Canada General Discussion (2019-)

[MaxQue]

The other issue that needs to be addressed is single-family zoning. 70% of land in Ontario that is zoned for housing is reserved for detached single-family homes - townhouses, condos, etc are not allowed.

Not allowing condos is probably a good thing. As they age, they are a ticking time bomb.

[MaxQue]

The other issue that needs to be addressed is single-family zoning. 70% of land in Ontario that is zoned for housing is reserved for detached single-family homes - townhouses, condos, etc are not allowed.

Not allowing condos is probably a good thing. As they age, they are a ticking time bomb.

I would jokingly say 'spoken like a true NIMBY' here, but that would be mean.  

In all seriousness, it's not such a great thing when all non single family housing is cramped in small pieces of land. At least allow other types of housing to be built.

Mobile homes and small (or even mini) homes should be seriously considered, as should apartment buildings.

[MaxQue]

Poilievre picking a fight with David Eby is really dumb. Boost the BC Cons by all means, but there's no reason to specifically go after a premier who is fairly popular in his province and is all but certain to win a full 4-year mandate this fall. The combative tone works against Trudeau because he's unpopular, it doesn't work against a popular leader. I'm not sure what he's trying to achieve here. Maybe he's trying to get Eby in line with the other premiers (and apparently Bonnie Crombie!) on the carbon tax issue. It's not gonna happen, Eby's like the one Anglo premier who doesn't feel the pressure to axe the tax, both because of his province's inclination towards environmentalism, and the fact that the opposition to him is very fragmented.

Also, the federal carbon tax doesn't apply in BC, as they have their own provincial tax (same as Quebec, who has cap and trade instead).

[MaxQue]

Poilievre picking a fight with David Eby is really dumb. Boost the BC Cons by all means, but there's no reason to specifically go after a premier who is fairly popular in his province and is all but certain to win a full 4-year mandate this fall. The combative tone works against Trudeau because he's unpopular, it doesn't work against a popular leader. I'm not sure what he's trying to achieve here. Maybe he's trying to get Eby in line with the other premiers (and apparently Bonnie Crombie!) on the carbon tax issue. It's not gonna happen, Eby's like the one Anglo premier who doesn't feel the pressure to axe the tax, both because of his province's inclination towards environmentalism, and the fact that the opposition to him is very fragmented.

Mainstreet has just released a poll showing the conservatives only 6 points below the BCNDP. Poilievre knows what he's doing.

The Mainstreet poll asked people their federal voting intentions before asking them how they'd vote provincially.

Mainstreet polls aren't junk polls but people should be suspicious of their motives. Quitto Maggi has used his polls to attempt to influence elections before.

Let's not mince words and let's just admit the truth about Mainstreet. They're a partisan pollster, like Rasmussen in USA.

[MaxQue]

https://globalnews.ca/news/10397176/trudeau-temporary-immigration-canada/
Seems like Trudeau actually is backtracking. There actually could be a scenario where this entire international surge was more incompetence rather than malice.

“To give an example, in 2017, two per cent of Canada’s population was made up of temporary immigrants. Now we’re at 7.5 per cent of our population comprised of temporary immigrants. That’s something we need to get back under control.”

I can't believe the federal government is that incompetent.
Maybe they listened to businesses having difficulties to find employees due to manpower shortage rather than problems associated with such an influx of people.

Companies need to foreign workers, as they cannot rely on the feckless boomers.

[MaxQue]

Premier Doug Ford says he wants only Ontario students at universities, colleges

First Trudeau flip-flops on temporary resident numbers, now this. Are Canadian politicians now just going to become serial flip-floppers because they just realized their immigration/international student policies are extremely unpopular?

Why the hostility to other provinces, through?

[MaxQue]

Premier Doug Ford says he wants only Ontario students at universities, colleges

First Trudeau flip-flops on temporary resident numbers, now this. Are Canadian politicians now just going to become serial flip-floppers because they just realized their immigration/international student policies are extremely unpopular?

You see flip-floppers, I see people admitting they were wrong, better late than never. Who cares if they're doing the right thing now for the wrong reason?

Not all provinces offer every education program under the sun and may need to rely on other provinces. For example, people in my part of Quebec who want to become morticians are usually going to the Collège Boréal in Sudbury, as it is closer than any Quebec establishment offering the course.