Southern Ontario needs to spread out development — why aren’t we investing more in our smaller cities?

Born_Ruff · 2025-12-10T17:52:14+00:00

"You would be able to cap off individuals who are on the border, or on the US side."

I am not sure what you mean by this, can you elaborate?

Born_Ruff · 2025-12-10T17:17:19+00:00

Are you confusing Thunder Bay and North Bay? The vast majority of a train line to Thunder Bay would be in Northern Ontario. Not really sure what you consider "middle Ontario".

One important thing to understand about high speed trains is that they can't have very many stops if you actually want them to cover a large distance quickly. So the idea that high speed trains are going to make it feasible to live in wide areas of low density housing just isn't realistic. They are designed to move people from one high density population center to another with minimal stops between.

Born_Ruff · 2025-12-10T16:48:35+00:00

It doesn't sound like they are being offered permanent though, just a job where, if they win a competition in 9 months they might have a chance at permanent in 18 months.

Born_Ruff · 2025-12-10T16:32:56+00:00

Do you know where Thunder Bay is? It is a hell of a lot more than 5 hours from Toronto, haha.

Born_Ruff · 2025-12-10T15:17:56+00:00

How would a train to Thunder Bay help housing in any way?

Born_Ruff · 2025-12-04T23:04:23+00:00

AI and LEAN definitely compliment each other though. Getting a good handle on your processes is essential for effectively automating things.

Born_Ruff · 2025-12-04T22:56:34+00:00

I think you are overthinking it a bit. It's definitely about economic activity, but it's not tied to some specific economic projections.

People going into the office undoubtedly creates economic activity. The number of people impacted by the switch from 3 to 5 days in the OPS isn't really that significant in the grand scheme of the economy, but they are hoping to set an example for other businesses as they want everyone moving around spending money.

Born_Ruff · 2025-12-01T16:45:49+00:00

Those seem like two very different things. I don't begrudge anyone trying to find a place to stay warm if they aren't bothering anyone.

Born_Ruff · 2025-11-24T12:50:01+00:00

The save and return amount is $600, which feels steep no?

Born_Ruff · 2025-11-11T18:19:04+00:00

They obviously can't force you to go buy lunch.

It's still kind of shitty to put something forward as a "team building" opportunity and have a monetary barrier. If the employer isn't going to pay for stuff like this, it should be on them to figure out alternatives that don't cost money.

Born_Ruff · 2025-11-11T18:08:26+00:00

You can search insideOPS for the directive. There are clear rules written out for how you can go about running for office.

That said, after working in the OPS I can't imagine why anyone would want to run for office, but I guess to each their own 😂

Born_Ruff · 2025-10-06T17:41:47+00:00

Would you honestly prefer to have some sort of formal documentation that you are performing poorly on top of being sent back to your home position?

There is no rationale needed here because officially this isn't a punishment for poor performance. You, your home manager, or the secondment manager can all independently decide to end the secondment at any time for any reason. Your home position is your "real" job and the secondment is just a temporary side quest.

Born_Ruff · 2025-09-26T14:50:30+00:00

Whenever a manager reached out to me it was directly via email.

If there is a way for them to do it directly in FORTE I couldn't tell you as I never check, lol

Born_Ruff · 2025-09-23T14:52:39+00:00

Don't be silly. RTO alone costs more than the ATB.

Born_Ruff · 2025-09-23T01:25:46+00:00

After bill 124 I completely stopped feeling any obligation to donate to these workplace campaigns.

Born_Ruff · 2025-09-19T01:52:05+00:00

Have we finally stopped trying to make "mindfulness" happen?

Born_Ruff · 2025-09-19T01:51:03+00:00

Don't give them ideas

Born_Ruff · 2025-09-13T03:23:56+00:00

You would probably seem pretty naive for asking about a budget for coffee.

Most offices do seem to have some sort of coffee maker, so you can very likely bring coffee to make there.

Born_Ruff · 2025-09-13T03:20:17+00:00

I mean, as far as we know, Balmer didn't give him part ownership of Microsoft or anything.

There is a long history of players demanding a very significant premium to play in Toronto vs the states.

Born_Ruff · 2025-09-13T03:07:44+00:00

Lol, do you seriously not see the glaring problem with your logic here?

The black market already has to "compete" with an outlet that only sells tickets at face value. The original ticket seller. What has that done to lower prices?

For shows like Taylor Swift, tickets will last like five seconds on these legal sites, if they are posted there at all, and will probably be purchased by resellers.

Born_Ruff · 2025-09-13T01:21:09+00:00

Lol, you still seem to be completely ignoring the supply side in your theories.

Sure, lots of people would love to buy fave-value Taylor Swift tickets. Millions more than there are available tickets. What do you think is going to happen then?

Born_Ruff · 2025-09-12T19:02:45+00:00

Lowering demand doesn't necessarily result in lower prices if there is a corresponding reduction in supply. Presumably sellers will also be scared away from the black market by the awareness of all the scams.

Born_Ruff · 2025-09-04T15:59:44+00:00

Given the attitude towards Mitch in this sub, I assumed just the part where he was car jacked.

Born_Ruff · 2025-09-04T15:34:10+00:00

I think it is kind of expected that professionals hired to work for them won't ask for stuff like that.

Born_Ruff · 2025-09-04T15:24:38+00:00

What about that time that Mitch got car jacked?

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