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YIMBY trying to hold the government accountable for housing policy failures.
“The Democrats refused to vote for vo……” THE DOW IS AT 50,000!!!!
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Troy Pavlek
6 days ago
Opponents of infill said the quiet part loud today. They don't believe renters should be allowed to live within their neighbourhoods, only on the fringes, by major roads. Their primary, unifying, rallying concern is "homeowner value" and getting what's their's.
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Damien Moule
6 days ago
A key task for the Planning and Housing Committee for the near future: changing the land use designation to Mixed Use along the central stretch of Eglinton now that the crosstown is open. Whatever weak justification there was for keeping these low growth Neighbourhood designations is gone.
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C. L. Polk
7 days ago
WAKE UP, HOSERS NEW PETITION JUST DROPPED Petition e-7148 calls to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top-secret security clearance to ensure they are fully informed of threats to Canada’s national security and able to act decisively to protect Canadians and our democracy.
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Petition e-7148 - Petitions
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7148
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Colleen
8 days ago
Lies, damned lies and statistics. Between this from Edmonton and Toronto's mayor claiming "73% of housing starts are with City-led or supported projects," my nerdy wish is that all governments publish absolute numbers alongside any claim about percentages or relative changes.
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Jacob Loo Dawang
11 days ago
We're doing the dance again. Keep Edmonton the most affordable large city in Canada! Email council now 👇
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Grow Together Edmonton
12 days ago
🚨 ACTION ALERT This Monday, Council will consider undoing years of housing progress. Back up for debate is reducing the number of units permitted from 8 to 6. We need your help to push back. Email council now using our easy 30-second tool. 👇
www.growtogetheryeg.com/email-council
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Mike Eliason
13 days ago
once again begging democrats to not continue limiting renters to harmful places corridor zoning is a public health disaster.
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Oh The Urbanity!
12 days ago
One problem with concentrating new housing development on commercial streets is that there are just far fewer commercial streets than residential ones. It would leave most of the city off-limits for density. Those European cities don’t do that.
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Damien Moule
13 days ago
"Maybe the city's full" says the man living in a 2.7 million dollar house on Palmerston, while sipping $170 scotch after defeating a multiplex proposal across the street.
www.pressreader.com/canada/toron...
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Trump and LA city council indistinguishable on housing policy.
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13 days ago
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Shawn Micallef
13 days ago
It's dirty, folks.
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Damien Moule
15 days ago
Every year the Toronto budget presentation shows a figure with the value of a 1% property tax increase. They should include one saying that 12,000 new homes is equal to a 1% property tax increase.
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Oh The Urbanity!
17 days ago
The “but is it affordable?” question about new housing kind of misses the point. But when a new infill townhouse development in Edmonton has a 3-bed, 2.5-bath unit renting for $1,650 a month? That’s pretty darn cool. (That’s 1,220 Fahrenheit dollars!)
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National Newswatch
16 days ago
'Minnetoba'? Some Minnesotans want to join Canada as tensions flare with Trump administration. Former governor Jesse Ventura says state should secede
www.cbc.ca/news/world/m...
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'Minnetoba'? Some Minnesotans want to join Canada as tensions flare with Trump administration | CBC News
A former Minnesota governor recently pitched a novel solution to the state’s clashes with the Trump administration: join Canada. He's not the first, nor only, one in the state looking north.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/minnesota-join-canada-jesse-ventura-9.7067000
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Eric Lombardi
17 days ago
In the Hub today, I publish why I am considering running for Ontario Liberal Party leader. “You cannot micromanage your way out of scarcity. You have to take risks, trust people and businesses, ensure healthy public systems, and then give productivity the space to work.”
thehub.ca/2026/01/29/e...
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Will Stancil
17 days ago
Do not fall for this garbage. DHS came into my city with an offensive posture, conducted itself as an invader, often attacked residents without any plausible connection to immigration enforcement, violently seized people off the streets. Now it’s our fault people died?
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Damien Moule
17 days ago
With Edmonton, Calgary (for now), and Ottawa having all passed low rise residential zoning reform that's equally or more permissive than Toronto, the conventional Toronto wisdom that few changes are possible because we're dominated by the suburbs needs significant revision or abandonment.
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20 days ago
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Jacob Loo Dawang
20 days ago
NEW POST Mayor
@andrewknack.bsky.social
has mused about transitioning from a hard cap on homes in the RS zone to purely using lot area per unit. While this would be ok at 80 sqm, it would be real bad at 90 sqm. A huge downzoning. Read more 👇
jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/lo...
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Lot size per unit: a potentially dangerous regulation – Jacob Dawang
Lot area per home has been suggested as a potential replacement for the eight-home hardcap in the RS zone. Looking at the data suggests this comes with some danger if tinkered with too much.
https://jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/lot-size/
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Rev. Prof. Matthew J. M. Coomber
21 days ago
My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti Absolutely heartbreaking
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Alex Bozikovic
22 days ago
The $113-million mess of a community centre I wrote about this week is 100% funded from “development charges.” It is going in a neighbourhood with zero population growth. In part, these charges are a tax on newcomers to subsidize existing wealthy homeowners.
