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Rafty
@cjrafty.bsky.social
· Nov 15
All across Canada reporters are sifting through documents, going to public meetings and asking tough questions.
In many ways they do the work of citizenship on our behalf.
If you are able, you should subscribe to a newspaper and support journalism.
In many ways they do the work of citizenship on our behalf.
If you are able, you should subscribe to a newspaper and support journalism.
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This alarming trend of cost escalation is echoed throughout Canada, and the English-speaking world.
Meanwhile, in other developed nations, transit construction costs have stayed lockstep with the rate of inflation - a clear sign that project delivery practices are at fault.
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Meanwhile, in other developed nations, transit construction costs have stayed lockstep with the rate of inflation - a clear sign that project delivery practices are at fault.
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December 5, 2024 at 4:49 PM
This alarming trend of cost escalation is echoed throughout Canada, and the English-speaking world.
Meanwhile, in other developed nations, transit construction costs have stayed lockstep with the rate of inflation - a clear sign that project delivery practices are at fault.
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Meanwhile, in other developed nations, transit construction costs have stayed lockstep with the rate of inflation - a clear sign that project delivery practices are at fault.
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I'm pulling for Ding Loren to win the World Chess Championship for one reason, he once quoted Camus
english.elpais.com/sports/2023-...
english.elpais.com/sports/2023-...
Ding Liren, world chess champion: ‘I remembered Camus: ‘If you can’t win, you have to resist’’
The 30-year-old talks about his dramatic win over Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, his love of poetry and why he describes himself as both a ‘very emotional and rational’ person
english.elpais.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:34 PM
I'm pulling for Ding Loren to win the World Chess Championship for one reason, he once quoted Camus
english.elpais.com/sports/2023-...
english.elpais.com/sports/2023-...
Excellent piece from @bychrischeung.bsky.social
that lays out both the harm and the history of Canada's housing crisis.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
that lays out both the harm and the history of Canada's housing crisis.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Are We Really Trying to Solve the Housing Crisis? | The Tyee
Four reflections on a superheated market as we mark National Housing Day.
thetyee.ca
November 24, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Excellent piece from @bychrischeung.bsky.social
that lays out both the harm and the history of Canada's housing crisis.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
that lays out both the harm and the history of Canada's housing crisis.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Missing Middle is consistently the best pod in my feed not just on the Housing Crisis, but policy and quality of life in Canada in general.
Great stuff in this episode in particular!
Great stuff in this episode in particular!
Latest episode of "Missing Middle".
Cara and I talk a lot about the problems of the housing crisis - today we're talking solutions! Specifically, the four pathways governments can use to create housing affordability for families.
Link: youtu.be/1m0XukGXPrQ
Cara and I talk a lot about the problems of the housing crisis - today we're talking solutions! Specifically, the four pathways governments can use to create housing affordability for families.
Link: youtu.be/1m0XukGXPrQ
November 23, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Missing Middle is consistently the best pod in my feed not just on the Housing Crisis, but policy and quality of life in Canada in general.
Great stuff in this episode in particular!
Great stuff in this episode in particular!
Best season: pre-time change Fall
Worst season: post-time change Fall
Worst season: post-time change Fall
November 23, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Best season: pre-time change Fall
Worst season: post-time change Fall
Worst season: post-time change Fall
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New CMHC housing starts data. Starts in Ontario are collapsing, while they increase in most other provinces.
Rising development charges and increasing red tape at both the provincial and municipal levels is killing homebuilding in Ontario.
Rising development charges and increasing red tape at both the provincial and municipal levels is killing homebuilding in Ontario.
November 18, 2024 at 3:55 PM
New CMHC housing starts data. Starts in Ontario are collapsing, while they increase in most other provinces.
Rising development charges and increasing red tape at both the provincial and municipal levels is killing homebuilding in Ontario.
Rising development charges and increasing red tape at both the provincial and municipal levels is killing homebuilding in Ontario.
Good news! But importantly, Ontario lags behind and "will bring down the national figures".
#ONpoli #Cdnpoli #HousingCrisis
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
#ONpoli #Cdnpoli #HousingCrisis
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
Annual pace of housing starts in Canada up 8% in October, CMHC says
The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 240,761 units in October, up from 223,391 in September
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Good news! But importantly, Ontario lags behind and "will bring down the national figures".
#ONpoli #Cdnpoli #HousingCrisis
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
#ONpoli #Cdnpoli #HousingCrisis
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
There are 234,000 people in Ontario experiencing homelessness. That is enough people to be the 10th biggest city in Ontario just ahead of Windsor.
A huge policy failure decades in the making.
#ONpoli #CDNpoli #housing #HousingCrisis
A huge policy failure decades in the making.
#ONpoli #CDNpoli #housing #HousingCrisis
November 19, 2024 at 5:28 PM
There are 234,000 people in Ontario experiencing homelessness. That is enough people to be the 10th biggest city in Ontario just ahead of Windsor.
A huge policy failure decades in the making.
#ONpoli #CDNpoli #housing #HousingCrisis
A huge policy failure decades in the making.
#ONpoli #CDNpoli #housing #HousingCrisis
We simply did not build enough places for people to live. The strikingly low number of homes Canada has built in the past 40 years is undeniable when you consider completions per 100k people.
#CDNpoli #YIMBY #Housing #HousingCrisis
#CDNpoli #YIMBY #Housing #HousingCrisis
November 16, 2024 at 7:34 PM
We simply did not build enough places for people to live. The strikingly low number of homes Canada has built in the past 40 years is undeniable when you consider completions per 100k people.
#CDNpoli #YIMBY #Housing #HousingCrisis
#CDNpoli #YIMBY #Housing #HousingCrisis
In Canada, housing completions peaked in 1974 when the population was under 23 million. There is now +40 million of us.
This is fundamental for understanding the housing crisis.
#cdnpoli #housing #YIMBY #housingcrisis
This is fundamental for understanding the housing crisis.
#cdnpoli #housing #YIMBY #housingcrisis
November 15, 2024 at 4:02 AM
In Canada, housing completions peaked in 1974 when the population was under 23 million. There is now +40 million of us.
This is fundamental for understanding the housing crisis.
#cdnpoli #housing #YIMBY #housingcrisis
This is fundamental for understanding the housing crisis.
#cdnpoli #housing #YIMBY #housingcrisis
Reposted by Rafty
November 14, 2024 at 4:24 AM
All across Canada reporters are sifting through documents, going to public meetings and asking tough questions.
In many ways they do the work of citizenship on our behalf.
If you are able, you should subscribe to a newspaper and support journalism.
In many ways they do the work of citizenship on our behalf.
If you are able, you should subscribe to a newspaper and support journalism.
November 15, 2024 at 2:11 AM
All across Canada reporters are sifting through documents, going to public meetings and asking tough questions.
In many ways they do the work of citizenship on our behalf.
If you are able, you should subscribe to a newspaper and support journalism.
In many ways they do the work of citizenship on our behalf.
If you are able, you should subscribe to a newspaper and support journalism.
You remember me from Twitter, right?
I'm the guy with the good tweets that you like.
I'm the guy with the good tweets that you like.
November 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM
You remember me from Twitter, right?
I'm the guy with the good tweets that you like.
I'm the guy with the good tweets that you like.
One must imagine Sisyphus whistling.
November 12, 2024 at 12:41 PM
One must imagine Sisyphus whistling.
One must imagine Sisyphus happy, not remember him.
November 10, 2024 at 4:00 PM
One must imagine Sisyphus happy, not remember him.