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Jun 17, 2021 11:29
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https://twitter.com/robertbenzie/status/1405482291816714243
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Jun 17, 2021 12:34
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Arcsquad12 posted:the Greens are imploding. Hypothetically, how could you tell? You know Ontario's reopening roadmap? It lasted all of a month. infernal machines fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Jun 17, 2021 |
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Jun 17, 2021 14:00
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infernal machines posted:Hypothetically, how could you tell? pikachu-shocked.jpg "Actual real experts said the plan looked fine, so naturally we had to toss it"
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Jun 17, 2021 15:00
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https://twitter.com/UHN/status/1405305851863261184?s=20
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Jun 17, 2021 15:29
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This is so loving awesome.
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Jun 17, 2021 15:32
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Doug Ford listens to children and his wife on pandemic response. Beautiful stuff.
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Jun 17, 2021 16:40
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Looking at the Delta variant stats I hope we all get our second shot really loving soon
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Jun 17, 2021 17:08
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I've heard from a few doctors that people are now vaccine shopping for Pfizer over Moderna (this is in ON). They had unfilled appointments so I got a Moderna yesterday even though my first shot was Pfizer. So if you're trying to secure a dose see if you can find any doctor's offices offering Moderna
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Jun 17, 2021 17:21
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HappyHippo posted:I've heard from a few doctors that people are now vaccine shopping for Pfizer over Moderna (this is in ON). They had unfilled appointments so I got a Moderna yesterday even though my first shot was Pfizer. Ottawa health sent out a note this morning basically to this effect. quote:Ottawa Public Health (OPH) encourages Ottawa residents to take the first COVID-19 vaccine available for your second dose to provide earlier two-dose protection which is recommended where variants of concern are circulating. Rules haven't changed about eligibility yet though. Still need your first shot April 18th or earlier.
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Jun 17, 2021 17:46
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Jordan7hm posted:Ottawa health sent out a note this morning basically to this effect. just to clarify that that is for ottawa specifically; local health units can set their own guidelines for access to second shots based on vaccine supply with the only hard and fast rules being 8 weeks for AZ and 28 days for mRNAs.
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Jun 17, 2021 17:54
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The massive ongoing renovation of Parliament Hill, centred on revitalizing and reworking Centre Block as the crown jewel of Canadian democracy, is expected to take until at least 2030 and cost up to $5 billion to complete. On Thursday federal officials leading the renovation project released the final design, scope, and anticipated timelines for completing the project. https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/centre-block-renovation-to-take-until-at-least-2030-to-complete-cost-up-to-5b-1.5474574 Lol Jesus it's going to look like a World War 1 trench fortification for the rest of the decade.
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Jun 17, 2021 17:57
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The BC vaccine booking system is well designed. Earlier appointments opened up for my 2nd dose, and I was able to book it with an automatic cancellation of my previous appointment. Does anyone know if all large clinics have the doses to give Pfizer to Pfizer and Moderna to Moderna?
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Jun 17, 2021 18:56
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ON just updated the second dose availability schedule: https://twitter.com/KamilKaramali/status/1405573170783047682
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Jun 17, 2021 19:04
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drat I just got my first shot yesterday. If supply remains steady I might be able to get my second before the end of July under that framework.
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Jun 17, 2021 19:07
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Vancouver apparently considering charging $1000 or $500 fees for parking permits for High or Moderately polluting vehicles with a model year later than 2022. That policy honestly kinda rules. However they are also considering a $45/year fee for everybody parking on the street overnight, and $3/night for visitors to an area, which seems much stupider. https://www.citynews1130.com/2021/06/14/vancouver-parking-permits/
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Jun 17, 2021 19:16
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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in my local health unit anyone who got vaxxed on or before may 9th was able to book and get a shot for a week now. i’m hoping they move it to the 16th soon
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Jun 17, 2021 19:19
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PittTheElder posted:Vancouver apparently considering charging $1000 or $500 fees for parking permits for High or Moderately polluting vehicles with a model year later than 2022. That policy honestly kinda rules. A moderately polluting vehicle is a sporty sedan or an efficient small SUV. Not sure what counts as a sporty sedan? I am not totally against this but kind of seems like it's going to end-up penalizing active, middle-income families rather than higher income car owners with gas guzzlers who can afford their own driveways.
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Jun 17, 2021 19:23
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Legit Businessman fucked around with this message at 01:10 on Sep 10, 2022 |
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Jun 17, 2021 19:28
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HappyHippo posted:ON just updated the second dose availability schedule: Does this mean all of Toronto is a hotspot now, postal codes be damned?
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Jun 17, 2021 19:47
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Starks posted:Does this mean all of Toronto is a hotspot now, postal codes be damned? Yes
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Jun 17, 2021 19:49
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PittTheElder posted:However they are also considering a $45/year fee for everybody parking on the street overnight, and $3/night for visitors to an area, which seems much stupider. Why? $45/year for street parking is a pittance; there's no way that covers more than a tiny fraction of the maintenance costs. For reference, Toronto's fees are: No access to on-site parking for resident’s first vehicle permit: $17.21/month No access to on-site parking for resident’s second and any subsequent vehicle permits: $53.43/month Resident does have access to on-site parking (permit is for convenience) $75.16/month Precambrian Video Games fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Jun 17, 2021 |
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Jun 17, 2021 19:58
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eXXon posted:Why? $45/year for street parking is a pittance; there's no way that covers more than a tiny fraction of the maintenance costs. I would imagine that's just to get a foot in the door to eventually ramp up to charging $500/month for camper vans.
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Jun 17, 2021 20:00
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Starks posted:Does this mean all of Toronto is a hotspot now, postal codes be damned? As far as I can tell, yes, because every search for anything like "Ontario Delta hotspot list" including results from the Government of Ontario website, just says "Toronto".
