Am I missing something here? How does McGuinty not wanting to foot the costs associated with Harper's anti-crime legislation have to do with OW/ODSP? (I presume line of thinking leads to D.Ford's not funding OW enough to keep up with living costs?) --------------------------------- I'm still...

This. Homeless tripled in my hometown of Hamilton since pre-covid. Numbers are public. I invite people to visit Central Park in Hamilton. There was no tent city before. And I sympathize heavily, being homeless is a numbers game now, not just an issue of mental health and addiction, at one point...

[redacted] I mean there has been really only 1 era after Harper, it feels like Carney only got elected yesterday....

Genuinely curious, not being rhetorical... if y'all are bemoaning Carney accepting Gladu, selling out to filthy capitalists and AI bros just 1 year into his term, how much more dystopian were you assuming PP would be? Trans erasure? Canadian ICE? 51st state? I keep hearing how Carney is the next...

I have more sympathy for someone who says $36,000 USD isn’t enough to rebuild their house, against a backdrop of high inflation every year for decades (Chinese case in the video), than someone who owns land that has appreciated faster than inflation, to become some of the most expensive rural...

At the risk of pointing out the obvious, that's a famous case of a "nail house" in China, more examples here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holdout_(real_estate)#Nail_house

Archeological work probably hampered by weather. And I don't know, the teaching and research schedule of the academics involved. Some serious consideration for weighing the pros and cons of costing hundreds of thousands, if not millions of human-hours in traffic. Millions of dollars in...

I'll hop in here, because I'm sensing a pattern. I know you really love battery electric trains. I don't see them as being a proven tech, since they're not widely used in the countries traditionally seen as leaders in rail. Dual mode or otherwise. I also have no faith that Metrolinx will...

Hear me out, I'd be okay with Eglinton East being at-grade, assuming fast speeds through intersections, strong signal priority/preemption, and 1+ km stop spacing. The 1 km or greater stop spacing is key. If parallel buses will run, then the stop spacing should be wide to facilitate rapid...

LOL It was supposed to be done by EOY 2026, they said 1 year ago. It's now supposed to be EOY 2027. By that logic, come spring 2027, they will be predicting EOY 2028...

Given the cost of this boondoggle. It wouldn't be that far off to assume Metrolinx would build you a backyard gazebo for the price as your house.

Students and staff would love a direct subway connection to UTSC. But car-centrism is the status quo (and therefore should remain the status quo /s). People will say the density/demand is too low now, but I would argue that A. UTSC people would use transit at a higher rate than the typical...

When do you predict the Ontario Line will open?

For clarity, are those 6 figure costs predicated on construction already starting or being completed for signage? If nothing has been made yet, the cost to change the not-yet-made sign should be next to nothing compared to half a million dollars.

Yes to the first point. No to the second point? I don't think a small town on or near the corridor would be able to drive up costs much or force long delays. Setting aside the expedited expropriation process, as far as I know, most of the land along the northern route is provincial crown land. I...

The graphic I saw on UT pointed towards a late 2026 opening. I could be misremembering though.

I wasn't clear, so I'll clarify. Yes it's bright, hence all of my caveats implying camera differences and the bright screen making the rest of the shot look dark. Most importantly: "Pioneer Village is one of the brighter ones, but pretend it's one of the dimmer stations" [like Dupont and St...

I don't know if it's been done yet in this instance, but I think it's tolerable, even acceptable to question the accuracy/precision of statistics without wholly dismissing them. Specifically the TTC stats. For example, offences against customers could be trending down despite the opposite being...

Which is laughable. As if they've never left the continent. HSR tends to be quieter than planes. In my experience, business class on HSR in China beats short haul A320 or 737 any day of the week (business class on narrowbodies is a scam). Special elevator to the platform to avoid crowds, lie...