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I have some bad news for you, the majority of Canadian families are homeowners. The renters out there will always get shafted as long as this is the case.
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Oct 8, 2021 13:23
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Normy posted:All the homeowners have to die eventually then it's payday! Unless the population decreases or we build more homes, prices will increase
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Oct 8, 2021 15:47
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Crow Buddy posted:Blackrock will never die unfortunately. i kept trying i killed the dwarves and the orcs and the dragons and the fire elementals and the other fire elementals and the other dragons AND IT STILL WON'T STOP
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Oct 8, 2021 15:49
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ARACHTION posted:If there’s one thing I’ve learned from Canadian politics it’s that all the major parties including the NDP are so entirely dedicated to housing values increasing that they will leverage all state resources to keep the game rolling as long as possible. I imagine this will continue until the point of it even becoming the state’s major purpose. It’s almost as if our society is less working/upper class and more renter/homeowner. Because the first party that even appears to be mulling letting house prices decrease will win zero (0) seats at the next election
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Oct 8, 2021 21:22
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https://twitter.com/globedebate/status/1446447296208531462?s=21 world war three fomentation for you my friends
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Oct 8, 2021 22:02
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So today Ontario quietly announced that capacity restrictions for concerts, theaters and sporting events have been lifted entirely.
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Oct 8, 2021 22:23
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There were restrictions? I thought everything already opened up entirely once they started doing those again. I wanted to get Mitski tickets and was worried about how crowded Massey Hall might be, but they were all gone in the pre-sale.
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Oct 8, 2021 22:47
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half cocaine posted:https://twitter.com/globedebate/status/1446447296208531462?s=21 Banning Chinese access to 5G infrastructure isn't WW3 fomentation.
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Oct 8, 2021 22:52
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I thought we were consulting with other Telecom giants for 5G infrastructure, like Nokia
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Oct 8, 2021 22:59
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half cocaine posted:https://twitter.com/globedebate/status/1446447296208531462?s=21 This Huawei 5G waffling is probably why the 5 eyes was reduced to 3 eyes and we weren't invited.
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Oct 8, 2021 23:41
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Another Bill posted:This Huawei 5G waffling is probably why the 5 eyes was reduced to 3 eyes and we weren't invited. I suspect the AUKUS thing is more about arctic sovereignty and the US not wanting to give Canada access to nuclear submarine technology. Five eyes arrangement hasn’t changed as far as I know. The 5G network restrictions aren’t anything totally new for Canada. We never allowed Chinese manufacturers to supply equipment for the 3G/LTE core networks, so this is just an extension to restricting them from supplying RAN equipment or antennas. 5G was designed so that a supplier you don’t trust could supply a gNB-DU and only trusted suppliers can be used for the gNB-CU units, though I’m not sure why nobody allows Huawei to even supply the DU. Maybe the split between them isn’t as strong as it needs to be. Anyway this isn’t going to trigger WWIII, and basically nothing Canada can do on the trade front is likely to trigger such a conflict.
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Oct 9, 2021 01:29
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UnknownMercenary posted:There were restrictions? I thought everything already opened up entirely once they started doing those again. Yes, but there might as well have not been, since places like whatever the skydome is called now decided to just pack everyone into the 100s anyway, so there was no real point. I'd assume concerts would be the same. I get the change, we've had like 3-4 weeks of cases dropping, I just don't have a lot of confidence that the PCs will roll anything back if it does lead to things rising again.
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Oct 9, 2021 02:03
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Fart Amplifier posted:Unless the population decreases or we build more homes, prices will increase I'm sure some people would trade their firstborn for a house, but the the demand side is made up of money, not people. Compared to the fact that the banks can lend people far too much money and offload the entire risk to CMHC, our immigration rate has basically no effect on home prices.
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Oct 9, 2021 02:42
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tagesschau posted:I'm sure some people would trade their firstborn for a house, but the the demand side is made up of money, not people. Compared to the fact that the banks can lend people far too much money and offload the entire risk to CMHC, our immigration rate has basically no effect on home prices. I used to think this, but prices have merrily sailed beyond the CMHC threshold.
