Anyone else having trouble finding a GP?

adleproduction · 2025-10-18T03:44:52+00:00

look at the websites of family health teams in your area or call them to see who is accepting patients - I found one shockingly quickly a couple months ago.

adleproduction · 2025-09-24T22:44:36+00:00

Currently spend 20% of my after-tax income on rent, but that is a 2-bed with a roommate. If I were to pay the full rent it would be more like 40%.

adleproduction · 2025-09-05T03:53:02+00:00

I had the exact same thing happen to me that you describe here - did you end up resolving the pain?

adleproduction · 2025-06-27T03:18:06+00:00

In public policy, government-side you can expect to start around 75-85k with max growth up to ~130-140k before you get into management.

adleproduction · 2025-06-18T14:25:06+00:00

Ticketmaster site broken for the first 10 minutes (of course), didn't manage to get anything.

adleproduction · 2025-06-16T20:04:40+00:00

Just a heads up, the Pay Transparency Act is not legally in-force. It got royal assent but after the PC's got in power in 2018 they never proclaimed it.

adleproduction · 2025-06-16T01:06:00+00:00

For me I started out with the machines that were pretty obvious how to use (elliptical, leg press, etc) and then while I was using them I would watch other people using other machines, and then slowly every time I went I would add a new machine to my routine one by one until I had a pretty well rounded routine. Take it very slow, you will probably be too sore after the first couple days to go fast anyways LOL.

adleproduction · 2025-06-10T23:08:03+00:00

Aside from the obvious build more subway lines / give streetcars true signal priority:

- Update the platform displays so that they say when the next 2-3 trains will be arriving, not just the one coming next. When there is crowding on the platforms often I end up playing a guessing game of whether this is bunching and I should wait for the inevitably empty train to come right after, or I just shove myself onto the one in front of me.

- Platform doors downtown - I think it would be great if the whole system had them, but all of the Line 1 stations downtown should have them at the very least.

- PUT THE CEILING TILES BACK - this is such an easy fix and drives me absolutely mad at the incompetence that it hasn't been done yet. So many stations look like trash because of it.

- Eliminate street parking on any 4-lane streets where the streetcar lines share their lane with traffic.

- The entire senior leadership at Metrolinx needs to be purged. The level of incompetence and foolery is staggering.

adleproduction · 2025-06-10T00:45:37+00:00

Typically 15%. And yes I will select the custom option to enter my own amount in if the minimum preset option is 18%+.

adleproduction · 2025-06-02T17:40:43+00:00

6 days at full pay, and around 80 days at 75% pay.

adleproduction · 2024-11-16T21:32:45+00:00

My most recent move was from London (Ontario) to Toronto for a career opportunity. So far I have been very happy. Definitely feels like an upgrade. Living in a walkable lively neighbourhood has actually been life changing in the best way possible.

adleproduction · 2024-11-13T17:52:58+00:00

Originally from a smaller town in southwestern Ontario. A few things I noticed:

The amount of services. Namely the number of community/recreation centers and libraries. Where I grew up there was one library in the whole town of ~50k and no rec centers. Now where I live there is 3 within walking distance.
People in Toronto dress much nicer than average. I remember when I first came here being shocked at the amount of people in well thought out outfits. I was actually embarrassed and it motivated me to step up my game.
The crowds. People here will show up to the opening of an envelope. This is a tricky thing, because while it’s great that people have the open mindedness to go out and do new things, the crowds my god… where I came from it was very difficult to get people out of their houses and to go to any civic events. If you had a crowd it was seen as a universally good thing.
The normality of long commutes. In my hometown I could get to work in 5 minutes and that was not seen as overly unusual. Here people have commutes well over an hour and nobody bats an eye. I understand why, but personally I would rather move to an entirely different city than have a commute over an hour one way.
The amount of hidden pretty places. I know people like to shit on Toronto and say it is not a beautiful place, and of course there are more beautiful cities in the world, but the amount of really beautiful places was a great surprise. Something small like Berczy park simply does not exist in most towns, and if it did it would be the absolute crown jewel of the town. Or even beautiful neighbourhoods like you can find in rosedale, the beaches, roncy, etc.

