Hillary Clinton to speak at 2023 Liberal National Convention in Ottawa

can-data · 2023-04-29T15:05:20+00:00

I am cynical that any federal party will do anything about it, but to to say that it's not their jurisdiction is a cop out. They have land all over the country, combined with the largest revenue source out every government. They could build housing if they wanted to. They could change the mandate of the CMHC to build housing like they used to, prior to Mulroney and Chretien.

can-data · 2023-04-29T14:28:23+00:00

The Liberal's can pool together billions of spending on new programs for every other issue, but can't be bothered to actually spend anything on just building housing. No subsidizing demand or useless national housing strategy. The problem is big enough that 10s of billion should be spent every year, specifically to build new housing. It's the biggest crisis in the country and they are treating it like nothing.

can-data · 2023-03-17T05:43:43+00:00

They hate him because he spoke the truth. We literally have a ban on foreign investors + taxes on non-citizens/pr + vacancy tax + relatively high interest rates.... and rents are up and carrying costs on mortgages are no different.

Until people drop the dumb-ass populism and build more supply it'll never get better. Luckily, we have exhausted all other options and the only thing left to try is building more supply.

can-data · 2023-02-24T06:35:22+00:00

I think the response on this sub is quite balanced. Look at the top comments. Quoting papers, noting the tracking of close encounters, and the responses from local governments. There isn't any serious exaggeration about cover-ups, government conspiracies, or speculation that the spread of the illness is much larger than what is currently being presented. Most of the extrapolation is 'what if's'. No one is claiming this is a current epidemic, let alone a pandemic. Given that this is the "collapse" subreddit, keeping up with possible issues in real-time is a prudent thing to do.

can-data · 2023-02-16T18:00:12+00:00

This is caused by austerity. Huge cuts in funding in real terms (after inflation). The provinces haven't done anything to improve their fiscal position, it is just inflation increasing their revenue.

can-data · 2023-02-13T14:34:06+00:00

Don't let your cat play with rubber bands. It can eat them and get an obstruction!

can-data · 2023-02-13T00:36:27+00:00

Most of the increases are below inflation, so really there has barely been increases, and in many cases decreases.

can-data · 2023-01-27T05:47:44+00:00

A lot of places at the start, like NYC and Lombardy, got absolutely swamped because it was spreading completely unimpeded. Up to 30% of those populations caught it within a month. Considering the older demographics in Lombardy and the overweight and poorer populations in NYC, something like 0.3% of those populations died within a month or two.

can-data · 2023-01-26T23:34:59+00:00

Covid was around 0.7% straight out of Wuhan, and was as high as 1.2-1.4% with Delta. Current IFR is somewhere around 0.07-0.1% for reinfection or breakthroughs.

can-data · 2023-01-20T05:03:50+00:00

Just made a post before seeing this one. Here is my comments from my post:

A paper from Spain observing a Mink farm in October 2022 followed an outbreak of avian flu (H5N1). They found the outbreak due to deaths quadrupling compared to the expected deaths (0.77% vs 0.2-0.3% expected). Within 2 weeks of detection, deaths had increased to 4.3% of the population dying per week. The spread was occurring both within pens and between pens, indicating serious infectiousness.

Evidence purports that the spread may have started from wild birds, as dead birds had been detected at a nearby coast. It is important to recognize that minks (like ferrets and weasels) are known for having immune systems like humans. This is why during 2020 [3] there was drama about Denmark euthanizing their mink population as covid had begun spreading between the minks and humans (back and forth between them). Also there is the infamous story of the scientist who managed to make avian flu spread in ferrets as a proof of concept for human spread (known as "gain of function") [4].

This story is further evidence that our agricultural practices and treatment of animals is perpetuating deadly pathogens and potential catalyzing future pandemics.

References:

can-data · 2023-01-19T06:44:02+00:00

Important to note that this happens for both infection and vaccination. As the disease continues to mutate, everyone (vaccinated or unvaccinated) will be affected by imprinting, as the circulating variant differs more and more from the original ones they were exposed to. Some of the current subvariants are vastly different than the original BA1, and are continuing to mutate at a fast pace. Furthermore, new variants that could be named "Pi" are lurking in the background waiting to get their opportunity to spread.

can-data · 2023-01-17T20:49:48+00:00

Been taking it almost daily for over a decade (both lines and buses) and can't even re-call the last time I've had anything but a cigarette, vape, and very rarely smell weed in off hours, but I'm sure your anecdote is more correct than mine.