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Oct 9, 2021 04:35
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Fart Amplifier posted:Unless the population decreases or we build more homes, prices will increase Or we get a government with the spine to stop this neoliberal bullshit
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Oct 9, 2021 14:30
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Lexicon posted:I used to think this, but prices have merrily sailed beyond the CMHC threshold. The banks aren't going to face any meaningful losses either above or below the threshold. A correction in home values may lead to losses for homeowners, but the banks won't feel it. There's not going to be a Canadian WaMu.
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Oct 9, 2021 14:57
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That's good, because I don't think there's a Canadian JoJo either.
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Oct 9, 2021 15:56
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McGavin posted:That's good, because I don't think there's a Canadian JoJo either. The Band and Neil Young are both stands so...  I love the Ford government thanking the local health units for handling the pandemic and vaccination rollout so well despite the fact that one of the first things he did after elected was cut their budgets and line up a bunch of them to be just outright removed (Simcoe Muskoka DHU was supposed to be closed in 2020 for example). The people he poo poo on and tried to put out of work bailing his bloated rear end out from all his pandemic gently caress ups and possibly even saving his job is both funny and endlessly frustrating.
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Oct 9, 2021 19:41
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The only thing he manged to do was not actively fight them managing the pandemic response, unlike some of our western neighbours. I'm frankly surprised at his restraint.
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Oct 9, 2021 19:46
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https://mobile.twitter.com/AHS_media/status/1446921861024022530 Symptomatic covid positive people are being allowed into maternity wards.
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Oct 10, 2021 10:40
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Powershift posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/AHS_media/status/1446921861024022530 what the hell. There's just no way out for Alberta is there
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Oct 10, 2021 12:27
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Not when they're being infected from birth, no.
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Oct 10, 2021 12:29
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Powershift posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/AHS_media/status/1446921861024022530 With the UCP, you really have to dig deep when considering “what’s the worst, dumbest thing they could possibly do?” because so many of their actions are not merely ignorant, but actively malicious.
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Oct 10, 2021 15:32
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PT6A posted:With the UCP, you really have to dig deep when considering “what’s the worst, dumbest thing they could possibly do?” because so many of their actions are not merely ignorant, but actively malicious. The events of the past few years really hammer home the idea that job security for a politician isn't a good idea. Before long they'll give up entirely and dare us to vote them out.
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Oct 10, 2021 18:54
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Lars Blitzer posted:The events of the past few years really hammer home the idea that job security for a politician isn't a good idea. Before long they'll give up entirely and dare us to vote them out. once they see the writing on the wall, they'll sabotage the province to try to make the next leader look bad. They'll decimate the tax base so the next government has no revenue for social programs. They'll spend massively on corporate hand-outs so they land cushy C-suite jobs after they leave. They'll fire doctors and nurses so people get angry about long hospital wait times. They'll let disease run rampant so there's a high death toll on the next government's watch. They'll award huge unbalanced contracts to small donors to loot as much public funds as possible. They'll spend billions in cancellation fees on contracts for things like oil by rail. They'll install loyalists on the boards of crown corporations and into non-elected positions like the board of AHS. They cut AISH and close supervised consumption sites. They'll sign coal mining contracts on the eastern slopes of the rockies in areas formerly protected by the 1976 Lougheed coal policy. They'll cut school and university funding causing people who want an education to look into leaving the province causing a huge brain drain. ....hol up
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Oct 10, 2021 19:15
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I cant even laugh at Alberta anymore, its just a terrifying mix of tragedy and malice towards anyone still living there. The UCP clearly doesnt give a poo poo about anyone, not even their voting base.
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Oct 10, 2021 20:56
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Furnaceface posted:I cant even laugh at Alberta anymore, its just a terrifying mix of tragedy and malice towards anyone still living there. The UCP clearly doesnt give a poo poo about anyone, not even their voting base. And yet these same useful idiots would vote them back in if given the choice; that's what they're banking on.
