We need shelter, but our governments have stopped ensuring it’s attainable.
Tax policy encourages people to treat their home as an investment by exempting it from capital gains. Other tax policy has made the construction of rental units less attractive to developers. Our federal, provincial, and municipal governments stopped building affordable and low income housing. (There’s also the zoning/NIMBY crap, but that’s been discussed to death)
I haven’t seen stats showing businesses own a large amount of single family dwellings or apartments in Canada. Individuals seem to own a lot of condos for investment (with businesses owning a bit less).
Do you have stats showing corporations owning a significant portion of Canadian real estate?
Lemmynsfw solved this by disabling downvotes. I don’t think memes were a problem there.
An alternative is strong moderation to keep off-topic comments and posts out.
The run up on housing prices forces most Canadians to put too much cash into rent or home ownership. I think the piece is more pointing out there’s a problem. The fix has to come from policy makers, not individual buyers.
I’m pretty sure the Globe has had thick pieces about the housing crisis since the run up before COVID. And they’ve been calling out our shit productivity for decades.
OMG three pieces from the Globe about Canada’s fucked up housing policy and how it’s screwing us.
A connection between two parts of the polycrisis?!
One of the reasons our wages are stagnant is that we aren’t investing in stuff that’ll make us more money - because our housing is too expensive.
Imagine if we had federal, provincial, and municipal governments actively trying to lower the cost of housing.
Cool! It sounds like a fun setting.
Looks great. I didn’t see anything about campaigns though. As a time strapped GM, I’d love to see a couple of campaigns of various lengths, difficulties, etc.
Did they ever not? They’re both right-leaning establishment parties that represent the interests of the wealthy.
Phew. I’m glad humans did better than bots.
This is it. Persistence, curiosity, and rigor are so much more important than intelligence or knowledge.
Lots of people have great ideas. Being able to sit down and make them work is hard. That’s where persistence kicks in.
However, according to Opper. ai, only 11/53 cloud-based Al passed the test (~20%). Worrying, about the same error rate as humans
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Good luck on your search!
It set out the plans amid growing scrutiny of the sustainability credentials of its Canadian supply chain after claims it was using wood sourced from some of British Columbia’s most environmentally important forests.
The Guardian revealed late last year that forestry experts believe Drax may have continued to burn 250-year-old trees sourced from some of Canada’s oldest forests as recently as last summer despite increasing concerns over its historical sustainability claims, which first emerged in 2022.
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The visor on Pixels works for me. I’ve got a P8Pro that’s going strong. It lies flat, without a wobble.
It’s funny how “at home” I feel with vim. Everything is where it should be. It works the way I expect. It’s nice.
RIP Bram
Do it!
I really think removing downvotes or requiring the downvoter to explain the downvote would make communities better.