🇨🇦 "Left" and "Right" is kayfabe. Don't be a mark. Prop Rep! Housing. Urbanism. Land Value Taxes. GVRD bsky: bsky.app/profile/denim.bsky.…
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Your graph essentially depends on assuming the Trudeau era was normal and descriptive of the Liberal party. If you only look at Carney's current positioning you get this:
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I prefer having businesses on the waterfront rather than our obsession with puritanical quiet, everywhere. youtu.be/7EYf-S5yTEk?si=Mv3H…
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The picture you posted is foreign LARP and a spit in the face of the Republic of China. Their claims are actually these:
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China also has more population than all western capitalist countries combined. China has also decreased their emissions this and last year.
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A photo from 1993? Do you really think this is what this area of China looks like right now? You think it still looks like this 30+ years later?
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China does not create more co2 than the rest of the world combined. It is also, in fact, declining.
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Its basically this scene, there's a new governor in charge and they want their tribute:
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I think if you compare Mongolia to other post-Soviet states, you'll find that the birthrate trend is at least worth digging into.
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You posted an image to the first half of the year in 2024, this is the second half. Its already dropped below COVID levels which were in the 40s.
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It turns out that basic economic principles stay relevant in modern times.
If you want modern sources, there are plenty. How about Milton Friedman? youtu.be/yS7Jb58hcsc?t=57
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Looks like this is just a mural of flags that show the places the congregants are from. Canadian flag looks present to me.
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An amazing video on how inadequate the concept of the left-right spectrum is in describing political views. Left-Right really is astrology for politics, I'm going to have to steal that phrase.
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The CBC debunked this talking point:
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youtu.be/PVqjH6MaqRY?si=8n2h…
I implore anyone who cares about the stability of their democracy or the breakdown of their society to watch this video. Proportional representation is the only way out of this mess!
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5/ And so for decades, this building has remained derelict, for hubris and speculation, essentially. All the while, the surrounding community suffers from this blight and waste of land near the heart of their community. The BC Assessment value? $114m.
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1/ Let me tell you about a property I've known since childhood - a building once known as the "Asian Centre", now the 104 Avenue Centre in Surrey. This structure, which I personally remember being built in my youth (1998), has remained a derelict eyesore for nearly my entire life.. #SurreyBC #LVT
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In 2022, the City of Vancouver approved a zoning change to include commercial at grade, and market rental residential units above. However, as of 2023, the plot has been relisted on the market, and its fate has been sent back to limbo, is it destined to remain a $14m gravel pit sitting in one of the busiest commercial streets in Vancouver? 3/
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Here is another great example of how underutilized and inefficient the land market in Vancouver is. This is 2970 Kingsway, a 25000 square foot lot that has sat vacant for as long as I can remember, and according to Google, at least as far back as 2009 (which is as far as the Google maps feature can attest). 1/ #LVT
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This is a great video as it shows exactly how rental supply and demand dynamics works and why rentier classes are so parasitic. It reveals how landlords in Mexico City profit from the surge of Americans without adding any value themselves. 1
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I found this video really informing on the matter, but yeah the Korean system is definitely eyebrow raising to say the least. youtu.be/X7_OfANCuVg?si=NOZQ…
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Lets play a game. Guess the assessment value. Answer in the reply. #LVT #UrbanDecay #CrackShackorMillionDollarMansion
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This Tiktok is sus, though. Broken tv screen is showing the exact same image as the Broken TV Screen Prank video. youtube.com/watch?app=deskto…
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This should be required watching for immigrants looking to move to Canada: youtu.be/OlKbssRy5aM
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TLDR; When given the power, homeowners treat public spaces as their own private yards, kept quiet and only for passing by. Planners have a fetish for reflective park spaces as a legacy of the cramped, polluted spaces of the industrial revolution.
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Or worse, they pass the buck onto the provinces and wash their hands of any responsibility as Sean Fraser, the Liberal Minister of Immigration has done youtu.be/dNrXA5m7ROM?t=2352. The spice must flow.
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The best option I've seen so far is the Singaporean model, its a combination of Private, Insurance, and Public Safety Net that ensures EVERYONE is covered at one of the cheapest per capita rates in the world. youtube.com/watch?v=sKjHvpiH…
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Vancouver ranking amongst one of the worst cities as ranked by Expats. Predictably due to cost of living. If the opinion amongst professional transplants are already so low, how long until that sentiment translates into the potential immigrant community?
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#Urbanism in San Sebastian, Spain. A cafe nestled in an old fort atop a hill, aptly named Urgulleko Polboriña - Urgull Place Powder Keg.
ALT A path along the fort walls leads to the neatly hidden bar, overlooking La Concha Bay.
ALT Seats and tables where cannons once adorned.
ALT The view.
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A movement that gained a lot of traction in the GVRD when a larger flow of Asian migrants started putting down roots, these migrants began buying land and building larger homes to accommodate their larger families. See time stamp youtu.be/cjWs7dqaWfY?t=453
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