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Oct 10, 2021 23:26
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Lars Blitzer posted:And yet these same useful idiots would vote them back in if given the choice; that's what they're banking on. Very much so, and they're very wary of alienating those people with a "lockdown". I'm amazed we even got this
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Oct 10, 2021 23:34
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Powershift posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/AHS_media/status/1446921861024022530 Don't worry -- they are following droplet protocol! (For an airborne virus)... https://twitter.com/AHS_media/status/1446921865834811392?t=96yGDgup7diPTlKUR9-aiw&s=19
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Oct 11, 2021 00:46
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My friend’s wife gave birth back in the spring at at Toronto hospital and she had to go in by herself. She was not allowed to have anyone with her and no visitors. The doctors set up an iPad so the family could be with her for the delivery but that was it. When she was discharged a couple of days later, she was wheeled out to the car by hospital staff.
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Oct 11, 2021 03:33
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My wife and I had our first kid in January of 2020, right before things really went to poo poo. Looking back, I guess I was pretty lucky because I got to stay with her in the hospital, when we were in and out a few times for newborn related horseshit. It sucks that my son has never really interacted with another kid and only knows half of his grandparents through video calls, but I guess I'm also lucky that video calls are even an option.
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Oct 11, 2021 04:36
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McGavin posted:My wife and I had our first kid in January of 2020, right before things really went to poo poo. Looking back, I guess I was pretty lucky because I got to stay with her in the hospital, when we were in and out a few times for newborn related horseshit. I mean, I don't know about that. I feel like we can and should admit support people who are vaccinated and rapid-tested negative, for births and also any other reason. That's completely reasonable. The absurdity is we were and are letting people die alone due to COVID protocols, but now you can have a COVID-positive person in a maternity ward? It's so insane that it's impossible for me to consider that it's not done out of malice. There's the old adage that you should not attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence, but I think we've long since blown past that which can be explained by incompetence alone.
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Oct 11, 2021 05:43
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PT6A posted:I mean, I don't know about that. I feel like we can and should admit support people who are vaccinated and rapid-tested negative, for births and also any other reason. That's completely reasonable. A friend of mine had a child in the GTA at the end of March 2020 and a support person was allowed in provided they didn't have symptoms. It's absolutely messed-up that a covid+ support person is allowed in. The birthing person can have a none-covid+ support person in. Even more messed-up about the Alberta policy is that after giving birth, the new parent, unvaxxed baby and covid+ support person can share a room with another new parent + unvaxxed baby. Again following droplet protocol for an airborne virus.
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Oct 11, 2021 06:22
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My wife and I had our kid in November 2020, and while I wasn’t allowed to attend any ultrasounds/checkups until like October, we were relieved that I was able to stay with her at the hospital for the birth and recovery. Very surreal time. We found out later from friends working at the hospital that there was a COVID+ couple on our unit.
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Oct 11, 2021 14:22
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These provincial covid updates sure arent instilling much hope that conservative run provinces will get this under control before another wave or mutation hits.
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Oct 12, 2021 17:30
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Furnaceface posted:These provincial covid updates sure arent instilling much hope that conservative run provinces will get this under control before another wave or mutation hits. The only real chance for these areas to mobilize now is to hope for a mutation that as a side effect makes you an atheist lefty.
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Oct 12, 2021 18:57
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Ontario is pushing back on signing the federal daycare program (of course). https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/childcare-ontario-liberals-1.6207667 quote:'It's not enough': Money at the heart of child-care disagreement between Ontario and Ottawa, sources say Mr. Apollo fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Oct 12, 2021 |
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Oct 12, 2021 19:05
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quote:With some key federal COVID-19 support programs set to expire in less than two weeks, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is urging the federal government to extend and adjust its aid. The CFIB remains unspeakably awful and almost mindbogglingly hypocritical. Same as it ever was. Benefits for me, but not for thee.
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Oct 12, 2021 19:10
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infernal machines posted:The CFIB is also requesting changes to the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) to ensure no one is earning more than they were prior to the pandemic.
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Oct 12, 2021 19:15
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Furnaceface posted:These provincial covid updates sure arent instilling much hope that conservative run provinces will get this under control before another wave or mutation hits. Good news! There's an AB presser this afternoon that I'm sure will buck this tren... hahahahaha, oh I can't even finish typing that.
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Oct 12, 2021 19:19
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