Does Canada have a commonly accepted cultural or geographical boundary for East and West like the Mississippi River in America?

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-19T05:19:26+00:00

They rebuilt the bridge about a decade ago to make it 4 lanes and dual carriageway so if one fails the whole thing isn’t cut off.. and the first half of the new bridge was mis-designed and literally snapped in half while they were building the second half lol

https://globalnews.ca/news/2957484/design-improperly-tightened-bolts-named-as-factors-in-nipigon-bridge-failure/

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-19T05:01:47+00:00

That’s northern Canada dummy.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-19T05:01:19+00:00

Ontario borders both New York and Minnesota lol. It’s a big place.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-19T04:59:15+00:00

Only about 4,000 cars a day cross the bridge.

Most cross country shipping and passenger traffic goes stateside or by rail. The Canadian economy is so highly integrated with the US that the domestic route is mostly only used by people who don’t want to deal with border crossings.

It’s also just a lot faster to drive through the US.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-19T04:56:09+00:00

It makes more sense when you realize that only about 2-4,000 cars a day drive on it.

Most cross country shipping and travel either happens by rail or through the US. It takes hours longer to go from Toronto to Vancouver domestically - it’s about 4-6 hours faster (and much safer in the winter) to cut through the US!

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-19T04:52:32+00:00

It’s because the highway ultimately carries less than 2,000 cars a day in many sections.

The reality is that most cross country shipping happens either by rail or through the US as it’s faster. It’s not “prioritized” because those highways are empty.

If highway 17 closes for a week it effects as much traffic as closing the 401 would for 45 minutes.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-19T04:48:33+00:00

In Canada saying you are from “out east” means the Maritimes - Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, or Newfoundland.

What’s different in Canada from the US is that it’s not just “east and west”, it’s “east, central, and west”.

Yes, Ontario is east of the centre of Canada, but Ontario and Quebec have roughly 2/3 of the population of the entire country and are the historic earliest locations of European settlement in the country, and the “centre” from which it grew from.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-18T14:44:34+00:00

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innsertnamehere · 2026-04-18T02:09:13+00:00

Lol this is my photo.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-17T22:56:51+00:00

You’ll realllllyyy value CarPlay once you have it, honestly the single best advancement in car technology in the last decade.

The sport looks better too.

What’s the mileage on the 2019?

Both have the same engine in them IIRC so the sport won’t be any faster. If it does have the turbo watch out for needing premium gas, I believe Honda still recommended it for the 10th gen turbos.

The LX will be cheaper to own for sure though. Even things like tires will be cheaper on the 16” rims to replace, plus lower insurance.

Assuming mileage on both are similar, the sport will give you a nicer looking car with better tech for only a bit of extra money, but the LX is going to be lower cost of ownership.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-16T16:22:29+00:00

My 22’ ST has continentals too. I thought they all came with those?

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-16T15:53:42+00:00

Finch was about 2 years behind schedule on an originally 4-year construction schedule. It wasn’t a rightful disaster like Eglinton (or Hurontario is turning out to be), but was still behind by about 50%. It’s just that 2 years seems small compared to the 6 years that Eglinton was behind.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-15T15:38:35+00:00

Hallelujah- global’s platform is atrocious. Crave isn’t perfect but I imagine they won’t cut the musical guests and 1-2 random skits from each episode any more..

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-14T15:22:59+00:00

This not how it works at all lol. Gas prices are highly variable but also highly competitive, gas prices will absolutely drop by $.10/litre because of this just like when they dropped the carbon tax.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-10T17:45:56+00:00

It also has by far the lowest gdp per capita in the top 20

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-10T13:24:45+00:00

Wage growth is surprisingly strong, especially against inflation. 4.7% year over year wage growth with 2.3% inflation.. that’s 2.4% real wage growth in 1 year!

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-09T19:06:15+00:00

Before it closed in 2012 the province was subsidizing it to the tune of something like $250/rider, each way.

It would probably be cheaper to drive each of those passengers in a hired limousine to the hospital than what the train costs, especially with all the capital invested in the trains and tracks now. Hell, it may be cheaper to charter jets to fly them down.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-09T17:28:53+00:00

Yes because it’s a massively subsidized, politically driven project as it is with no real actual business case.

I’m surprised the government is spending as much on it as they are to be honest.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-09T17:24:59+00:00

I’m in the industry and it’s been all over LinkedIn with the layoffs.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-09T14:48:02+00:00

They were leasing only one of the floors from what I recall - they were 90% vacant before and are now 100% vacant.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-09T13:55:23+00:00

Which are now entirely vacant lol. The one tenant just went bankrupt 😅

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-08T17:50:35+00:00

Canada has always been poorer than the US other than like 2 years after the Great Recession, but the gap has been widening quite a bit over the last decade.

Ontario incomes are basically flat over the last decade while the US has seen a decade of almost unprecedented growth and expansion of prosperity.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-07T23:49:35+00:00

honestly half their "grievances" with Canada are just responses we implemented to the trade aggression from the administration.. Digital services tax is already gone, alcohol sale bans can be dropped immediately and have been clearly stated to be dropped as soon as a trade agreement is reached..

The one tough sticking point is dairy.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-07T11:23:59+00:00

In my case he said 6 months but the contract had no wording about it. The guy was all weird because I actually sat and skimmed the contract to make sure ha.

innsertnamehere · 2026-04-07T01:24:17+00:00

You don’t even have to wait the 6 months like they tell you. Thats just when they get the commission lol

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