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Mayor Milquetoast. I'm glad he isn't running.

In fairness I think Bailão actually pushed Tory on housing, he was meh on most issues until someone made it worth his while to give a damn.

CMHC decided there was more value in creating designs that might actually be buildable in most places with very few if any zoning approvals.

I'd love to see a part 2 with more 3-beds, but good luck actually having your average NIMBY city accept such things!

The purpose of the CHMC designs was not exclusively for apartments for families. The brief was to find a balance that would provide infill density within the average zoning envelope and to stay within Part 9 (small houses) to keep costs down.

Was it too much to ask? Maybe. But it's a start.

I suppose it's just my tin foil hat speaking but even the worst of the COVID era supply chain disruptions shouldn't have messed things up this badly. I imagine it's a lot of firms used it as an excuse to jack prices and then never un-jacked them. Sigh.

It's a bit insane considering I know a bunch of people who work in the trades and wages have been fairly flat for the last decade for many of these jobs.

So where is the $$ going is my first question.

And almost entirely dudes.

Plus ça change ..?

Yes please

That's all great and true and Hegseth is awful and depraved and a war criminal... but your country has to actually hold these people accountable...

Even using Communauto/rental for the occasional trips to the burbs or out of town I've saved thousands on gas and insurance, to say nothing of the expense of the car itself.

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One must admit at least -some- of the higher prices is due to better labour, safety, environmental, and expropriation laws...

I'd settle for a happy EU average cost.

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Right, I think we agree.

The question is how? Polling will always be fraught with pitfalls so how can journalists and educators best highlight these pitfalls?

It's also something they teach you in social science research 101, we have known this forever.

The real question now is, what should responsible researchers and journalists do about it?

Personally I think publishing the exact questions is one way to help. Beyond that, randomizing question wording?

Complaints include: "character," parking/traffic, right building wrong place, too tall.

Literally the same stuff time and time again.

I get the sense if this was a proposal for six and eightplexes next to what I assume are the complainers' SFDs, the same arguments would surface. 🫠

Exciting!!

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NIMBY tears

This is how all the Dems should be talking, at the very least.

I'm a Canadian but damn

I thought the mayor asked TTC to review those operating rules no?

TTC map of downtown Toronto including buses and streetcars

Hey does anybody know how to pull TTC bus data so I can confirm my suspicion that my local bus is way more unreliable since it started terminating at Mt Dennis station?

Benzie is Ford's "look I can't be lying, a guy at the Toronto Star says I'm not!" dude, not that the Star is remotely centre or left leaning anymore.

Pay people $5-10 to bike them in the other direction.

Someone should pitch this to the bike share people

That's generally frowned upon, no?

That works!! 😸

The link goes to community consultations....

I mean, at this point I'll take whatever housing we can get. Everywhere. Preferably not on the highway or a train track but if it's that or nothing I'll take the train. I've personally lived in apartments on major streets and they were fine. Ideal no. Fine yes.