Liberal Minority Government 2021 - ????

[AmmoTech90]

Densification would change the character of a stable neighbourhood and devalue the properties.

Good. Change is positive and cheaper houses are good. It's not like the long term residents will lose money, they just to get to be less greedy. New entrants suffer the consequences of bad decisions.
Go, go Jane Jacobs.

 

[suffolkowner]

Notice all the yellow? Those are designated as neighbourhoods. Only single detached houses are permitted.

I can't see our local ratepayers association getting on board with re-zoning.

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Our street doesn't even have a sidewalk.

that map explains the problem pretty simply really

 

[YZT580]

that map explains the problem pretty simply really

Perhaps having fewer people vying for the houses available would help too. There should be available accommodation for immigrants coming in rather than having those same immigrants competing with current residents for the few homes available. The laws of supply and demand are immutable. If there are 10 items available and 50 people want them, the 10 who are willing to pay the most get the item. If there are 50 items available and only 10 buyers the sale price ends up dependent upon the most anxious vendor. The feds should be consulting with the provinces and the provinces with the municipalities to balance the number of immigrants and the housing (rental to begin with) available. As it is now, everyone is being pushed up out of their comfort zone and it isn't by greedy builders; they will build what people want, it is by the lack of housing of any nature

 

[Brad Sallows]

Pretty much everyone I've ever met who is nonchalant about the prospect of rezoning taking away asset values is someone who isn't at risk of taking the hit.

 

[Jarnhamar]

It's been a few days since we heard about something stupid from the government, maybe we'll make it a week.

Just kidding.

Group suspected of hosting Chinese 'police station' received up to $200,000 in federal funding ​

OTTAWA – The federal government gave up to $200,000 in funding since 2020 to a Quebec charity the RCMP suspects may be hosting a secret Chinese “police station.”

Experts on Chinese foreign interference fear that funding may have helped pro-Beijing actors grow the Chinese Communist Party’s network in Canada, while “legitimizing” the organization police suspect may be supporting efforts to intimidate or silence critics of China’s ruling regime.

 

[YZT580]

It's been a few days since we heard about something stupid from the government, maybe we'll make it a week.

Just kidding.

Group suspected of hosting Chinese 'police station' received up to $200,000 in federal funding​

wishful thinking. My dream is that just one of the NDP members will wake up one morning and look at him/herself in the mirror and be unable to accept what they see and throws up. Next move would be to vote no to a liberal motion; triggering a chain reaction. Sadly for this country, it is only a dream.

 

[daftandbarmy]

It's been a few days since we heard about something stupid from the government, maybe we'll make it a week.

Just kidding.

Group suspected of hosting Chinese 'police station' received up to $200,000 in federal funding​

Well, then there's the billions in Foreign Aid we pay out annually, including to China and Russia apparently, with no measreable result:

How much money does the federal government spend on foreign aid?

According to a 2004 opinion poll, Canadians are divided on whether foreign aid should be a tool to advance the national interest or simply our moral imperative as a wealthy nation. But regardless of what camp you fall into, it’s important to ask if taxpayers are getting value for their dollars

The massive “foreign aid industry” of government bureaucrats, NGO workers and local officials who have made careers out of aid funding will certainly say yes. But there has been a growing consensus in recent years that while foreign aid is well intentioned, it has had little to no impact on the countries it seeks to help.

Interestingly, a massive study of 6000 individuals receiving direct foreign aid in developing countries found that while they appreciate the assistance, that the aid has made no impact improving their lives. The best example of the failures of foreign aid spending is Haiti. With a population of eight million, it has received $1 billion in Canadian government funding since 2006 and billions more from the international community.