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Jun 17, 2021 20:02
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Not at all surprising that American Evangelicals are peddling their bullshit here, but more that it's actually gained traction in Parliament. Charlie Angus being a huge advocate for this bullshit is disappointing. https://twitter.com/GustavoTurnerX/status/1405600307254489089
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Jun 17, 2021 20:10
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eXXon posted:Why? $45/year for street parking is a pittance; there's no way that covers more than a tiny fraction of the maintenance costs. Well it's mostly the visitor parking fee thing since it sounds like they want to charge it everywhere. Seems like it'll be a lot of work to ever administrate and enforce in exchange for a pittance of a fee, in addition to being very annoying for road users.
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Jun 17, 2021 20:12
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Arnold Viersen is the last person to want porn censored. Hell he was calling for NDP MPs to do sex work iirc
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Jun 17, 2021 20:12
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That dude has a serious case of the crazy eyes
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Jun 17, 2021 20:43
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PittTheElder posted:Well it's mostly the visitor parking fee thing since it sounds like they want to charge it everywhere. Seems like it'll be a lot of work to ever administrate and enforce in exchange for a pittance of a fee, in addition to being very annoying for road users. Having lived exclusively in places with limited, paid parking for my entire adult life: anyone bitching about it can go pound loving sand at $3/day or $45/year. I've never had free parking, why the gently caress should anyone else get it? And it's not like "oh well I didn't have free college, so other people shouldn't get it" because college is good, and encouraging car use is bad. And, uh, I'm pretty sure they can administer parking fees effectively, based on the numerous parking tickets people get all the drat time around here. The system definitely exists!
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Jun 17, 2021 20:56
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You should see the wailing and gnashing of teeth this proposed parking policy is causing at r/Vancouver Actually, don't. It's super depressing. gently caress cars.
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Jun 17, 2021 21:10
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I like cars but it's not at all fair to have them heavily subsidized by the public down to "my car needs a place to live and it should have one for free." Nah, people who need a place to live should have one for free. You can pay for the place you keep your drat car.
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Jun 17, 2021 21:17
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PT6A posted:Having lived exclusively in places with limited, paid parking for my entire adult life: anyone bitching about it can go pound loving sand at $3/day or $45/year. Yeah I have no problem with paid parking, and paid visitor parking seems great. If it's like the temporary visitor parking in Toronto, you basically sign-up online and print out a piece of paper to keep on your dashboard. Where I lived in Vancouver it sucked because no visitor parking was available -- I had to pay my landlord $100/week for a friend to use an empty, unused spot.
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Jun 17, 2021 21:20
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I know a guy who has started a pro-UBI lobbying group and now he's also starting a Land Value Tax lobbying group. He keeps going on and on about how beneficial a LVT would be. However, I'm very skeptical because his pro-UBI arguments are essentially "corporations can pay people less since UBI will make up the difference, the savings will be passed onto the consumer" and "taxes will go down since governments can eliminate various social programs since UBI will allow people to pay for the services themselves". Does anyone have any recommended readings or studies on LVT? It doesn't see to be widely implemented so I'm guessing there are some drawbacks that I'm not seeing.
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Jun 17, 2021 22:11
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The obvious critique of Georgist LVT is that it only taxes one form of rent-seeking, and there are many kinds of economic rents.
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Jun 17, 2021 23:19
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/don-martin-without-a-quick-resolution-to-their-leadership-crisis-the-greens-will-fade-away-1.5474913 I don't always agree with Don Martin but it's like he stole my thoughts on the Annamie Paul clusterfuck.
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Jun 18, 2021 01:49
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I'm pretty sure the Greens remain "not really a party" and I don't know how an organization that largely isn't is going to have an effective response here.
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Jun 18, 2021 01:54
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ColdBlooded posted:That dude has a serious case of the crazy eyes he looks like the coomer wojack
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Jun 18, 2021 02:06
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Wow
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Jun 18, 2021 02:59
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Just a shame that's for Wimnipeg, because you know if it was for Manitoba, then the Cons would probably be heads and shoulders above the rest.
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Jun 18, 2021 03:30
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Mr. Apollo posted:I know a guy who has started a pro-UBI lobbying group and now he's also starting a Land Value Tax lobbying group. He keeps going on and on about how beneficial a LVT would be. However, I'm very skeptical because his pro-UBI arguments are essentially "corporations can pay people less since UBI will make up the difference, the savings will be passed onto the consumer" and "taxes will go down since governments can eliminate various social programs since UBI will allow people to pay for the services themselves". In the back of my mind whenever someone is going off on how great Georgism is is the thought that, "oh yeah if it's so great than how come it was forgotten about so quickly?" Meanwhile Henry George's contemporary, Karl Marx, well, his ideas had a lot more impact. But yeah a LVT, while the notion that it can replace all other taxes is seems dumb, it does seem like a pretty reasonable way to raise revenues. We already try to capture land values in other ways that are worse, more complex and less effective. When Vancouver rezones some property from low rise detached house to highrise apartment for example it retains 75% of the land value lift as a "Community Amenity Contribution." I'm sure many other cities around the world do similar things. Coincidentally today the BC government expert panel into housing affordability released their report and it goes quite in depth into CACs, and into various negative secondary impacts they have, recommending significant reforms. Too long to post but here's the url of the report https://engage.gov.bc.ca/housingaffordability/. At the moment City of Vancouver uses the revenues from CACs to fund not just improvements related to the development itself, but affordable housing, public art, childcare and other things. If Vancouver wanted to scale back or abandon CACs, it could find a replacement for the revenue in a different form of LVT. For example I think it was Vancouver's OneCity party that proposed a 1% LVT on sale of a property.
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