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  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
SF22 Wrote: (05-10-2024, 10:10 AM) -- It looks like they fully expect to be able to connect through to Randall Dr at some point, with the way that Parkside Dr ends in a circle with nothing directly p...
   ijmorlan Suburbs 1,230 954,942 05-10-2024, 11:04 PM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
danbrotherston Wrote: (05-10-2024, 05:00 AM) -- As for the specifics of the "No students" rules...we of course know what this is...it is exactly an end run around human rights. They say "no students"...
   ijmorlan Outside Waterloo Region 20 571 05-10-2024, 09:16 AM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
danbrotherston Wrote: (05-10-2024, 05:00 AM) -- Condo corporations cannot evict tenants (or owners). They can only fine owners (or lien their unit). Also, owners are liable for costs including fines ...
   ijmorlan Outside Waterloo Region 20 571 05-10-2024, 09:13 AM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
tomh009 Wrote: (05-09-2024, 08:12 PM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (05-09-2024, 05:43 PM) -- I don’t see how they can enforce “no students”, regardless of whether there is a human rights violation problem. Wh...
   ijmorlan Outside Waterloo Region 20 571 05-09-2024, 10:11 PM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
I don’t see how they can enforce “no students”, regardless of whether there is a human rights violation problem. What if I rent to somebody and then they start taking a course? Who is violating the ru...
   ijmorlan Outside Waterloo Region 20 571 05-09-2024, 05:43 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: Taxation and the middle class
I could say a lot about this, but the thing that comes to mind is this: the property of a wealthy person or organization is, in practice, only property because it is defensible, specifically in our so...
   ijmorlan Politics 111 20,615 05-04-2024, 10:32 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
danbrotherston Wrote: (05-04-2024, 02:05 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (05-03-2024, 09:25 PM) -- If you want to beat up on wealthy people, beat up on the super-wealthy. We can build a society where ever...
   ijmorlan Politics 111 20,615 05-04-2024, 12:34 PM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
tomh009 Wrote: (05-02-2024, 10:06 PM) -- What kind of old-school? Old-school SFH or old-school walk-ups or old-school rowhouses? -- I’m not an expert in what specifically people want — ask developer...
   ijmorlan Outside Waterloo Region 20 571 05-03-2024, 09:27 PM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
ac3r Wrote: (05-03-2024, 07:30 PM) -- Everyone I know in NYC hates it so much. It seems the cost of living, migrants, homelessness, an explosion of crime, aging infrastructure and much more has ruine...
   ijmorlan Outside Waterloo Region 20 571 05-03-2024, 09:26 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
tomh009 Wrote: (05-02-2024, 09:54 PM) -- And while you say "not enormously wealthy", a person making a good salary (say, $100K) plus $500K+  in capital gains will surely look that way to someone who ...
   ijmorlan Politics 111 20,615 05-03-2024, 09:25 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Report on Business is full of news about business investments, some probably questionable, others much more positive. My point is just that capital gains arise in many situations, and pointing to bad...
   ijmorlan Politics 111 20,615 05-02-2024, 10:13 PM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
Looks like we need to build more of those old-school neighbourhoods. That’s what the market is demanding.
   ijmorlan Outside Waterloo Region 20 571 05-02-2024, 09:52 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
bravado Wrote: (05-02-2024, 12:50 PM) -- Even ignoring the fairness of it all - do we want to reward potentially-damaging investing and punish productive labour? Because so much of our productivity i...
   ijmorlan Politics 111 20,615 05-02-2024, 06:13 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
tomh009 Wrote: (05-02-2024, 10:48 AM) -- panamaniac Wrote: (05-01-2024, 06:15 PM) -- I don't think that has been made clear yet, but the impression is that will apply to the whole gain ( reduced by ...
   ijmorlan Politics 111 20,615 05-02-2024, 06:12 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
SF22 Wrote: (05-02-2024, 08:59 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (05-01-2024, 05:54 PM) -- In this vein, I’d like to see many more of the concrete barriers used on the Margaret Ave. bridge over the railway. Th...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 3,126 2,243,309 05-02-2024, 06:00 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Another question: does the new rate apply to the whole gain (exclusive of the $250,000 exemption), or only on the portion that accrues after the new rules come into effect? For example, buy property ...
   ijmorlan Politics 111 20,615 05-01-2024, 06:00 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
In this vein, I’d like to see many more of the concrete barriers used on the Margaret Ave. bridge over the railway. Those are much more of a barrier than what is normally seen in a parking lot but don...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 3,126 2,243,309 05-01-2024, 05:54 PM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
KevinL Wrote: (05-01-2024, 11:47 AM) -- It's just the framework, the fencing or mesh that encloses it may have a better aesthetic. -- Indeed, the final result could be anywhere from stunning(ly ugl...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 87 38,904 05-01-2024, 05:52 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
the_conestoga_guy Wrote: (05-01-2024, 09:11 AM) -- I just wanted to chime in and say thank you for all of the work that you do to put together your newsletters, especially your Wilmont focused ones. ...
   ijmorlan Politics 196 7,544 05-01-2024, 05:50 PM
  Thread: Homer Watson Business Park. (Formerly JDP Business & Technology Park)
Post: RE: Homer Watson Business Park. (Formerly JDP Busi...
Rainrider22 Wrote: (04-27-2024, 02:23 PM) -- There is noway Hydro approved that...WTAF !!! -- They’re probably OK with it, although they will severely prune the tree in the future. But yeah, it’...
   ijmorlan Suburbs 28 9,153 04-28-2024, 01:54 AM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
ac3r Wrote: (04-26-2024, 10:44 AM) -- Collaboration and co-operation is not how it works. -- Every international organization’s existence disproves this statement. Whenever various groups have c...
   ijmorlan Politics 196 7,544 04-26-2024, 02:52 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
ac3r Wrote: (04-25-2024, 05:39 PM) -- They are and they actually do know what they're doing most of the time, despite what some extremely nihilistic people who aren't planners believe. -- They do m...
   ijmorlan Transportation and Infrastructure 3,126 2,243,309 04-25-2024, 11:51 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
bravado Wrote: (04-25-2024, 10:11 PM) -- I meant that the region has plenty of zoned industrial land scattered over the 3 cities, a single 700 acre plot handled under unexplained expropriations is un...
   ijmorlan Politics 196 7,544 04-25-2024, 11:47 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
“The lands may be used for an expansion of the existing surface parking area or to accommodate additional outdoor play space for students.” That’s a pretty big difference. If they’re tearing down a...
   ijmorlan Suburbs 1,230 954,942 04-22-2024, 10:38 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Acitta Wrote: (04-20-2024, 11:34 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (04-20-2024, 07:59 AM) -- Commies sure hate jobs huh? -- Are you saying that farmers are communists? -- I don’t take everything ac3r says equall...
   ijmorlan Politics 196 7,544 04-21-2024, 12:07 AM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
There is no excuse for contaminating the ground under an industrial plant. If the plant can’t operate without dumping stuff into the ground, then it isn’t really profitable: the profits are really the...
   ijmorlan Politics 196 7,544 04-20-2024, 12:09 PM

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