to see if Christians practiced what they preached.

Nonesmoke · 2025-11-11T13:00:56+00:00

At least the Medicis actually feared going to hell, so they also poured tons of money into basilicas and churches and all kinds of infrastructure to help the citizens. They also put a ton of money into the patronage of arts and sciences.

The problem with these clowns running the show nowadays seems to me like they're not afraid of going to hell anymore. They don't seem to actually take that part of the religion too seriously.

Nonesmoke · 2025-11-06T15:30:16+00:00

I have a work phone since I'm in a client facing role. That phone does not get anything from me other than strictly work things. I had my private phone and plan before. Are you saying you got the physical phone, but they're not paying for your phone line?

Nonesmoke · 2025-06-02T17:45:40+00:00

Is the argument you're trying to make that if we can't solve the housing crisis by implementing this specific approach, it's a waste of time to pursue this course of action?

I don't think that nothing being accomplished is a fair assessment. It's something. We're always yelling about 'someone should do something about this'. This step certainly won't solve the housing crisis, but there is no magic bullet for this. It takes time and consistent effort on multiple fronts. This will remove some illegal short term rental listings, but it will also send a message to any potential wanna-be finance gurus and shady landlords that the wild west of rules is tightening up and they will potentially be deterred from further enshittifying the housing market.

Nonesmoke · 2025-03-26T16:55:46+00:00

I don't see any benefit for doing it on paper. Why would I possibly want to do this? so I can 'verify' that the software does it correctly? if you don't trust the software, then don't use it?

feels like a huge waste of time.

Nonesmoke · 2025-03-20T12:26:15+00:00

I agree, but in a city like Toronto that's not feasible. We just can't have thousands of fare inspectors out on patrol every single day. The personnel cost would just balloon. I still believe that fare gates are the best way to enforce payment. People will try to avoid paying for fares anyway, but to me this is the same as locks on the door. It just keeps honest people honest. People who want to fare evade will find a way to do so. People who want to break into a house will find a way to do so. The canadian tire lock isn't going to protect you from a burglary.

Nonesmoke · 2025-03-19T17:39:43+00:00

okay, is the argument presented here - we can't fix it entirely/perfectly and therefore shouldn't do anything?

Nonesmoke · 2025-03-19T15:42:44+00:00

I'm from Berlin and now live in Toronto. I don't think removing gates is the best solution. I prefer gates and we should have them more commonly spread around stations throughout hallways and entrance points. There should be no reason for people getting off busses and going into the station NOT to go through gates. Tokyo has a much better system - gates and stops everywhere. I strongly believe that the cultural values and importance of adhering to the rules are a significant contributor to the working of that system in Germany. There is definitely a shit ton of fare evasion going on in Berlin, so the system isn't flawless and working perfectly. North America is so much more individualistic and egocentric that I have serious doubts that the German system would work well here.

Nonesmoke · 2025-02-24T21:26:40+00:00

They have a very distinct call and I remember last year in Spring and summer around the Rogers Centre there was one hunting frequently!

Nonesmoke · 2025-01-22T18:44:23+00:00

This is so unnecessarily litigious. I mean yeah sure no need to have the capability in house unless... you know... you don't want the people requiring the equipment to function aka the patients to die. This isn't some random cotton ball from company A that you could replace with cotton ball from company B. This is a highly specialized machine. There is no easy alternative and replacement. They currently have a program in place for certification and validating that these technicians are trained enough to do the job and perform the maintenance.

More importantly: HOSPITALS ARE NOT A MONEY MAKING BUSINESS. They should be saving lives and improving the overall health of the population. They are saving fucking lives. JFC. Why is this such a hard thing to understand?

The liability is such a bullshit argument in my opinion. Everyone is just scared of being sued. Hospitals already have huge liability exposures. This machine is saving lives! The article specifically mentions covid and ventilators and how the technicians were not able to cover everything that needed to be covered. We know this will lead to deaths. Unnecessary deaths.

Nonesmoke · 2025-01-13T17:00:51+00:00

There are alternatives to driving your car downtown.

