We'll probably end up with a Trudeau building soon enough, which will be a different kind of gross.

I have investigated the system I'm talking about. I have also investigated the system you're talking about. I don't do any better under that system than this one. And, to be completely honest with you, I could not possibly care less if you read or reply. You're interested in explaining to me why I'm wrong rather than having a discussion and I'm not here for that.

Because renting from the government isn't a good option either. I've done that and you couldn't pay me to do it again. If I'm gonna be stuck renting, give me a landlord who's motivated to fix shit when I say it's broken. That is emphatically not the government.

I feel it important to point out that rental laws in particular are provincial, not federal. Which is why Ontario and BC were the only provinces to have any kind of vacancy control, and which is why Ontario removed it 13 years after BC did. So unless that link includes provincial members of parliament as well, what you're showing me is a list of people who are benefiting from a system they don't have the authority to change.

Also: Please try not to explain ableism to someone who's experienced it. You're not going to route out discrimination by making it illegal. That's been done already. Changing the ownership structure of a property doesn't make that property more likely to accept a disabled tenant. Neither does making shelter a right (the TL; DR of that argument: "you have the right to a house, but not this house"). Now, if you want to talk about improving the rental or homeownership situation for everyone, then we can absolutely have that conversation. If you want to talk about abolishing homeownership entirely, we're going to have a different conversation.

I did read your comment. You did not clarify what you meant. And I did not follow your link because it lacked context.

Nothing you've actually described is explicitly anti-property. In fact, some of what you've described - for example, rental regulations - is already in place and not actually helping. For instance it's been illegal to discriminate against the disabled for decades. So they don't. Instead, they discriminate against your credit score (not protected), whether or not you make a minimum income (not protected), whether or not you can obtain positive references (not protected), etc, all of which are more likely to affect the disabled.

One thing that would absolutely help would be rent control that includes vacancy control. Ontario used to have that. Without it, the current rent control legislation only protects me as long as I stay here. It doesn't protect you if I move out and you move in.

Not in Canada it's not. We can't even solve proper rent control, which includes vacancy control.

I mean, find a party that actually wants proper government-run housing and you'll change my mind. Alternatively, you can explain what you mean by being anti-property if not that. Because, as a person with a disability who's experienced both the housing and support, I can throw pretty much every government in this country farther than I trust them.

Mom and pop landlords, perhaps? That's why I avoid those.

Everything's more expensive these days. I've been in this place a decade and my Premier hasn't fucked that up yet, so it's not as expensive for me as it should be. But, the fact that my Premier could still fuck that up tomorrow is precisely why I don't trust a government solution to that problem.

Yup, which is why we should have been diversifying decades ago. Kudos to Carney for doing it now, but like... this really shouldn't be the conversation in 2026.

This, twice. Give me Crown over Jack any day.

Ask Ottawa the last 4 years, or Ontario the last... oh I dunno... 20. At least since Dalton "no new taxes" McGuinty.

I mean, sometimes cheapest wins. As long as what you're walking out with is Canadian or at least not American. Personally my other options are Loblaws and Metro, and between the three of them milk is usually cheaper at Walmart, just as an example. And yes, I buy a Canadian brand.

I think we should wait and see if France or Ireland head down this path as well. It's not like Canada's the first.

You sure we're in the same Canada? I mean, sure it's not great and hasn't been for at least 20 years, but it's not the hellscape you're describing either. That, I'm afraid, is in about another 20 years.

Neither is getting ripped off by Loblaws.

Now would be a perfect time for Leiper to produce an adult tax policy. Unfortunately, he's choosing to consult those same whiners after the election.

I am by no means an expert and I definitely have opinions, but I think the biggest hurtle we're ever going to have to find a way to jump over is answering the instance question. When someone wants to look something up on Reddit, or Facebook, or wherever, they just... go there. The fediverse takes a giant wrench to that idea and people's brains need to rewire to accept that.

I grew up in the 90's myself, so Lemmy/Mastodon/whatever is basically what I was used to, without the dialup. Facebook didn't exist then. You had MSN Messenger, AIM, ICQ, IRC and whatever else you could find/someone introduced you to. There's a reason some of those (see also: IRC) still persist today.

The hard part is not having a strong opinion on Reddit. IT's coming over here and realizing you can have the same strong opinion here. Most people need a reason to, and sometimes, the reason is Reddit did a thing. For example, I'm here because Reddit's killing RSS feeds in November. They never do that, maybe I never come here. But I promise I can piss people off on either platform. :)

Not entirely following you here. Winding down what?

For the same reason NYC won't have that in 4 years. Though I agree we can do better than the current crop.