I dunno, I feel like ultimately the goal should be to have zoning rules in place that don’t require “millions of little bylaw deviations” just to get housing built. www.thestar.com/news/gta/six...
Young Canadians aren't as patriotic because they see that the country has failed to solve the affordability crisis that is reducing their standards of living. A mandatory year of underpaid service would be counterproductive and would only reinforce their feelings of being taken advantage of.
Yesterday's episode of "The Current" podcast included an interview with the Minister of Housing where he was also was responding to your comments.
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Canada's 2025 Federal Budget is now out. All documents are available here: budget.canada.ca/2025/home-a... #cdnecon #cdnpoli
"Tax Reform in the Era of Populism"
Comments prepared for the CEA panel on tax policy in Montreal.
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Very proud and a bit nervous to share About Here’s latest video “The Housing Tax Crisis” with @smallhousing.bsky.social. This script took months of research and a bit of me losing my mind but I think it ultimately tells a profound story about our housing crisis today.
youtu.be/ZEUR9bj89lo
absolutely insanity on Fox Business. this would be a bit much even in Pyongyang.
What could tariffs on an uninhabited island possibly achieve?
Full tariff list here. Canada and Mexico are, confusingly, missing from the list.
Something we desperately need to fix in Toronto is the useless hangwringing about traffic. CityNews and others make videos on an almost daily basis about Gardiner congestion, does this video once mention considering taking the train that runs RIGHT next to the highway? No.
I’m excited to share my latest video with Urbanarium, "Why It's So Hard to Mass-Produce Housing." Factory-built housing is a promising idea in theory, but it turns out to be a very complicated endeavor in practice—here’s why: youtu.be/26iVJfiDgP0?...
Fun fact of the day: Vancouver charges apartments over 4.3 times they do a mansion, for every square meter. $254 for every bit of space in your apartment. $59 for mansions. And we wonder why apartments are small 🙄
"Governments have been using municipal housing taxes, from development charges to community benefit charges, to fund items that would otherwise be too expensive or too controversial to fund through general revenue."
Is there any dangerous activity treated with such wink-and-nod lenience as speeding? The whole political and legal system treats it as something that just happens and isn't a big deal
Super cool video about Canadian housing styles!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMLR...
If I knew nothing about Canada except the promises from the three parties, I'd conclude that the federal government must have a large budget surplus and no pressing need to invest in productivity, infrastructure, or defense.
Danielle Smith insists Trump helping Poilievre not foreign interference once we become 51st state
A prediction: In a week, either Trump will have lifted his ill-advised tariffs against Canada -- or "potash" will enter the American lexicon à la "hanging chad" or "Fallujah"
Someone like Donald #Trump is the inevitable outcome of the US's winner-take-all electoral system. #Canada also has a winner-take-all electoral system. Now is the time to change it.
Just launched, my latest deep-dive on electoral reform, with help from @fairvote.ca
youtu.be/TdXtMGCdb9o
Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
Premier Ford praises KY Sen. Mitch McConnell for, he says, standing up to Donald Trump. (McConnell is the single person most responsible for Trump's 2nd term except for Trump himself, as McConnell opposed Trump's impeachment and disqualification after January 6.)
Somehow this situation is only getting stupider
Now leader of the "free" world
It's bad that Canada's GDP growth has lagged the US.
But also, important to note that the US has achieved out-sized growth in part by running 6% of GDP deficits and allowing inflation to accelerate.
Should Canada emulate this? No.
Historically, that kind of growth doesn't end well.
So no matter who is elected, the best university system in the world will be destroyed, and it will happen swiftly these next few years. Three cheers for stupidity, everyone.
Ontario not only doesn't want its young people to stay here, they actively seek to chase them out. You cannot read this any other way. We have net outflows of adults 25-35 to other provinces. The below, translated: pack up and get out. Ontario doesn't care if you take your talents elsewhere.
It could mean that the world financial system melts down when investors realize that Elon Musk may selectively default on US debt. Just saying.
Eight years ago this would have been an option. Not anymore, not without staggering amounts of investment from the provincial and federal governments. Ain't gonna happen because the payout on such investments isn't within a single election cycle and our politicians can't think that far ahead.
