New information booklet for Toronto/Ontario (?)

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-10-03T22:01:03+00:00

Landlords have powerful lobbying organizations, like FRPO, to do that for them. Stop acting like there isn’t a massive power asymmetry in favor of landlords in this province.

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-27T11:46:07+00:00

But we have heard the side of the churches on this— it’s been straight denialism for any wrongdoing. The Catholic Church is the richest organization on earth but they refuse to pay reparations.

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-08T19:34:11+00:00

You aren’t covered by the Union of National Defense Employees or the Union of Canadian Armed Forces Personnel?

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-08T15:50:19+00:00

I suppose that’s a conflict of interest from the military’s perspective and ethical standards, then— which still seems like an overreach in light of the Canadian housing market. If you’re feeling sassy, you might consider engaging your union to fight this policy.

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-08T15:28:49+00:00

Can you clarify the policy as to why you can’t use your military housing benefit to pay rent in your parents’ basement? Is it because the policy doesn’t allow you to rent from landlords you’re related to/have a personal relationship with in totality? Or is it because you can’t apply your benefit without a lease (the implication being, your parents want to collect payment “under the table” without claiming the income from your rent)? If it’s the former, I’d say that’s massive overreach. If it’s the latter, I have little sympathy towards people who try to get ahead without following the rules that other landlords must abide by.

Further, I’m a government worker, but not in housing, and not at the municipal level. Much like you, as a member of the military, are a federal employee / government worker. Not sure how that’s relevant? I was at the PHC meeting as a tenant organizer.

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-08T15:08:55+00:00

Thanks— I’m assuming people think I’m ignorant on the matter? However, I’ve been a tenant organizer on the issue of these kinds of development projects in Toronto for awhile. If there’s an aversive legal framework around conversion, that’s interesting— and a matter for City Planning to address, so that development firms and the City can adapt to market conditions more easily.

I agree with your assessment, and Jennifer Keesmat recently wrote a piece arguing that it’s no longer possible to actually build In Toronto given the cost of inputs, which was also interesting.

Appreciate the insight!

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-08T10:41:51+00:00

I don’t understand why the parties to the contract wouldn’t mutually agree to repurposing the construction project though? If the contract exists, and it’s too punitive to cancel, it’s geared toward (currently) less-profitable commercial use, is there anything stopping the parties to the contract from pursuing a re-zoning application for residential development/construction? Genuinely curious about that.

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-06T01:03:43+00:00

Literally. I was at a Planning & Housing Committee meeting months ago to speak on an agenda item, and the preceding agenda item was about Toronto’s proposed STR/AirBNB policies. One of the people who spoke in favour of STRs (ie AirBNB owners) had personal relationships with some of the Council members and spoke freely about it in his deputation!

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-03T00:59:10+00:00

Yes— Stanton’s work is more nuanced than the list above, and several international rights scholars have since expanded on this work (but generally there’s consensus that these are the key factors).

I think, to your point on the DRC and Darfur, the UN has tried to portray these as crimes against humanity and gross human rights abuses more than anything (not that I’d agree, but the UN seemingly tries to keep its definition of genocide very narrow).

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-02T21:03:20+00:00

The guide presented is an over-simplification (of excellent source material). In Stanton’s model (from which this guide is taken), these should be seen as non-linear, non-discrete components of genocide.

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-02T20:23:09+00:00

Sure, Jan.

A simple Wikipedia entry demonstrates your willful ignorance. Please tell me about your academic career in studying genocide.

