocktails. I suspect their target market is not UT readers... This place is right next door. https://dashatoronto.com/pan-asian-restaurant-toronto/ MATCHA SOUR Grey Goose La Poire, St...

I’m sure they’ll find plenty of people willing to pay that. It’s not much more than cocktails at any other place these days. Definitely very conspicuous consumption, though.

And yeah, obviously short term rentals of cottages in muskoka is not a contributing factor to the housing crisis. Short term rentals in Toronto are.

We rent cottages every year because members of my family like that type of thing but we could never afford to own one. But the prices are eye-watering. A cottage within reach of Toronto will cost more per night than an apartment in Copenhagen. We did both last summer, and Copenhagen was 25%...

Even on a rainy, cold and windy day, the valets move a pretty decent number of bikes.

The capital gains change does make a material difference to a small number of pretty rich people, so it’s no surprise it’s getting media attention. It will probably have some impact on estate planning, but that’s only planning, not actually paying the tax.

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It’s busy enough through the whole winter to have the valet there, though it’s not usually lined up.

It’s a lot of bixis.

Yeah. It was probably a five minute wait at least. I heard somebody complaining about it in the elevator.

I got a slice of pizza and sat out in the "west atrium" at lunch. The pizza was pretty good (not really worth traveling for, but certainly tasty and the crust was very nice), and it was a beautiful sunny day to sit out in the sun. Not many people around other than security guards, a few dog...

Warm-weather transit in Toronto.

Yeah. Even though there's some decent restaurants and a nice coffee shop, you can walk the whole strip and hardly see another human. The grocery store may help bring a little life, but the wide expanse makes it seem uninviting and it would take a lot of foot traffic to change that.

The park and the river mouth certainly will be.

Those apple trees in Gwendolyn McEwan are really nice when they bloom. That's probably the only time of the year when anyone lingers there, other than the guy with all the pomeranians.

It seems like for ultrasounds, x-rays, routine blood tests, etc., the delays have mostly been eliminated through private providers (with public payer). And similar for some procedures like hernia surgery. I am not sure why it hasn't been possible to use those tactics more broadly to reduce other...