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Frankly, I think that concern is a strawman manufactured by the nimby's to scare you. We have decades of housing stock, literally millions of homes. The decision to densify isn't like sim city where a couple of mouse clicks flips that over, its a decision to end exclusionary zoning so the...

Jen Gerson's final take is out- spot on

They are nimby bullshit artists. Some neighbourhoods the juice just isnt worth the squeeze- due to infrastructure, topography etc. But show me the person that tells you that taking 10% of land area of a given post war or later suburban neighbouhood and increasing the housing density by 2 or 3...

Living rurally- agreed. But the plan/ act expressly allows for plug in hybrids.

Relax the zoning, let the market properly allocate the resource.

Big Three for me (specific to housing) Financialization of the housing market Poor controls against the entrance of foreign money taking advantage of and exacerbating the above 70 years of exclusionary zoning artificially lowering the amount of housing stock in the areas where people want to live

It was actually two Well's articles + the Maclean's piece https://macleans.ca/longforms/jenni-byrnes-big-gamble/ https://thewalrus.ca/why-poilievre-is-always-looking-for-a-fight/ https://thewalrus.ca/poilievre-bragged-that-he-has-never-changed-his-mind-thats-the-problem/

The more I read about and pay attention to JB, the more the lack of detail in the platform and foibles like that seem like a feature rather a bug. The woman seems to have a disdain bordering on hatred for anyone with white collar expertise or knowledge that isn't lending it to her cause...

If Poilievre steps down. Interesting what if- "What if Jenni Byrne stays exiled and Poilievre has a less dogmatic/extreme voice in his in ear?"

Legitimate question- has anyone seen any kind of expanded detail into the CPC Canada First Reinvestment Tax Cut? From the official releases it's impossible to tell how it will be structured/ what it entails, which is extremely frustrating. If it's well crafted it could do great things in...

You mean like taking a thought experiment from a task group of ESDC and selling it to the masses as a dire prediction made at the highest level of government? :rolleyes:

Hot take for the thought experiment. IF we see a Carney minority and Poilievre stave off a leadership contest + double down, things move much faster than that, CFP MP's by mid 2026. -existing party apparatus -Ford with name value -disenfranchised and muzzled CPC MP's Not hard to see a movement...

To be clear, I sincerely hope I'm wrong, and that if (election is not until Monday) the LPC wins: -it's a minority -Poilievre gracefully resigns -the CPC pulls a rabbit out of it's ass and finds an interim leader with the force of will to pull the party back to the center and effectively...

Agreed completely. But of the 45 that likely supported his survival, off the top of my head vets like Ed Fast and Karen Vecchio (replaced by Andrew Laughton-almost sure to be a PP loyalist) are gone, young up and comer PC's like Nater, Rempel-Garner have been sidelined and treated like the...

The pre-existing Reform/Alliance is part of it yes. But I believe there's also a significant "PPP" (Pro Pierre Poilevre) element that has been cultivated and groomed via social media, that amounts to a wholly new "faction" of the party, separate from the traditional Reform / PC camps. It's...

And there isn't one now- there's the propagandist misrepresentation of a "what if" scenario generated by sub department of Economic and Social Development Canada that is tasked with exploring "what ifs" Other scenarios in the link below https://horizons.service.canada.ca/en/our-work/index.shtml

I wholly agree with you- I'm just not convinced that's the way it will go down. I question the degree to which the "the CPC" as an entity will have the ability to act independently of his grassroots influence. Say what you (well, we) want about the Poilievre/ Byrne team's apparent choke job...

As I alluded to last night, my answer to that is don't bet on it. Leader of the Opposition is a pretty nice gig, and one that his skillset lends itself to. Why would he re-sign? Even just using this thread as a microsm of CPC membership, a material proportion will not blame him for the loss...

What I'm saying is I think him and Byrne are already thinking ahead to surviving leadership challenges. Not saying that they're conceding defeat, just that it's part of the calculus. I don't think anyone should underestimate the cult of personality they've built, and the extent to which their...

It makes sense honestly. A softening/pivot (especially something so trivial as leaving that out) isnt going to materially help his chances of winning this election. But it might cost him 4 more years at Stornoway. I read this homestretch doubledown as hedging against a loss and shoring up core...