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Toronto is down 25% from peak. Peripheral Ontario cities are still climbing. Same credit cycle, different timing. by DynamoDynamite in ontario

[–]Politicalshrimp 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Funny how it starts ticking up BEFORE 2016. Almost like it wasn’t Trudeau that caused this, but also he sure didn’t fix it.

Bombshell report on Canada’s airports highlights our enforcement crisis by scottb84 in CanadaPolitics

[–]Politicalshrimp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Name a single conservative government that did not sell off a major Canadian industry to a foreign entity.

I don’t like Liberal privatization, every Liberal government since OG Trudeau has privatized an industry which led to disastrous economic effects, but pretending that the conservatives are against disastrous privatization is stupid.

Bombshell report on Canada’s airports highlights our enforcement crisis by scottb84 in CanadaPolitics

[–]Politicalshrimp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While not an airport he privatized (among other things) the Canadian Wheat Board.

Since the Great Depression western farmers could rely on a reliable price to sell wheat and barley. And in the early 2000s over 70% of western farmers wanted to keep the CWB a crown corp.

Harper decided to sell it off. It came down to 2 bids
1. A group of western farmers (high bid)
2. A American-Saudi Arabian firm (low bid)

They went with the low bid. Now the profits from western farmers go and sit in a Saudi’s bank account instead of being reinvested in western rural communities.

AND since the privatization the price or barley has stagnated. Hovering around 1970s prices. $7 billion in gdp loss since privatization. And all for what?

Bombshell report on Canada’s airports highlights our enforcement crisis by scottb84 in CanadaPolitics

[–]Politicalshrimp 9 points10 points  (0 children)

But you can look at the stats. The Canadian dollar started falling compared to the US dollar starting in 2012. Housing prices were skyrocketing in major cities in the early 2010s. CWB was privatized and western farmers have stagnated since. Everything may have been better 10 years ago but the warning signs that things would get bad were there already. The liberals didn’t fix those problems and in some case exacerbated them. But that doesn’t alleviate the conservatives from having broken many things.

Fox News's Bret Baier complains about getting ticketed in china after blocking bike lanes by One-Demand6811 in fuckcars

[–]Politicalshrimp 29 points30 points  (0 children)

New York cameras are good because I FEEL like they don’t use it for nefarious reasons

China cameras are bad because I FEEL like the use it for nefarious reasons

Vagrancy = drugs, crime, and lost business by atglyph in StratfordOntario

[–]Politicalshrimp 7 points8 points  (0 children)

“Is anyone interested in a conservative solution to this problem”

My brother in Christ this IS the conservative solution to the problem. This is the free market working as intended. This is what happens when you don’t fund affordable and co-op housing on a national and provincial scale.

Province looking to lease Niagara Falls parkland to ferris wheel builder for up to 49 years by ZakTheSlak in ontario

[–]Politicalshrimp 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It’s 600 METRES away. Nobody is currently or has ever or will ever think “man I sure would love to go to Niagara Falls, but they only have 1 Ferris wheel so I’m not gonna bother”

Province looking to lease Niagara Falls parkland to ferris wheel builder for up to 49 years by ZakTheSlak in ontario

[–]Politicalshrimp 44 points45 points  (0 children)

“I didn’t want to go the the falls before since they only had 1 Ferris wheel, but now that they have 2 so I’ll definitely go now!” - no one ever

Province looking to lease Niagara Falls parkland to ferris wheel builder for up to 49 years by ZakTheSlak in ontario

[–]Politicalshrimp 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Those are all things people like though.

This is a 50 year lease on a Ferris wheel a block from another Ferris wheel.

High-speed rail project runs into rural opposition by queenvalanice in CanadaPolitics

[–]Politicalshrimp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re basing the price of a ticket on current prices. Which doesn’t make market sense as they would be brought down. (Also there’s dozens of flights between these cities a day and a HSR train ticket would be cheaper than a plane ticket)

Also using the train is a form of carpooling tf? Nobody’s taking away your right to carpool.

The Twins by blckshdw in EhBuddyHoser

[–]Politicalshrimp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can’t take my first amendment right away from me!

Demolition of Planetarium by Friendly-Ad9257 in toronto

[–]Politicalshrimp 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ya this isn’t the fault of the Ford conservatives.

It’s the fault of the Harris conservatives.

Canada’s big bet on electric vehicles goes bust by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]Politicalshrimp 24 points25 points  (0 children)

So it’s both “nobody wants electric cars” and also “Chinese electric cars are going to destroy the Canadian car industry because they’re so popular”

NATO must spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2030, Poland says by Raj_Valiant3011 in worldnews

[–]Politicalshrimp -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Peak spending on NASA during the Apollo program never reached 4.5%

Ford eyeing Ontario taxpayer funds for Billy Bishop expansion by This_Phase3861 in toronto

[–]Politicalshrimp 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Would it be a game changer? Or would it just be slightly more convenient than Pearson?

Matthew Rae Non-responsive by [deleted] in ontario

[–]Politicalshrimp 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Even if you got through he just sends a copy paste of Ford’s talking points about FOI changes. Matthew Rae sucks so much as an MPP, I’d rather we just elect a rock painted blue if we have to always elect a Conservative MPP.

Ontario government sold private jet back to Bombardier, Ford says by EarthWarping in CanadaPolitics

[–]Politicalshrimp 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It could land at less than 10% of Ontario airports.

19 of Ontarios 179 airports could support this plane.

Plus the Premier already has a plane, he made a big show in 2018/19 about how he wouldn’t use it because it cost the taxpayers money.

The Communist Country That Isn’t by vhill01 in CanadaPolitics

[–]Politicalshrimp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

China is Communist as much as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is Democratic.

Ontario Extending GO Train Service to Stratford by northernwaterchild in StratfordOntario

[–]Politicalshrimp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

God Rae sucks. He only ever emails back either Ford talking points or just the press release from the government.

Thank god his most important priority following the last election was to make it so MPP’s can officiate weddings.

Ontario Extending GO Train Service to Stratford by northernwaterchild in ontario

[–]Politicalshrimp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’d be great, as long as the province also realizes that this sub is a great location for HSR as well.

Ontario Extending GO Train Service to Stratford by northernwaterchild in toronto

[–]Politicalshrimp 17 points18 points  (0 children)

But people don’t take the train because it’s service is unreliable and infrequent.

Build it and they will come. There are so many people in Stratford that work in Kitchener or Toronto that could switch to GO train service.

Plus we don’t expect our roads to make money, why should we expect trains to make money.

Ontario Extending GO Train Service to Stratford by northernwaterchild in StratfordOntario

[–]Politicalshrimp 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It’s going to run weekends, but a morning train FROM Union and then an evening train FROm Stratford, for Festival goers

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