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Just finished watching the orange man's "liberation day" speech. No new tariffs announced for Canada, no mention of the 51st state.

Stocks are crashing post-market because of 8 pages full of tariff declarations globally.
 
We have a former Conservative running in Edmonton West as a Liberal; we have a former NDP running in Edmonton Gateway as a Liberal (one who actually ceded his seat in the Provincial Legislature to do so). There seems to be a very strong shift towards the Mark Carney Government as a hopeful entity in the upcoming perceived "troubled times" to steer the Economy through rough waters. I hope that Edmontonians, in particular, set their long-running prejudices aside and truly seek out the best outcome for the country. Strong representation in a new government will benefit the City no doubt.
 
policyenthusiast said:
Just finished watching the orange man's "liberation day" speech. No new tariffs announced for Canada, no mention of the 51st state.

Stocks are crashing post-market because of 8 pages full of tariff declarations globally.
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Yes, the Orange Menace seems to have moved on from just attacking Canada to attacking the rest of the world and it does not seem to be going well.
 
David A said:
Yes, the Orange Menace seems to have moved on from just attacking Canada to attacking the rest of the world and it does not seem to be going well.
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It's expected to get worse as well. The De Minimis exemption (goods under 800$ can be shipped to the US duty-free) is being repealed, and the "tariff rates" Trump lied about on the 8 page tariff spreadsheet is actually a measure of the import-export proportions (trade deficits), and is in no way tied to actual tariff rates from the listed countries.

The "drop your tariffs and Trump will drop his" claims people are making online are especially insane because the foreign tariffs in question don't exist in the first place. Disinformation is, unsurprisingly, the crux of these policies.
 
Yes, I notice they are doing a full court press with disinformation right now to try counteract all the news about falling markets and concerns about rising prices.

Their political movement is like a cult, they will try blame anything bad on others and some of their supporters continue to believe whatever they tell them despite what is really happening.
 
edmonton.citynews.ca

Liberals drop Edmonton candidate Rod Loyola

Just a week after launching his campaign, Rod Loyola who is the Liberal Party candidate for Edmonton Gateway has been booted out. Confirming with CityNews, party officials said that Loyola is out of the running. “Mr. Loyola is no longer our candidate for Edmonton Gateway,” a party spokesperson...
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Airboy said:
Have my red sign up in a sea of blue.
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I was actually surprised to see that most of Edmonton is splitting their votes between Liberal and NDP, and that's why Conservatives end up winning those seats 😨

SmartVoting

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Carney:

We’ve solved a housing crisis before. Let’s do it again.​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2U25LnTIg8


Generally, pretty astute summary of the existing Housing Action Plan item - but still not a fulsome reflection of the issues facing the industry. Off-site fabrication? Great. Supporting existing builders? Awesome. Mass timber? Most people don't know what it is, but fantastic.

Still, the underlying land in cities is often more than half the cost of a new home. The burdensome permitting and zoning processes in most (non-Edmonton) municipalities increase costs and delays homes. Homes that go up as quickly as possible are not consistently being built well. These new home designs don't incorporate resilient infrastructure like hail-proof shingles, which increases insurance claims and premiums. Underlying utilities often need retrofits to accommodate increased neighborhood density.

It's a lot better than nothing, but the roots of housing inaccessibility are far deeper than not being able to put up drywall fast enough.
 
^ Actually the "lean" on factory built homes would be time-saving at the permitting process phase as well as improving the quality of construction and lowering overall construction costs. Land costs I agree with -- like almost any commodity that one cares to name when the price goes up it is more likely to stay there or go higher before it ever comes down again.
 
archited said:
^ Actually the "lean" on factory built homes would be time-saving at the permitting process phase as well as improving the quality of construction and lowering overall construction costs. Land costs I agree with -- like almost any commodity that one cares to name when the price goes up it is more likely to stay there or go higher before it ever comes down again.
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Yes, we need to consider everything that can bring down costs or speeds up construction and factory built homes are much more cost efficient and can be built faster. As for land, that is a big problem.

This is probably where governments come in, they have a lot of surplus land they seem to hang on to forever. I believe some months ago the Globe and Mail did an article (probably pay walled) on exactly this, listing such sites in all our major cities, including here.
 
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