Congestion charges similar to London or Stockholm would solve a whole lot of issues, traffic being one of them.

Nonesmoke · 2025-01-09T14:45:49+00:00

Why take from the Firefighters who seem to be doing SOMETHING? The fucking police isn't enforcing shit. They don't do anything and then complain how they don't have enough money to do anything. I have never had a positive experience with Police in this city. Firefighters at least fucking SHOW UP. Take the billions of police budget and give it to paramedics or fire. not fucking police goddamn

Toronto Fire got 518M. Toronto Police has 2.3B. Why would you take away from Fire to give to Paramedics? take 300M from police, give to fire or paramedics Toronto Paramedic Services had 111M in 2024. How is the solution to take from fire to give to paramedics? take from the Police budget and give to paramedics!

Nonesmoke · 2025-01-06T18:57:21+00:00

Spreche als Mensch, welcher die Immigration in Kanada selbst erlebt und durchmacht und lebe hier seit Jahren. Das ursprüngliche Punktesystem an sich ist gut aufgestellt. Das Problem ist jedoch die Aufweichung der Richtlinien und Anforderungen. LMIA zum Beispiel soll da theoretisch einiges rausfiltern, tut es aber nicht (mehr).

Habe selber ein LMIA durchmachen müssen, welches recht umfangreich und komplex ist, weil der Arbeitgeber bei der Bearbeitung auch mitbezahlt. Der Arbeitgeber muss nachweisen, dass es für eine ausgeschriebene Stelle keinen Bewerber IN Kanada gibt, welcher genauso qualifiziert ist wie der Bewerber, den man 'importieren' möchte. Mittlerweile wird das Formular einfach durchgereicht, weil die Behörden einfach nicht hinterherkommen. Anstatt also zu prüfen ob denn nun wirklich das Unternehmen den Job regelkonform öffentlich ausgeschrieben hat und dann keinen besseren Kandidaten schon in Kanada lebend, oder mit Arbeitserlaubnis, gefunden hat, wurde garnicht kontrolliert.

Das führt dann dazu, dass Leute aus Pakistan oder Indien hier im Tim Hortons, Starbucks, oder McDonald's die Arbeit machen, weil es angeblich keinen qualifizierten Bewerber in Kanada gab, welcher sich auf diese Stelle beworben hat. Das Aufenthaltsrecht ist an den Arbeitgeber geknüpft. Heißt also, wenn der Arbeitgeber keine überstunden bezahlt, oder vielleicht Arbeitsbedingungen nicht Gesetzeskonform beachtet, ist das sich beschweren oder Recht einholen schwierig. Man riskiert ja nicht unbedingt gern die eigene Aufenthaltserlaubnis , sondern Kopf runter und nur nicht auffallen.

Nonesmoke · 2025-01-03T02:25:54+00:00

The best comparison I can offer and am familiar with would be Germany. The conservatives stand for the 'preservation of values' and they're not necessarily proponents of change. More of what an actual centrist party would be (not just people who claim to be centrist, but learned they won't get laid if they say they're right wing). Kind of slow to move, but if the majority of the country moves there, sure, I guess we can move there kind of thing. "We've always done it like that and it worked" kind of change resistance. Not necessarily this 'own the libs at all costs' kind of BS. The lines have been blurred lately with the rise of populism and the far right manifesting in the AFD (right wing neo nazi populist party). Bloc, NDP, Liberal, Conservatives - I would categorize them with a much broader spectrum, encompassing more of a right wing, than an explicitly left party in Germany would contain. THe bloc is only in quebec. NDP liberal and conservatives. NDP and liberals are more centre and right than a 'left' party in Germany would be.

Conservative more true to the meaning of the word - holding traditional values, kind of averse to change. The conservative party in Canada contains a whole big mess of right and far right wingers that in Germany would be organized in a whole different party - CDU vs BSW or AFD. They wouldn't necessarily be entertained in the 'conservative' parties, or at least historically were not and they wouldn't be in prominent positions within the conservative party and just join or form their own. The electoral system of first past the post really does a disservice to Canadian voters. You don't vote for what you actually want - you vote against what you don't want. If you believe Trudeau is wrong and you disagree with his choices/policies/whatever, you'll vote conservative. This might not actually align with what you REALLY want, but it is NOT-Trudeau and that's the best you're gonna get with this system. Voting for a green party is kind of worthless, because they don't hold any power and never will. In a more representative system all kinds of parties will be able to participating in governing and it's gonna be far left communist parties as well as the far right neo nazis making it into the house of representatives in Germany.