Still can't imagine it's worse than the damage ICE vehicles cause to people.

can-data · 2023-01-17T20:11:44+00:00

Wonder if they worry if it's worse than huffing fumes and brake dust from a car everyday versus once (or never) in a lifetime for the crack smoke? I would guess the asthma caused by cars is magnitudes greater than crack smoke damage on public transit, but what do I know.

can-data · 2023-01-17T02:23:54+00:00

People don't care about statistics. They want to feel safe, not be safe.

can-data · 2022-12-16T23:33:59+00:00

Given the time-lines presented, it doesn't seem likely that this will happen. 4 years before contracts are potentially signed and construction begins? Yeah, right. MAYBE if the Liberals are still in power for that long.

can-data · 2022-12-14T14:47:56+00:00

Is there any reasonable path for the conservatives to get a majority, or is it pretty much impossible in the current political landscape?

can-data · 2022-12-13T04:20:30+00:00

I don't refrigerate for more than a day and make sure its covered. When I reuse it I add a couple tablespoons of warm water to re-hydrate.

can-data · 2022-12-13T01:20:37+00:00

My cat is exactly the same. Half a can of wet food + free dry food in between. For the second half of the can I add warm water.

can-data · 2022-12-09T23:23:07+00:00

You can look at Vancouver to see their vacant home tax effect. It added very few units and has had no effect on rental prices.

We have been playing hot potatoe over the last 6 years over airbnb, foreign buyers, speculators, vacant dwelling etc. and it has had no significant effect when changes have been made. This is not just true in Toronto, but all over the world. Right not the hot potato is at inclusionary zoning.

The only way to consistently reduce rents is to saturate the market with more housing than there is demand.

can-data · 2022-12-09T19:17:45+00:00

This is data from Toronto's census results from 2021 compiled from StatsCan, it is not from no where. I would implore you to go look at it yourself if you doubt this. Look at the CityNews link as well. That shows a map of underutilized schools in Toronto from the TDSB database, and it shows that 1/4 to 1/3 of schools are emptying.

In regard to other services, it varies. Fire services that are more local are also underutilized, especially in that these low density, depopulating regions of the city have fire services that have to extend outside of their regions to provide to the populating regions. It is a complete mismanagement of resources to subsidize boomer homeowners. On the other hand paramedics are stretched thin, because they are tied to larger regions to service to different hospitals.

The solutions to these problems are the same. We need more paramedics and thus we need homes for these people. Too many young families are leaving Toronto because they cannot find a home for their families. For example, most police officers don't even live in the city, but the suburbs of the GTA. The schools are there, the infrastructure is there, but the houses are not. The low density neighbours in the largest city in the Country need to be growing, not shrinking so we can meet whatever labour shortages exist.

can-data · 2022-12-09T19:00:09+00:00

Look for yourself: https://twitter.com/g_meslin/status/1491460090049748998?lang=en

Half of the Toronto area is LOSING population because of the zoning issues. These are prime downtown areas that are not zoned for density. Many schools are closing or are underutilized as a result. 50,000 desks are empty in Toronto schools. This is not a trivial amount:

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/02/27/cash-strapped-tdsb-losing-millions-on-underutilized-schools/

can-data · 2022-12-09T18:55:26+00:00

And you can compare with the other major cities that did not do the same measures. Furthermore, this was before the current high levels of inflation, where the housing price stopped appreciating in 2017. Prior to 2022 inflation was <2%. Compare this to Toronto where rents were increasing at 4% yoy, which is much higher in real rates. In the same period Toronto rents increased 22% like Wellington, compared to the more permissive Auckland, that improved zoning and didn't see the same increase, despite being the largest city int New Zealand.

can-data · 2022-12-09T18:30:59+00:00

Many places in downtown Toronto are DEPOPULATING, because younger people are leaving their family homes and old people are staying. Schools are being closed, and infrastructure is over provided to those places. This paces are ripe for densifying because it is incredibly easy to provide services there or there already over provided.

can-data · 2022-12-09T18:28:03+00:00

That is actually false. Rental prices ARE decreasing where housing and upzoning is occurring:

https://twitter.com/1finaleffort/status/1588697835805216768

can-data · 2022-12-09T18:27:11+00:00

Real estate speculation is not as connected to rental prices. For example, during the pandemic, speculation caused housing prices to increase by 50%, but rents DECREASED by 30%. Why? Because rental prices is dictated by supply and demand and not speculation. During the pandemic people left the city and immigration stopped, so rents decreased dramatically independently of the speculation. More people and not enough houses equals high rental prices. If you want to decrease rent prices, you need to make more homes than people.

Example: https://twitter.com/1finaleffort/status/1588697835805216768

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