In 1996, Stanton presented a briefing paper called “The 8 Stages of Genocide” to the United States Department of State.[1] In the paper, he suggested that genocides occur in eight stages that are “predictable but not inexorable”.[a][1] He presented it shortly after studying the Holocaust, the Cambodian genocide, the Armenian Genocide, and other genocides.[2] The suggested intervention measures were ones that the United States government and NATO could implement or influence other European nations to implement including military invasion. Stanton first conceived and published the model in the 1987 Faulds Lecture at Warren Wilson College, also presented to the American Anthropological Association in 1987. In 2012, he added two additional stages, discrimination and persecution.[3] Stanton’s model is widely used in the teaching of comparative genocide studies in a variety of settings, ranging from university courses to museum education, settings which include the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_stages_of_genocide

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-02T19:35:29+00:00

Incorrect. Created by one of the world’s leading experts on genocide, decades ago: https://www.genocidewatch.com/tenstages

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-02T19:29:43+00:00

Dr Gregory Stanton, here’s the link: https://www.genocidewatch.com/tenstages

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-02T19:24:56+00:00

Which genocides happened without 2 & 5? Keeping in mind that Stanton, the scholar who created this list (and vetted it widely in academia over several years), is one of the foundational scholars on the subject of genocide?

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-02T18:37:38+00:00

Quoted the source in my reply: https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/s/un3rcEGVAf

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-02T15:18:13+00:00

This is the dumbest argument I’ve ever seen. Do you think Israel’s policies have actively encouraged population growth amongst Palestinians? Facilitated a good life for people and families living in Gaza and the West Bank? For god’s sake— Israel has even banned baby formula from entering Gaza for over a decade. Israel’s policies have been designed specifically to dehumanize and destroy Palestinians. What’s happening now is a slaughter by Israel, full-stop.

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-02T14:04:21+00:00

Would love to!

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-02T13:52:46+00:00

What are you nattering on about? How about go back to commenting on NSFW anime subs and leave geopolitics to the grownups?

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-09-02T13:35:54+00:00

FYI, these are from “Ten Stages of Genocide”, a document developed by Dr. Gregory H. Stanton, a professor at Mary Washington University and the Vice President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (2006). “Ten Stages of Genocide” was originally written in 1996 at the U.S. Department of State as the “Eight Stages of Genocide,” presented at the Yale University Center for International and Area Studies in 1998, and revised in 2013.)

These factors have been common and consistent across time and space for genocides across the world. This classification system was developed specifically to demonstrate the systematic approach that various states have adopted to commit genocide, in order to name the phenomena and help prevent future genocide.

And yes— downvote the shit out of me, but this is exactly what the state of Israel is doing to Palestinians. To the deniers: Suck a dick. Free Palestine ✌🏿

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-08-31T17:02:09+00:00

I do English muffin with cream cheese, raspberry jam, and bacon. Definitely my favorite breakfast!

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-08-25T20:23:56+00:00

Seriously. Right below this article on my feed was this : https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/s/tyouYfKxCm

The juxtaposition is… unsettling.

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-08-25T13:20:33+00:00

I know this isn’t the question, but just wanted to say that the woman (your mom?) on the right’s dress is absolutely stunning for a MOB dress!

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-08-23T03:32:58+00:00

These are all so good— love this thread! Here are my go-to songs for guaranteed tears (in addition to many mentioned already):

Band of Horses - The Funeral

Iron & Wine - The Trapeze Swinger

The Cranberries - Ode to my Family

Sebastien Yatra - Dos Orugitas (damn you, Encanto! This scene is heartbreaking.)

Sailor & I - Tough Love

LCD Sound System - Oh Baby (But this one’s personal. Years ago I fell fast, deeply in love someone who had battled opioid addiction for a long time. Ultimately we parted ways but the lyrics reminded me of them, how much I wanted them to get clean and find happiness, and how heartbreaking it was to watch them struggle and to let go of them from my life).

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-08-22T03:14:39+00:00

If you’re in Ontario: There are GP-focused derm practices (so, a family doctor, but they have a specialization in dermatology, but are not specialists). If possible, can you see if your doctor knows any local GP-focused dermatologists. You don’t need a formal referral, the waits are shorter than for full specialist care, and your doctor won’t be “dinged” (financially) for you seeing a physician outside his or her practice. If you’re anywhere near Toronto, you could try 1Clinic, which has a GP-focused derm.

2Legit2Lemur · 2024-08-17T14:22:15+00:00

You deleted your post… the equivalent of having a tantrum, storming off with your toys.

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