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Nothing west of Centennial Pier was ever well-suited to large modern freighters - the south and west edges of the pier have never been more than rip-rap - and the fishing industry diminished for other reasons. Gentrification at Crab Park and Canada Place happened to fill a vaccuum; it wasn't...

Then they're doing it wrong. I suspect the root problem for most people is "I can't find the job I want to do for the amount of money I need for the lifestyle I want to live", not "I can't find a job that pays a living wage". Drifting along for a few years after HS graduation was not a luxury...

So the complaint is just a self-fulfilling prophecy. "I can't get ahead because I don't see the point of trying", which certainly provides an easy excuse for self-indulgence in the present.

I don't mean to discount it. I mean to disqualify the general "things are worse for my generation" whinge. There is one thing. "X is more expensive" is usually a consequence of "X has more features and capabilities". It is even part of the reason housing is more expensive. If you want to...

In Hohfeld's framework, entitlements, liberties, powers, immunities. [Add: a bit surprised it's still there, but this site has a short article contrasting the rights and obligations of the framework.]

What parts of "the waterfront" do you imagine have been killed? Neither False Creek nor Coal Harbour was ever practical for modern shipping.

Sure, I know the advantage of "forced savings". People have known the fable of the grasshopper and the ant, or some variation, probably since pre-recorded times. Inability to onboard that, even in an age of plenty, is why we have OAS.

Sure. I'll stick with the Statscan numbers for medians. There is one aspect, only, in which "younger generations" are at a disadvantage. Home prices. Everything else is gravy. Tech has never been more advanced; availability of consumer goods has never been more widespread; and right now...

It's not "I don't like it". It's "western civilization is valuable enough to block encroachment by less liberal doctrines". That might be the harm some people have argued against. It's not the harm I argue against. Some Muslims in western countries have openly stated their goals of...

. Typically a pension plan has contributions paid directly by the employee, and "employer contributions". The latter are just employee contributions everyone pretends are paid by the employer; they are still part of the employee's total compensation. Everyone not in a pension plan is capable...

The reasons the US is a big arena are, at root, political. The fact Canadian out-migration is a long-term trend doesn't eliminate politics; it just suggests the political concensus which sustains that state is also long-term.

Nothing stops people from investing amounts equivalent to pension contributions except themselves.

Where are you getting your numbers? Statscan Wages in Canada, 1981 to 2024. Note that "real hourly wage" is an inflation-adjusted quantity.

Given how things are shaping up, just run another line mostly down the TMX and put its terminus at Cherry Point. BC'ers can stop bitching about tankers loading at BC ports. No need to duplicate a bunch of clearances and grease another set of palms. No need for any of the communities which...

Defending peoples' rights sometimes means denying the exercise of rights of a few people determined to eliminate the peoples' rights.

I'll assume that's a serious question. The people upset about mail-in ballots are upset about the window of opportunity for fraud which is created when it's possible to count most of the votes on election night, and then have an interval during which someone intent on fraud could, knowing...

A large cohort is aging out and transferring away its accumulated assets into end-of-life medical care, long-term care, various donations and bequests and whatnot while they are alive to enjoy giving, and inheritances. That all happens without government involvement, unless governments decide...

They are exactly the people making the most noise. They are analogous to people actively trading in volatile markets who get caught out by gaps between their liquidity and their obligations. People who own homes they live in (and who are not subject to conditions requiring them to frequently...

As I understand it, that's been changed with obstacle belts on the South Lawn and where the East Wing used to be.

Senate war powers resolution on the bus; senate war powers resolution off the bus.