Sometimes the cynic in me thinks these things aren't readily available - either statistics or KPI's - because that would also introduce accountability. And then we get to convolute things even more by ever-changing vernacular - homelessness to houselessness, affordable housing to attainable...

There’s a big difference between actual help today and simply giving up future tax dollars from 2029 to 2039 for no real impact today. It’s past decisions like this from previous councils and administrations that are a larger part of what is financially hamstringing our current council.

My guess is that doing that with the same dollars would drive more new development than this program with a lot less admin.

Well I'm not so sure about this one... Taking a quick look at the numbers in the Schedule, they used an example of a property with a current assessment of $5,000,000 and a future assessment of $42,000,000. After investing that $37,000,000 in additional monies to complete the project. This...

There’s also a lesson for municipalities. It can take time to do some things right when you work in a market but know you don’t make the market (although you can certainly influence it). Qualico purchased this site more than a quarter century ago with a vision for a high quality mixed use site...

Not according to the score/shot/time clock - one of our D was just outside of this shot.

Czechia clearly has six players on the ice and actively involved in the play…

^^ It's nice to know you know that Cantor means singer in Portuguese. I'm missing the Irish Republican Army or Rheumatoid Arthritis or Egyptian Sun God reference...

I was a bit surprised no-one has started this thread yet as I was looking for someplace to post this screen-shot of the Czechian end of the rink just before Czechia broke out and scored their go-ahead 3rd goal:

Except you didn’t accuse all countries of being settlements or Canada as being a settlement or Canada and the US of being settlements did you? You also stated Israel was an “ethnostate” which is also incorrect. All Israeli citizens, including the 26% of the population (80%of whom are Arab)...

^ So the entire state of Israel is “a settlement” and Jordan et al aren't???

There is a time and a place for RC’s. They can be instrumental in being able to attract a grocer as well as other attractive users (anything from day care to restaurants to banks to liquor stores) to locations/markets that are close to supporting one but not strong enough to support two. The...

For those wondering how much snow we got since Monday evening, there was no snow on the snow gauge table Monday afternoon:

That’s a crock… What about someone injured in a car accident who could have taken a bus? Someone injured while walking to the bus who could have stayed home? Someone who developed gestational diabetes who could have chosen to stay childless? Someone with work related COPD who could have stayed...