It’s a lot easier for everyone involved to beat on the panic-du-jour which is conveniently not their fault, rather than looking in their own wheelhouse to fix their own failings.
I’m disappointed that the press are going along with politicians and policing services on this one.
I tend to agree with you. He said:
“One can never categorically rule out participation,” he said.
“We will stand by our allies, when it makes sense. There’s a distinction between the offensive actions that were taken and are being taken by the United States and Israel, that were taken by them without consultation with Canada, with other allies, and we’re not party to those actions.
“But we will always defend Canadians, we will always stand by and defend our allies when called upon.”
The right answer would be to make like a Conservative and not answer. He can’t piss off Trump, but he knows Canadians (outside of a few communities) aren’t into this shit. Saying maaaaaaybe walks back most of his appeal from Davos.
Carney is not a great politician. He doesn’t know when to shut up (hence his statement of support for the war in India). So far he’s lucked into the right moment. I’m not sure what the next few years will bring.
Yes, but:
In the documents, the redacted interlocutor asks Epstein: “did you meet the Irvings?”
Epstein replies “No,” with the unnamed person then writing back that they’re not planning to work for “the crazy Irvings.”
A spokesperson for Irving, who now heads a health-care technology company, told Brunswick News on Monday the former oil exec never had contact with Epstein.
It’s probably more a question of power and reach. Epstein saw nothing to gain by getting Canadians into his debt.
There has been far more ink spilled about a shitty private company being shitty than our own justice system returning guns to a household dealing with mental illness.
The critiques of OpenAI are reasonable, but we need to hold our public safety officials to a higher standard.
* Not known to cause gonorrhea
After his Davos speech, I expected a bit better. Instead, he decided to put the sign in the window:
“Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security.”
Carney had prefaced that endorsement with a description of Iran as “the principal source of instability and terror throughout the Middle East, [with] the world’s worst human rights records.” He added: “[Iran] must never be allowed to obtain or develop nuclear weapons.”
If Carney were a better politician, he would have said “I don’t have a position yet - we don’t know the specifics of what is happening.”
putting today’s unaffordability issues at the feet of the workers
It specifically calls out Canadian companies failure to invest in improving productivity.
Workers should get a higher share of profits. But companies need to make investments so they’ll make more profits. Our tax laws and culture don’t reward that.
We need shelter, but our governments have stopped ensuring it’s attainable.
Tax policy encourages people to treat their home as an investment by exempting it from capital gains. Other tax policy has made the construction of rental units less attractive to developers. Our federal, provincial, and municipal governments stopped building affordable and low income housing. (There’s also the zoning/NIMBY crap, but that’s been discussed to death)
I haven’t seen stats showing businesses own a large amount of single family dwellings or apartments in Canada. Individuals seem to own a lot of condos for investment (with businesses owning a bit less).
Do you have stats showing corporations owning a significant portion of Canadian real estate?
The run up on housing prices forces most Canadians to put too much cash into rent or home ownership. I think the piece is more pointing out there’s a problem. The fix has to come from policy makers, not individual buyers.
I’m pretty sure the Globe has had thick pieces about the housing crisis since the run up before COVID. And they’ve been calling out our shit productivity for decades.
OMG three pieces from the Globe about Canada’s fucked up housing policy and how it’s screwing us.
A connection between two parts of the polycrisis?!
One of the reasons our wages are stagnant is that we aren’t investing in stuff that’ll make us more money - because our housing is too expensive.
Imagine if we had federal, provincial, and municipal governments actively trying to lower the cost of housing.
Did they ever not? They’re both right-leaning establishment parties that represent the interests of the wealthy.
It set out the plans amid growing scrutiny of the sustainability credentials of its Canadian supply chain after claims it was using wood sourced from some of British Columbia’s most environmentally important forests.
The Guardian revealed late last year that forestry experts believe Drax may have continued to burn 250-year-old trees sourced from some of Canada’s oldest forests as recently as last summer despite increasing concerns over its historical sustainability claims, which first emerged in 2022.
lol
We need something like 3.5 million homes to get back to pre-2019 prices. They’re gonna have to step up. I haven’t heard a plan from Carney and Co to make that happen.
It’s absolute bullshit. I’m not surprised, given Carney’s background. But I am disappointed.
Don’t worry! The new Build Canada Homes has 7,000 homes planned for this year, so it’s under control. /s
That’s an interesting take. I was assuming the US was just going to destroy a bunch of infrastructure with munitions and declare victory. If US soldiers are deployed it seems like there could be a huge backlash.
I hope you’re right.