i_r_weldr

joined 1 year ago
[–] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The plan so far is to build 1 million homes in three years. They plan on attaining this by playing hardball with those who get in the way, municipalities and the NIMBYS who govern them are going to have federal funding withheld for getting in the way of new housing starts. There’s also going to be extra funds granted for jurisdictions that go beyond the “quota”. A lot of our housing issues are due to red tape and local government interference. To paraphrase, he’s said if those municipalities don’t want to play ball that’s fine, but their easy federal cash is going to be given to those that make it easy to build housing. As for inflation if I recall correctly he wants to limit new carbon taxes, I’d have to look up if he wants to reverse all or some of what is already in place.

[–] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I would love to support the NDP, I’m a union tradesman and they used to be my party. Jack Layton should have been PM in 2011, and it still hurts thinking of how quickly we lost him shortly thereafter. Jagmeet doesn’t do it for me, you’re right he comes off as a pretender trying to lower himself to be one of “us”.

I’m optimistic on Poilievre playing hardball with the country for what I think matters most in this election which is inflation and housing. I don’t like everything he has to say, especially the crypto bullshit which thankfully he dropped, but maybe he and the conservatives are what we need to get things back on track.

[–] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nothing like a little casual eugenics haha, amiright? Haha

[–] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I know the program is different from province to province but the criteria to qualify in BC absolutely sucks. Two people working full time on minimum wage with or without a child don’t even qualify for a full credit. Literally only the lowest earners or those on disability or the like get all of it.

[–] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Well that was a mind boggling read.

[–] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whether he holds those views himself or not is hard to nail down. My best guess is that he’s likely pandering for votes. Playing it smart by keeping the door open but being noncommittal.

[–] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Technically yes but it’s around .5% or less which is the same as most non alcoholic beers

[–] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Try a good quality kombucha. Ice cold and carbonated they have a very similar bite/finish to a lot of beers. Most have sweet notes but are low sugar.

[–] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I gave up because the author is a windbag, tldr for me?

[–] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fuck Telus. I switched to Shaw as one does when their promo is up and those shitstains have called me a few times a week since I switched to try and offer me deals to come back. Every time I say no, please remove me from your list and every fucking time they call back.

I usually switch between to get the cheapest deals without any hassle but if they keep this shit up I might put some effort into staying with Shaw if they’ll be reasonable on the price.

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