This cycle of dependency on foreign aid goes back decades. Yet the country remains the poorest in the Americas and one of the worst governed places on earth. Meanwhile, in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, CIDA admits that despite the territory receiving the highest per capita foreign aid funding in the world, the humanitarian situation is actually “regressing.” The majority of the population lives in poverty and relies on food handouts from the UN mission in the region.

https://www.taxpayer.com/media/$15%20Billion%20in%20Foreign%20Aid.pdf

 

[YZT580]

, CIDA admits that despite the territory receiving the highest per capita foreign aid funding in the world, the humanitarian situation is actually “regressing.” The majority of the population lives in poverty and relies on food handouts from the UN mission in the region.

https://www.taxpayer.com/media/$15%20Billion%20in%20Foreign%20Aid.pdf

and all the leaders take European vacations too. Aid only works if you control all facets of its distribution. that is why a private organization drilling wells and installing water systems is able to succeed in elevating the standard of living in the communities where they work whilst government projects rust in the field

 

[Eaglelord17]

Thats because you all are assuming that foreign ‘aid’ is meant to be aid. If you look at it as a way to bribe countries so we can do business, it makes a lot more sense.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Nothing to see here and definitely nothing to do with Chinese influence - move along.

Bill Blair took months to approve CSIS surveillance of Liberal powerbroker, national-security source says​

Canada’s spy service sought an electronic and entry warrant to monitor former Ontario cabinet minister Michael Chan in the lead-up to the 2021 federal election, but it took several months for then-public safety minister Bill Blair to sign off on the clandestine surveillance of the influential Liberal Party powerbroker, according to a national-security source.

Mr. Chan has for years been a national-security target of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service because of alleged links to China’s Toronto consulate and association with proxies of Beijing. The Globe reported in 2015 that Mr. Chan had been the subject of CSIS security briefings in Ontario. He now serves as deputy mayor of the city of Markham, but was in the Ontario Liberal cabinets of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne from 2007 to 2018.

 

[Haggis]

Nothing to see here and definitely nothing to do with Chinese influence - move along.

Bill Blair took months to approve CSIS surveillance of Liberal powerbroker, national-security source says​

Bill Blair acted to rein in overzealous spy agency.

Doesn't that sound so much better?

 

[Jarnhamar]

Secret Chinese police stations ‘funnel Canadian public funds’​

A Quebec charity suspected of hosting two secret Chinese “overseas police stations” has received more than $4.45 million (£2.65 million) from the Canadian government over the last three years.

At least it wasn't 5 million.

 

[Quirky]

More great ideas from our climate extremists in Ottawa.

LILLEY: Trudeau's second carbon tax to cost Canadians big time

Starting July 1, 2023, the Clean Fuel Regulations will add significant costs for Canadian families.

torontosun.com

 

[Lumber]

More great ideas from our climate extremists in Ottawa.

LILLEY: Trudeau's second carbon tax to cost Canadians big time

Starting July 1, 2023, the Clean Fuel Regulations will add significant costs for Canadian families.

torontosun.com

Maybe this will get Canadians to sell their guns to pay their energy bills. Win win win.

 

[Brad Sallows]

It's certain that people will have to give up something else. Something must be squeezed; the policy makers can't usefully assume it will be all uses of fuel consumption.

 

[Haggis]

Maybe this will get Canadians to sell their guns to pay their energy bills. Win win win.

Sell them to whom?

The only legal "buyer" for banned guns in Canada is the GoC. The Liberals have yet to figure out how to collect and dispose of assault style firearms banned over three years ago. They have allocated only $181 M to that endeavour in this budget. Bill C-21 has no buyback provisions for handguns, just surrender upon death.

Selling them otherwise would just "prove" that law abiding gun owners weren't law abiding after all.

 

[Jarnhamar]

More great ideas from our climate extremists in Ottawa.

LILLEY: Trudeau's second carbon tax to cost Canadians big time

Starting July 1, 2023, the Clean Fuel Regulations will add significant costs for Canadian families.

torontosun.com

I feel like that's fake news. A departed poster assured us that Canadians would be receiving more than they spend with the carbon tax.

 

[Halifax Tar]

After 8 years, Trudeau’s approval rate falls short of Chretien but beats out his father and Harper

Canadians are split in their opinions on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to a new national poll, with two in five Canadians saying they approve of the prime minister, while slightly more than half answered that they disapprove.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[ModlrMike]

In other words:

 

[Eaglelord17]

Keep in mind those poll ratings are actually likely higher ratings than what they are. Right leaning people tend not to participate in surveys and tend not to favour Trudeau