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Toronto may cancel new community centres, libraries if development funding dries up - Toronto | Globalnews.ca
The city's chief financial officer reiterated that roughly $300 million had been deferred as revenue from development charges dries up, adding that some projects may be cancelled.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11634767/toronto-development-charges-funding-cancellations/
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Colleen
22 days ago
Things that happened at these ostensibly democratic processes: * then-councillor said she only wanted to hear from people on one particular street * multiple councillors dismissing people who disagree with them as party of shady organizations or insinuating that they are paid * anti-renter garbage
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Phil
22 days ago
It really is worth noting that development charges evolved in the mid-20th century. It's not like we haven't built cities without them. Building new libraries or community centres off the backs of new homeowners is fundamentally a regressive system.
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Toronto may cancel new community centres, libraries if development funding dries up - Toronto | Globalnews.ca
The city's chief financial officer reiterated that roughly $300 million had been deferred as revenue from development charges dries up, adding that some projects may be cancelled.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11634767/toronto-development-charges-funding-cancellations/
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Zito
22 days ago
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
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Joey Politano🏳️🌈
22 days ago
Trump’s back to threatening 100% tariffs on Canada this morning, wow I can’t imagine why the Canadians now see the Chinese as a more reliable trade partner
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Phil
23 days ago
The feds are right to do this, but it feels a bit disproportionate when they only cut $10 million of Toronto's funding after their petulant refusal to allow sixplexes.
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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Feds cancel $12-million housing grant after Red Deer pushes back against zoning changes
Millions of dollars earmarked for affordable housing in Red Deer has been cancelled by the federal government.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/feds-cancel-12-million-housing-grant-after-red-deer-pushes-back-against-zoning-changes/
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If all they want is to catch sex offenders, Why is he looking in minesota instead of *checks notes*. .. .. the Epstein files?
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23 days ago
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Colleen
23 days ago
The US lives because Canada controls the polar vortex. Remember that, Donald.
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Guys this isn’t funny. A condo market only does this when it’s in distress. Aldo when the all in cost to build exceeds the market clearing price.
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Paris Marx
27 days ago
They should make a small amendment to apply a 100% tariff to all Teslas, regardless of whether they come from the US, Germany, or China. Canada doesn’t need Elon’s swasticars.
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Tesla poised to be early winner as Canada opens door to Chinese-made EVs | CBC News
China-made cars now face only a 6.1% tariff after U.S.-Canada deal. Tesla equipped its Shanghai plant to export to Canada in 2023.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/tesla-poised-early-winnter-china-canada-electric-vehicle-deal-9.7050891
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Alex Bozikovic
26 days ago
The substance of this piece by Bravo and Perks is correct… But the framing is a problem. 2/3 of all new housing is city-supported? That is not a victory. It is a sign of a housing market in collapse.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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This is the only way Toronto will ever truly tackle its homelessness problem
Without federal and provincial support, Toronto can only do so much.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/this-is-the-only-way-toronto-will-ever-truly-tackle-its-homelessness-problem/article_1db8ac8d-44b6-4494-b80d-85ac28d7d4c2.html
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Jacob Loo Dawang
27 days ago
I'm excited for
@ericlombardi.bsky.social
if he decides to run for OLP leader. Ontario needs future-focus, competence, and a grow the pie mindset. Eric stands for ushering in a new era of prosperity in Ontario and I'm all for it.
www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
https://www.tvo.org/article/analysis-is-the-ontario-liberal-leadership-race-poised-for-an-upset
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This is the dumbest diplomatic crisis of your life,….. so far.
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Colleen
28 days ago
If this is the Minister's reasoning then it is confusing because these are all other HAF milestones that Toronto got other $ for. Student housing strategy didn't include the promised parking by-laws. And apartment infill was due Dec 2024 and still not complete.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/fed...
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“We need to go to war with our allies to avoid war with our enemies. I am very smart”
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27 days ago
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The Biking Lawyer LLP
28 days ago
Brad Bradford is using his former bike riding credibility to curry favour w the anti bike folks and become mayor. 'Don't worry I used to ride a bike and I now hate bike lanes too' (for political gain). This guy is the worst.
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Shawn Micallef
28 days ago
This is a lie. I was on the Danforth Saturday night, 24 hours after blizzard, & bike lanes were full of snow & car lanes clear. Sidewalks meh. This man makes things up to rage his way into the mayoral office. Tell your not-online friends & fam.
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Oh The Urbanity!
28 days ago
North America’s Best Housing Reform is Under Attack
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North America’s Best Housing Reform is Under Attack
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
https://youtu.be/WVQ630ZpGgo
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Colleen
about 1 month ago
One frustrating thing about governments now saying "Housing isn't our fault. Developers just aren't building!" is that, years ago, I met with multiple politicians who assured me that it was fine to add requirements and costs, saying "Do you really think developers are just going to stop building?"
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Oh The Urbanity!
about 1 month ago
“Thousands of crashes reported as winter storm pounds the Toronto area” Sorry, cars just aren’t practical here. We’re not California or Texas. We have winter.
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‘Stay home’: Thousands of crashes reported as winter storm pounds the Toronto area
YouTube video by CTV News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52AHahFLK4M
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Colleen
about 1 month ago
Snowed in? Why not use time for a city survey?
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about 1 month ago
You probably don't know what SEQRA is - but you should know that it's slowing down the housing that we need. Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg is here to explain why reforming it is key to cutting red tape and building more housing.
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Damien Moule
about 1 month ago
The MTSA zoning *should* be a confirmatory exercise but it will still be important to have pro-housing voices show up to make sure that happens. Find the public meeting closest to you.
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Colleen
about 1 month ago
Don't mess with success!
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His entire argument is he doesn’t like the consequences of his actions?
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about 1 month ago
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The murdering will continue until moral improves.
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