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I finally saw an ad from PP and the cons yesterday outlining some concrete measures to help with home affordability.
Sell Federal land to build on
Eliminate tax on building materials
Eliminate permit costs
But..... I'm completely ignorant, does the fed actually own any land that's valuable for residential? The feeling I get is they are either usually parkland or boonies, and not actually in cities.
Eliminate tax on building materials I can see happening, and if the tariffs actually happen, I can see being useful for domestic businesses. A good solution that can potentially help with two problems at a very high level.
Eliminate permit costs.... That's a municipal thing though? They would to skip two levels of gov't?
I finally saw an ad from PP and the cons yesterday outlining some concrete measures to help with home affordability.
Sell Federal land to build on
Eliminate tax on building materials
Eliminate permit costs
But..... I'm completely ignorant, does the fed actually own any land that's valuable for residential? The feeling I get is they are either usually parkland or boonies, and not actually in cities.
Eliminate tax on building materials I can see happening, and if the tariffs actually happen, I can see being useful for domestic businesses. A good solution that can potentially help with two problems at a very high level.
Eliminate permit costs.... That's a municipal thing though? They would to skip two levels of gov't?
I think a blanket "sell federal land for housing" policy is silly - I'm sure there are properties that aren't needed anymore but the gov't will never not need valuable real estate for their offices and staff.
#3 is a purely municipal thing and it's stupid b/c it's not the permit costs that are expensive it's the development fees that are expensive. Here's Burnaby's rates:
Until cities actually charge realistic rates for property tax (they are WAY too low) we won't make a real dent in building more housing.
The only way I could ever see it happening is the feds have some sort of mandate backed by funding to lower development fees city by city. Much like the provincial govt. has handed out mandates for housing targets
Anything that involves increasing property taxes isn’t likely to get passed as people will lose their shit. And ultimately I don’t really blame them because I have zero confidence whether it’s PP or the liberal leader that they will ultimately enact meaningful change as a result of a forced tax increase.
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So you’re opposed to locking up people with large quantities of fentanyl?
Is that legal today? No. So let's not pretend I made the statement you're suggesting, or that PP had some bright idea. Come on bud.
I'm in the camp that we make it all legal, and take the billions we waste trying to combat drugs and spend it on social housing and rehab/detox/take home OAT.
On the other hand, we could just keep up a wall of moral superiority as we watch thousands die and tens of thousands suffer. I guess that's cool too.
Oh yea, cause decrim wasn’t a total fucking disaster, let’s supercharge it.
That ship has sailed. Enabling hopeless people has no end game any longer, we are way passed that.
This is no difference than rampant, repeat, crime. We have no answer, we are terrible at addressing it, and as a result, the regular person suffers.
The drug issue is exactly the same, we are totally incompetent at dealing with root causes and providing support and recovery. So stuff like this, severely punishing the distribution is the only thing your typical, law abiding, person can hope for because thinking we’ll ever make tangible change in addiction and mental health feels like a pipe dream.
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Oh yea, cause decrim wasn’t a total fucking disaster, let’s supercharge it.
That ship has sailed. Enabling hopeless people has no end game any longer, we are way passed that.
This is no difference than rampant, repeat, crime. We have no answer, we are terrible at addressing it, and as a result, the regular person suffers.
The drug issue is exactly the same, we are totally incompetent at dealing with root causes and providing support and recovery. So stuff like this, severely punishing the distribution is the only thing your typical, law abiding, person can hope for because thinking we’ll ever make tangible change in addiction and mental health feels like a pipe dream.
Yah but that’s such a depressing outlook bro. Ya gotta at least try and think positive. Otherwise you’ll just spiral into depression.
I just medicate myself with hobbies and food / porn. Otherwise if you think about this sort of thing it’ll drive you bonkers.
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When I’m walking around seeing dirty needles and shit everywhere under a liberal regime that apparently wants to help people, can’t think there’s much hope for the future
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Yah but that’s such a depressing outlook bro. Ya gotta at least try and think positive. Otherwise you’ll just spiral into depression.
