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Depends on what you call "liveable". I had a 450 sq ft apartment at one time that had a full kitchen, and was perfect for a single person living alone. No wasted space, and everything a single person needed. That said, I wasn't paying a premium for the privilege of having no extra space. I...

In fairness to the market, the government incentivized homes as investments through their policies, so it was a twonsoded effort to get us to this dysfunctional housing market.

Then the fight should be to get development fees back to the right level, not a fight for handouts for pretending to fix a problem.

Aren't property taxes and development fees specifically intended to pay for infrastructure? Shouldn't they be set at a rate that allows for that to happen, rather than begging for more money for housing from other levels of government?

You're suggesting that, as if it isn't already what's happening... Under the current housing plan, the municipality doesn't get rewarded for giving a permit that will never be used. The municipalities want that changed, so they can get housing money for granting permits that won't result in...

So... a government expecting concrete results in return for funding is a bad thing now, because Doug Ford is saying it? Municipalities have the ability to encourage home building, by tying permits to abbreviated timelines, and expecting builders to actually build, not just get a permit to...

Those are not problems caused by WFH, those are problems caused by a culture that encourages withholding information, because information is power. I worked in offices just a few feet away from people who didn't pass on a single thing, because as long as they were the only one who could fix...

It needs to be weighed against the actual threat, and the cost/benefit of putting ships and personnel up there. We have presence up in the arctic via the Rangers, and the other CAF elements operating in the North all year. Sending a few ships up on occasion is a good use of resources, but...

Tell me you don't know what my job is, without telling me you know absolutely nothing. That you feel personally attacked enough to go after my occupation kind of lends credence to my position. MCDVS did good work, but they did what they could, when they could. Sending small cheap ships up north...

As much as I have mostly liked PMMC, this is a weird about face for the #Elbowsup PM. Perhaps Europe wasn't as willing to deal with us as some had hoped. I'd rather look elsewhere, like Asia for partners. I imagine Japan and SK are more willing to work with us than France and Germany. Old...

I think a lot of people forget that modern medicine is part of what allows most of us to be alive and live comfortably. I was born near sighted, so my option in life 200 years ago would have been; pick up a skill, become a tavern musician, or die. As a random Canadian alive in 2025, I have...

You are mistaking my lack of interest in wasting time in the north for not being interested in the north. The AOPVs were built to give Canada the option to put ships up there when we want, not to leave ships up there all summer. If the GoC wanted an RCN presence in the Arctic full time, you...

I know that if the GoC wanted AOPVs sailing around in the arctic all summer, they'd be doing it. So why is it you think they should be up there all summer against the wishes of the RCN and GoC?

I spent 7 months living in a bunker or under a tarp in Afghanistan, and it was fine... for me, at the time. I'm also self-aware enough to realize that I am an outlier, and my experience there was an outlier. Sailors complain, and when they complain enough, and things don't change, they leave...

I have sailed in an AOPV, I knowhow nice they are. I have also spoken with people who have sailed into the arctic, and they all pretty much say the same thing. "It was cool, but I prefer going south". Iqaluit, and Thule are fun for a short visit, but I suspect by visit 5 in a single summer it...

Who would crew them if the RCN used them that way? No real port visits, and no real tasks apart from presence would kill the crew morale. I spent six months sailing around the GOO doing nothing but presence, and it was boring, even with interesting port visits every couple of weeks.

The plan from the CRCN is to use civilian offshore work ships for the non-operational tasks, and to use APOVs for Ops like Caribe.

Based on the CRCN's comments when he started talking about the CMMC/CDC, a straight replacement for the MCDV was never the plan. The MCDVs are "peace divided" ships like the AOPV, not combatants. The corvettes were always supposed to be combatants. I agree it sounds like scope creep is...

We didn't track stats at the office, but writing reports and planning travel is far easier without random people stopping by to ask dumb questions. My concern is more with the lack of physical work space available, as many governments let go of spaces because of the hybrid work model. Have...