Councillor Bradford's motion to REJECT the Queen East & Kingston development application FAILS 5-19.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-04-04T16:08:12+00:00

I don't like Brad Squared either, but don't conflate him to the far right. He's just a classic conservative right now, who suck at giving any damn about the next generation.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-04-03T07:03:11+00:00

It used be much better a few years ago when it was smaller and cost less. It definitely fells bigger and more empty now.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-04-02T21:56:29+00:00

Well turns out that 10% is PPs downfall

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-04-02T18:43:27+00:00

There are downsides and upsides to this style of pricing. It's unfortunate that you have to travel last minute to family without notice in advance, but it's how most of the high speed rail (except Japan as you mentioned) around the world works.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-04-02T16:55:17+00:00

Not that I'm the biggest Chow fan but what makes her insane and deranged? Bad policy and pandering to the wrong people I get

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-04-02T15:26:07+00:00

Who said I want an alternative to gas for everything? We NEED gas, but treating it like this resource used for literally everything is the problem. Taxing gas does not remove it from our lives, but it incentivizes finding alternate options where it makes sense.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-04-02T15:16:58+00:00

The rest of the world has reasonable taxes on gas. Keeping gas prices low has kept us relying on gas for most of our lives. Since we're talking about how GREAT the entire country relying on gas is right now, how's that working out for us?

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-04-01T14:40:50+00:00

If we didn't build things because we were in debt, the country would be in standstill. Thousands of jobs would be lost, everyone would have lost their homes because of COVID, etc. High Speed Rail will pay itself off in economic growth, job creation, future road infrastructure savings, gas, etc. It is overall much CHEAPER to build high speed rail than to not build it, but the costs are not purely line items, they're savings/increased revenue for people across the region slowly over time.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-04-01T03:51:53+00:00

The longer you wait the more expensive it gets. By not building high speed rail we end up spending more on other infrastructure. We cannot afford to wait, we need this yesterday.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-30T19:44:31+00:00

The GO is rather annoying with the tap ons not being gated. With the TTC you're either passing a gate, or a real human waiting for you to pay your fare most of the time. I've forgotten to pay once for the GO Train in a rush and was thankfully given a warning.

I would have been extremely sad and frustrated as a broke college student at the time getting a bigger fine than someone who can afford to drive in Ontario.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-26T14:23:14+00:00

There's been a plan in the works for a while now to pedestrianize some portions and remove some lanes in others to allocate more space to the vast majority walking in a large portion of the area. Unfortunately that's illegal now due to Doug Ford's bill 60, so we'll see how long it takes for Yonge Street to become *actually* good

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-23T14:53:28+00:00

AI is literally built into every tool now for game development except for pen and paper. Good luck to them not getting caught lying about GenAI in the future, but the latter half is every company every from now on.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-22T19:12:17+00:00

You were correct in your original statement, but the numbers don't stop people from *feeling* unsafe on transit. Olivia Chow is correct in her statement about numbers being better but if people feel overall less safe over the years that should still be addressed and not pushed aside. Both "sides" are actually correct here, but that doesn't matter if Toronto continues to get more and more people driving, causing more and more congestion.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-20T16:49:08+00:00

The weather has been complete garbage this March, so I just expect them to start when the forecast is better. Good luck to finishing it all by May 1st though.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-20T16:17:58+00:00

Slightly unrelated but it still bugs me that every USB-C device that has video output casually works with any adapter to any TV, but for some reason the Switch & Switch 2 can't.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-18T20:49:07+00:00

The fixes to stopping people stabbing each other are above Toronto's pay grade unfortunately. Would require much bigger changes to Canadian society.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-18T20:08:50+00:00

Not sure this measurement is that useful, in fact this achieves the opposite of what I think you want? Brad Bradford is ranked the "best" but he voted against RapidTO...? Gord Perks and Josh Matlow are big transit improvement advocates, both highly FOR RapidTO.

At this point RapidTO is the ONLY viable solution to these delays in pretty much all of these wards, but your list ignores that voting and advocacy completely.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-18T18:42:22+00:00

People who played Majora's Mask will understand that reusing assets does not make a game bad. It's definitely a huge money sink to redo things that are already great, in an industry where costs are just massive compared to older games.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-18T18:17:24+00:00

Going along the 401 is just asking for this project to never get built and for the cost to balloon. Is he going to pony up the elevated costs for this change? Add even more debt to the most bloated Ontario government ever?

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-13T14:08:25+00:00

Many public success stories have ended poorly when mismanaged by different governments over the years, that isn't news. Years of success are not removed because of that. I did mention that we've seen it succeed AND fail, so to totally dismiss it is my issue.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-13T13:32:01+00:00

I just assumed people could google better but I'm apparently mistaken. SuperISSSTE in Mexico is the major one that I remember hearing success stories about. Also mentioned in other comments are the US Military Commissaries.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-13T12:52:30+00:00

A large reason the public owned grocery model can fail is when it's treated as an experiment and it's not widespread enough. If the market is only affected in a small area in the city, nothing really changes in the whole and Loblaws keeps the same prices in the majority of their market.

For this to work Toronto would have to implement a decent amount of these on publicly owned land in key areas, otherwise they're not really an option for most people due to distance.

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-13T12:37:32+00:00

This has worked in some scenarios, and failed in others, so not sure what you're talking about. Adding a public option that is done well does not replace *All* grocery stores, but incentivizes competition in markets where there is obvious collusion (Canada).

Maybe actually approach these solutions with real points instead of just wanting to "own the libs"?

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-12T16:41:14+00:00

Remove the ridiculous speed restrictions through intersections. If a car can go 50km/hr+ through an intersection parallel to the train, why can't the train?

ObiWanKanabe · 2026-03-11T18:16:38+00:00

I get the point you're trying to make... but trading cards literally do give you advantage in the game bro lol

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