I just medicate myself with hobbies and food / porn. Otherwise if you think about this sort of thing it’ll drive you bonkers.
But if he did that, he wouldn't be able to complain any more.
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How’d you get a UK passport anyway, UK cancelled dual citizenships like over a decade ago… my mom used to have one since her mom was born there and she couldn’t keep renewing hers while maintaining a Canadian one
The UK has different rules for birthwright citizenship depending on what year you were born. I've been looking into getting mine and it's fairly straightforward but other ranges are trickier.
i'm really looking forward to seeing Conservatives winning BUT since Liberal and NDP is tied to the hip, Conservatives doesn't get to do nothing because it'll be a repeat.
I thought PC was going to win it all, but given the last Trudeau 'i don't give an F speech', we'll see if people will still vote for PP.
What about Dubai and Thailand citizenship. I think Dubai is pretty easy to get though investment. Around $150k according to tik Tok University. Then you would have crazy low taxes.
How’d you get a UK passport anyway, UK cancelled dual citizenships like over a decade ago… my mom used to have one since her mom was born there and she couldn’t keep renewing hers while maintaining a Canadian one
I just obtained a UK passport by descent few years ago and had no problem keeping my Canadian passport.
SRTX has placed approximately 40% of our nearly 350 employees on temporary layoff. This decision was not made lightly. With 85% of our sales in the US, and tens of millions invested in our Canadian factory, the impending US tariff changes and delays in closing the final portion of our fundraise have led to tremendous financial uncertainty.
To our impacted team members: Thank you and I’m sorry I have let you down. Your dedication has been the foundation of everything we’ve built.
To our customers, both the individuals and retailers, please these changes will not affect our ability to serve you and we are committed to delivering on our 2025 plans. We need you to believe in us and in our partnerships more than ever.
With the new tariffs we are facing 41% tariffs across all US shipments. We had been bracing for the increase to 25% on B2B shipments but were not expecting additive tariffs or the removal of the de minimis exemption, which previously meant all D2C orders shipments under $800 were duty free. We are in a worst case scenario.
The 16% duty we face, additive to the 25%, is because our products are not considered “Made in Canada” under USMCA. While counterintuitive as every stage of production happens under our roof in Canada, with more than 9% of our raw materials sourced outside the U.S. and Canada, we don’t meet the “Made in Canada” threshold.
The 30-day grace period allows us to shift some inventory to the US, but is not enough. In addition to temporary layoffs to extend runway, we hope to expedite the close of the current fundraise and replace the 3rd party yarns we use (alongside our in-house UHMWPE) with materials sourced from within Canada or the US (eliminating the 16% duty so we only need to contend with the new 25% tariff).
This isn’t just a tough moment for SRTX—it reflects the fragile state of domestic manufacturing in Canada. Brands that outsource production can pivot quickly, but companies like ours, who’ve built vertically integrated operations here at home, face far greater challenges. We must find a path forward that isn’t zero-sum. Manufacturing thrives when there’s an ecosystem of skilled labor, suppliers, and contractors in close proximity. North American manufacturing needs to rebuild these ecosystems and to do that we need to stick together and lift each other up.
If you believe in the importance of making things here, in building not just brands, but the factories and technologies that power them, now is the time to stand with manufacturers.
This post is a great example of how the 25% tariff and removal of de minimis (Sec 321, Entry Type 86) is having a large effect on Canadian businesses, even the ones trying to do it right and manufacture in Canada. This is a real example of the fragile state of our domestic manufacturing.
I'm pretty familiar with the fashion distribution industry. It definitely could be the perfect excuse for laying off anyway, but I can tell you with first hand experience from working with brands and retailers across Canada - people are suffering. Most are hanging on by a thread and this might just be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
The real challenge here for the Canadian economy is not just tariffs, but the layoffs that will be widespread. The people who get laid off will not necessarily have another manufacturing environment to go to because that company is likely also not hiring.
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