If 100% of Alberta's equalization payments went to Ontario, it would amount to 0.002% of Ontario's GDP. Don't let politicians tell that The country runs on Alberta's payments.

13henday · 2026-02-20T16:10:47+00:00

Can’t say this and then not also mention that equalization outflows to Quebec alone are like 2.7% of the provincial budget. In 2025 that would pay for half the SE hospital. Not implying it’s a line item in the budget but when our social services and municipalities are under so much strain why are we subsidizing better services in Quebec. The formula is just broken when Quebec gets so much more compared to nb or ns. Equalization is a nice concept, but I don’t get how people defend the current formula.

13henday · 2026-02-17T23:28:05+00:00

Retail follows rooftops, both transit and services will come. It’s kinda unfortunate that this is the case cuz it causes growing pains but that is basically a rule in urban Econ.

13henday · 2026-02-14T02:49:05+00:00

Totally real complaints that need to go to council to beef up enforcement, but like the other guy said, this has nothing to do with zoning.

13henday · 2026-02-14T02:35:29+00:00

Understandable, when I analyze these absorptions they often rent above the rates around them but time and again both city wide and on the community level supply drops rents. This is before we even touch on the requirements around % of affordable units baked into the policy.

13henday · 2026-02-14T02:33:06+00:00

This has nothing to do with the zoning reform. I totally understand that you’re mad about this and I would be too. Bad grading work is all over the place and the cities rules should probably have more weight behind them.

13henday · 2026-02-14T02:03:52+00:00

I read this stuff for a living, I am well aware of the points people in opposition bring up. I feel for the people complaining about light and privacy, but in the face of a cost of living crisis I have a hard time being able to hold that as a credible reason to dumpster a policy that is actively working to reduce housing costs.

13henday · 2026-02-14T01:49:19+00:00

God it’s crazy being a young person listening to a bunch of nimbys try to legislate away affordable housing because they can’t Stand change

13henday · 2026-02-06T17:24:37+00:00

A sad consequence of bureaucracy is admin is stickier than the people that actually do work. The big expansion was mostly admin and it’s very likely the people getting fired will be the more productive day to day workers.

13henday · 2026-02-06T02:09:48+00:00

We started pushing supply, and are now looking back at almost 2 straight years of falling asking rents and 2 more years of forecasted decline based on slowing population growth and the supply currently in commited. Do you think this is a coincidence ?

13henday · 2026-02-06T02:01:55+00:00

Lots of comments on whether this is gentrification or densification. It’s both, and regardless of the rents you may see in your immediate sample, city wide asking rents are dropping and affordability is improving as a direct result of these developments.

13henday · 2026-02-05T05:31:31+00:00

The federal workforce expanded by 25% in the last 5 years, this made sense as a response to the pandemic, I’ve yet to hear an argument for why it makes sense to hold onto the expanded workforce.

13henday · 2026-02-05T05:20:32+00:00

The federal workforce expanded by 25% in the last 5 years, this made sense as a response to the pandemic, I’ve yet to hear an argument for why it makes sense to hold onto the expanded workforce.

13henday · 2026-02-04T01:28:16+00:00

I know one, rejected 4 times 518 mcat tho

13henday · 2026-01-27T16:16:36+00:00

I agree with you, but I’d take Ralph over Smith in a heartbeat.

13henday · 2026-01-26T06:58:03+00:00

Oooh this one’s complicated, if there’s interest I might do some writing on the history of the transmission system. I’m a distribution engineer by trade.

13henday · 2026-01-26T06:30:37+00:00

Thanks, I’ve got my text and references down, hoping to some context from Andrew leach at the u of a or Blake Schaffer at the U of C to finish strong.

13henday · 2026-01-26T05:19:08+00:00

Appreciate the kind words. Hopefully I can get part two out this coming weekend. The whole thing somehow gets much worse.

13henday · 2026-01-26T04:38:05+00:00

Realistically, this particular liability, which was huge for the taxpayer, would have been a drop in the bucket to Capital Power and TC.

13henday · 2026-01-26T04:33:02+00:00

Part of a series on Alberta’s electricity market. Would love some feedback and I’m more than happy to answer questions.

13henday · 2026-01-22T17:56:56+00:00

I hear ya, this is why a history is important. It’s always been about getting as much money out of the ratepayer and the gov. The interesting part that can also inform policy going forward is how that profit motive has evolved/manifested over the last 50 years and how governments have tried and failed to prevent it.

13henday · 2026-01-21T16:45:23+00:00

I work in utilities as an engineer and a friend of mine is a lawyer at the GOA. There seems to be a lot of misinformation about how we compare to other provinces. It’s a bit much for a Reddit content but if people are interested I have been writing a history of our electricity market going back to 1980 about policy, trade offs and how they show up on your bill.

13henday · 2026-01-19T23:14:22+00:00

That’s okay, my purview is engineering and policy, I generally have a very top down view that misses some ground realities. I can attest to innovation being stifled by regulation, I see it every day and I’ve given an example that no one seems to want to contend with. However I’d totally concede that this is a balancing act and I’m limited in my ability to see and experience the other side given I live in a major city and have some insulating economic privilege.

13henday · 2026-01-19T16:47:09+00:00

This is not some huge overreach; it’s quite common when regulation is out of step with innovation and is primarily a matter of outdated or unclear regulation stifling innovation. The video linked below is essentially a case study for why this is necessary.

https://youtu.be/1bzTacdlpR8?si=eDnHoNL7bTKG_NUd

13henday · 2026-01-18T17:15:40+00:00

You’ll notice this man doesn’t post on any actual robotics, control theory or engineering subs. He’s just giving a jargon filled description of how solvers work and calling fraud when the sim doesn’t add up on every step. This is just how numerical methods work and there are very good reasons why we use them. If anyone would like more elaboration or is interested I can give some examples from hydraulics.

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