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Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

Electrification is mainly for those with campers/RVs no?

In the past, yes; but given a future w/electric cars that will need somewhere to charge while you're camping, I expect it will be much more common with a much more universal usage.
 
Ford gov't has decided how to allocate international student permits.

Private career colleges have just died. They are getting zero permits.


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* Pause * - we're going to limit, on a go forward basis, international permits to 55% of enrollment .....excluding high-demand areas? What was it before?

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How are they going to guarantee housing? There's nowhere near enough on-campus housing to meet incoming demand, even domestically.

There's a loophole there somewhere.
 
In the past, yes; but given a future w/electric cars that will need somewhere to charge while you're camping, I expect it will be much more common with a much more universal usage.
In addition to increased availability, I would guess part of the initiative would be to increase capacity. Higher voltage/amperage power is typically only available at pull-though sites for RVs or large 5th wheel trailers. Electricity at other sites for smaller vehicles is often only 15/20a 120v.
 
How are they going to guarantee housing? There's nowhere near enough on-campus housing to meet incoming demand, even domestically.
By offering it, and making it very expensive?

My university experience was that on-campus housing was very expensive compared to off-campus housing, and it also was not eligible for tax credits at the time, due to its nature as 'subsidized housing'.

From what I recall, I was paying the equivalent of 3x the market rate for my half of a shared bedroom.
 
By offering it, and making it very expensive?

My university experience was that on-campus housing was very expensive compared to off-campus housing, and it also was not eligible for tax credits at the time, due to its nature as 'subsidized housing'.

From what I recall, I was paying the equivalent of 3x the market rate for my half of a shared bedroom.

Hmm, just doing a very cursory scan of U of T; excluding meal plan (which is mandatory) Burwash Hall at Vic, single room - from $11,512 (Sept - April); which works out to $1,439 per month

Meal plans are no bargain; (Vic) $6,380 for 346 meals is $18 a pop and change.
 
The sunshine list is out.

Interesting that both the OPG CEO and CS(strategy)O salary were over the cap of $1.5 million imposed on Hydro one by the Ford government.

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And they get paid that much to sit infront of an oak desk? wow they must work very hard to earn that money.
 
Very late on a Thursday, before a holiday weekend, a press release goes out w/no political speakers.........could it be that the Ford gov't knew people would be underwhelmed?

The minimum wage in Ontario will rise by 3.9% come October 1st...........2024 to a whopping $17.20 per hour CAD.

The gov't trumpets this as the 2nd highest provincial minimum wage in Canada; technically true, if you ignore purchasing power parity (PPP) or the 'cost of living'.........

Though notably omits that that Nunavet's minimum wage is $19 per hour; and that Seattle, Wa's minimum wage is $19.97USD per hour or $27.05CAD

 

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