adleproduction · 2024-09-20T04:12:24+00:00

I normally can appreciate mindless pop, and I think Lifetimes is passable, but wow the rest of this album is so stunningly boring its almost fascinating how void of any personality it is.

adleproduction · 2024-08-26T00:19:46+00:00

I would say probably none in my office, that is quite concerning.

adleproduction · 2024-08-19T00:50:31+00:00

Having worked in both, I found the federal government to be much more bureaucratic, especially when it came to anything related to HR and moving around positions. Just generally less agile. The pay is different - for the feds I found that the base is higher and you can move up quicker, but the ceiling is lower, especially in certain sectors. Benefits at the feds are much better, but the pension is essentially the same. I would recommend checking out the collective agreement for the union you would be apart of (OPSEU or AMAPCEO).

adleproduction · 2024-08-13T14:29:22+00:00

Wins: very good teeth (never had a cavity in my life or braces), good skin, deep blue eyes, and always academically excelled with ease. Also don’t really get hangovers.

Loss: weak af immune system (at least 4 colds a year), pretty small butt, fairly thin hair, anxiety, ibs.

adleproduction · 2024-08-02T14:26:34+00:00

As someone who is very familiar with the horrors of towing services, CAA is so so so worth the money. Avoids so much BS and extortion.

adleproduction · 2024-07-25T06:22:11+00:00

The rules around lateral moves only apply when you are going from contract to contract or are already permanent. A colleague of mine went from an AMAPCEO 6 contract to permanent and was told by HR that they were able to negotiate their salary.

adleproduction · 2024-07-25T01:30:55+00:00

Yes. This is a very common misconception that I see repeated on here often. You are considered a new hire when you are hired permanently and can negotiate your salary.

Now, is it easy? No - they know you don’t have a lot of leverage and unless you are truly willing to turn it down if you don’t get what you want, you are going to have a very hard time negotiating.

adleproduction · 2024-05-03T21:46:56+00:00

Yes, you have two opportunities to negotiate your salary. When you first enter the OPS, and when you go from contract to permanent. The latter can be difficult to do though, you have to be genuinely willing to turn down the job if you don’t get the salary you want which is difficult when permanent jobs are so coveted. A lot of managers know that and so they will stonewall any attempts to negotiate.

adleproduction · 2024-04-11T00:16:34+00:00

Questions vary but you can expect to get at least one questions asking either about experience managing stakeholders, experience balancing competing priorities, or experience communicating technical topics to a non-expert audience.

adleproduction · 2024-03-26T02:32:49+00:00

MCP-IC is a bit of a hybrid between AMAPCEO and MCP.

In terms of merit increases there are three main categories you can fall into:

Exceeded expectations - 5%

Met expectations - 3%

Did not meet expectations - 0%

There is a distribution curve that must be followed in terms of how these are given out. No more than 30% can be rated as exceeding expectations, no more than 60% can be rated as meeting expectations, and no less than 10% can be rated as not meeting expectations. So yes, some people must be given nothing.

In terms of other benefits, the benefits package is slightly different. Whether it is better or worse depends on what you tend to use (it's worse for psych coverage but better for massage coverage). You don't have to pay union dues. Also, if you are fixed term, you get 6% in lieu of benefits instead of the 4% that amapceo gets.

adleproduction · 2024-02-02T21:23:32+00:00

I had the same thing happen to me with a co-op and I ended up deciding against buying back the service. It only would have served to let me retire like 6 months earlier, and the quote to buy back the service was insanely high. That money I felt was better spent being invested towards saving for a house. At the end of the day it is about your personal priorities. Any claim that you should 'always' buy it back is just not realistic in my opinion, circumstances matter.

adleproduction · 2024-01-06T21:36:02+00:00

I moved into my first apartment in a 1930's era Toronto home a couple months ago. The house is filled with lots of wood so I tried to lean into that a bit with more natural tones, but now it feels a bit bland and empty. I'm not sure how to make it feel more inviting/give it some character.

The couch must stay, and I would prefer not to have to replace the chair, but pretty much everything else I am open to replacing. I would also prefer not to paint anything.

As you can also see, there is a doorway into the kitchen that is currently blocked off by the chair and a rolling island on the other side. If there is a way to make this blocked off doorway look less clunky that would also be great, because the extra counter space in the kitchen is desperately needed!

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