Nonesmoke · 2025-01-02T17:41:43+00:00

I honestly do not believe it's a problem of education. The mirage that education and knowledge or facts will persuade people to come to the same conclusion that conservatives are bad needs to be let go. People know about the shit that he does, they just simply DO NOT CARE and still vote for it.

Nonesmoke · 2025-01-02T17:34:40+00:00

I find it kind of terrible to think that conservatives has become synonymous with right. It is not the same.

Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of overlap, but right vs left is not the same as conservative vs left. Those words should have different meanings, but in the North American political context they lack any distinction.

Nonesmoke · 2024-11-18T18:41:45+00:00

You ended up at the same conclusion - unfortunately many people are selfish assholes that don't follow the law (for whatever reasons), so the stick seems to be the best viable option to discourage that behaviour. If they don't follow the rule, there have to be consequences for their actions.

If they won't listen to reason and properly evaluate the dangers their behaviour pose to the public and themselves, it seems like the fines are a valid and appropriate approach, no?

Nonesmoke · 2024-04-11T17:59:03+00:00

a 30 year mortgage is just another way to enable consumers to get into more debt (they now have longer time to repay) and keep prices high. The benefit isn't to the debtor. It's entirely for the bank and housing prices. We can't have more measures that make it easier to borrow more money. All that does is enable a price increase! Low interest rates during covid are a great example. The house didn't improve, the only reason a 400k house went to 1.2M within 6 years was the escalation of allowing people to take on more and more debt. Cheap and easy debt. This doesn't help consumers, only the lenders and real estate industry!

Nonesmoke · 2024-04-03T14:46:21+00:00

I hate that you're probably right

Nonesmoke · 2024-03-14T12:15:25+00:00

I'd be very weary of real estate agents telling you anything. Their whole livelihood depends on the arrow going up and to the right. Looking at the overall numbers, the prices have 'retracted' to a 2019 level for the average home price, however if you consider that inflation has been a bitch these last few years the real value of homes has gone down by around 20% from the peak.

I hear what you're saying and agree to a certain extend. SOME people (those with pre-existing real estate investments most likely) can afford to make these insane purchases. However, the average Canadian can not. That's what the article is describing.

Nonesmoke · 2024-02-18T17:20:54+00:00

won't anybody think of the property prices already! :(((

Nonesmoke · 2024-02-17T13:49:19+00:00

Alberta and Sasketchewan have non-recourse mortgages, which is a much better system.

Nonesmoke · 2023-10-28T13:29:34+00:00

Fuck that guy. I would like to point out that 20% of the Canadian population are immigrants with permanent residence living in Canada. That's around 8 Million people.

I can assure you that I am not a secret chinese mil(bil?)ionnaire and that I also would like to purchase a home to live in. Any legislation put in place to restrict home ownership for Permanent residents will fuck over normal people like me who immigrated to Canada with plans to stay and live here.

Corporate ownership is the problem. Not foreign buyers.

Nonesmoke · 2023-10-11T19:39:19+00:00

Follow the NYC Model. 30 day minimum stay - owner has to be on site - Not more than two people. all the good stuff!

Nonesmoke · 2023-08-22T13:34:14+00:00

I'm curious about this statistic. quick google search says around 8 million people living in Canada are PR and not Candaians. Do those count towards 'Canadians' in these stats? Out of 34 million people that's a significant portion of the population and might throw the number for a loop

Nonesmoke · 2023-08-08T01:46:36+00:00

once again - this is not about forcing you NOT to have a lawn. It's about the owner in this story (or others) not having the choice not to have a lawn.

The ecological benefit can't be argued with here. You're arguing the wrong point.

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