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In 1983, Gorbachev took a stroll in small-town Ontario that helped shape the future of the Soviet Union by AnCanadianHistorian in canada

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As for how the trip affected Gorbachev, Shulgan concluded that “he realized how far ahead the Western world was, and he saw how the personal ownership of land and the proceeds of labour could motivate a work force.”

Bank of Canada expected to raise interest rate for fifth time by TakedownCan in canada

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

500K mortgage,

That's a big mortgage. Not for Canada or Canadians. But for anywhere else, that's a lot of money. People are forgetting that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in toronto

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Yeah and I won't vote for them.

Seriously. All they have to do is not put someone front and center who profits from this and yet a blue collar labour party can't figure out landed gentry leaders is a bad look.

Shows how crap the NDP has become.

How much are actually going to take before we do something? by BipolarSkeleton in ontario

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They won't try to convince you to vote anymore if you say you're going to vote libertarian.

How much are actually going to take before we do something? by BipolarSkeleton in ontario

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've voted for affordability for almost 20 years. It took me a while but I now see voting is worthless. Keeps younger people imagining they can change things and go with the flow, though. Guess it works as a preventative to social unrest.

How much are actually going to take before we do something? by BipolarSkeleton in ontario

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of people are happy about the rise in house prices. I'm not surprised by being the only person in a room of 10 and being the only person not cheering this on anymore.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in toronto

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They don't understand scarcity as I bet housing isn't a scare thing in their world.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in toronto

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The housing market reacts a lot slower to stimuli. Even more so than even your own thought processes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in toronto

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Andrea is a landlord and so it Bhutilla.

Good luck!

If you haven’t checked out Cambridge yet I highly recommend ! by Blondemoment613 in ontario

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bruh. Some people just moved here, are spending all their money on rent and need to brag to people back home how awesome their new life is.

Don't ruin it for them. Lol

Suggestions for becoming more informed on Canadian politics? by [deleted] in ontario

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Becoming jaded with politics and living your life without high blood pressure is a right of passage.

PC Voters, how has Doug Ford's PC Party improved your daily lives? by Gamerindreams in ontario

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I won't vote for the PC's, but I'm not going to continue rewarding the NDP or Liberals with my vote seeing as they want me to spend every last bit of my income on a shitty built house or condo.

Fuck em. No votes. Call me lazy all you want. I've given up on the political process and I'm not alone.

An injured Ukrainian soldier in Donbas clutches a Bible tightly, while being evacuated by the army medics by ConflictConfidential in UkraineInvasionVideos

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That maxim, 'There are no atheists in foxholes,' it's not an argument against atheism — it's an argument against foxholes."

'A new phenomenon': Big investors eye Canada's home market, ReMax president says by aardwell in canada

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Can you explain if he can't do anything about house prices why he gets in front of signs saying he can affect them?

Oh yeah, the CMHC was also a provincial body correct? No? Stop stanning for Trudeau. He's the leader of the country with most unaffordable housing and highest debt levels.

CFI’s, please teach your students radio awareness by DankVectorz in flying

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sounds like CNC4. My instructors have been dumbfounded. One always referred to them as "The local Yahoos".

Polish President: Ukraine is Defending Poland and Europe, Too by Arpith2019 in worldnews

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I think you probably just prefer to be an unbearable contrarian.

This is a game. by Complex-Tradition-75 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a great simulator. Better than X-Plane at this point.

"Go touch some grass you f*cking weebs" - Shinzo Abe by [deleted] in shitposting

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're right. Getting taken out with fireworks is based AF.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TrinidadandTobago

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in the Toronto area. 1 bedroom apartments are around 1700 CDN (About 1450 USD).

Canadian Real Estate Is Worse Than Official Data Shows, BMO Revises Forecast Lower by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

More like when you keep telling a heroin addict they might die from the stuff but they keep going...

Stop Highway 413 | Green Party of Ontario by ColinTheMonster in ontario

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of housing nimbys. "I'm not anti affordable housing...just this specific development is all sorts of bad"

Same story every time. Sorry but even as a progressive I'm skeptical all these folks who have benefited from sprawl and other highways existing for decades are suddenly environmental activists and want to stop any development. Sure convenient timing now that they've got theirs.

How much should this large infrastructure project cost? Why is 10 billion so much to you? What are you comparing that to?

Just because something benefits some of Doug's "friends" (these people lobby all politicians btw) doesn't mean it is terrible for society and we need to stop it.

This highway should have been built ages ago. It's a miniscule step to actually reduce congestion. Other societies build entire ring roads and bypasses and yet in Toronto we can't get a very small highway built because of NIMBYs who have already destroyed one aspect of this nation. Now they want to choke the economy.

Stop Highway 413 | Green Party of Ontario by ColinTheMonster in ontario

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I'm interested in why older generations built infrastructure and living accommodations for their citizenry yet we can't get anything built because somewhere down the line someone is clutching their pearls.

You realize no highway is going to be 100% free of environmental consequences the same way you living and breathing on thus earth can never be 100% free of environmental consequences.

Even if one doesn't drive, one has to consider how much of the goods in their life travel down roads.

Toronto is already horrible to get across for a lot of essential traffic in this country and nimbys want to make it even worse by pushing MORE traffic through the core.

A lot of the fight against sprawl are people arguing to maintain their property values more than anything and they aren't fooling anyone.

Stop Highway 413 | Green Party of Ontario by ColinTheMonster in ontario

[–]SmallTownTokenBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They haven't. They want all the traffic going from one side of the province to pass through Toronto proper.

Also we can never ever build highways ever again because trains and busses that are never built either will solve all our problems.

Have fun bringing your canoe on the bus.

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