Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Deputy PM says it's un-Canadian to notice that a killer was out on bail Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 19:17:28 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 60 Message-ID: <20240518191728.0000131b@example.com> References: <20240514092235.000061ce@example.com> <0d7b4j12eiegn0lqd2ha56sp9fb5vp431t@4ax.com> <20240517215134.000040f0@example.com> <6mci4jpg8snhuteq1ls9mf6j2m7p47pmsu@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 01:17:30 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="09b046d3d2b1421e610827cd790f4694"; logging-data="3167918"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/sxS113KhVfwn+bfynd0FAoNK4jU93Lu8=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:vUaZjtyXWY9zD5UIC+GI+vkLRlk= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240518-6, 5/18/2024), Outbound message Bytes: 4305 On Sat, 18 May 2024 16:10:23 -0700 The Horny Goat wrote: > On Fri, 17 May 2024 21:51:34 -0400, Rhino > wrote: > > >What do you think will happen in the BC election? I'm not even sure > >when it's happening, just that it will be relatively soon. Are people > >sufficiently disgusted with Eby to turf the NDP? Typically, NDP > >governments get two consecutive terms before you put the other guys > >back in but I don't know where public opinion is in BC this year. > > I expect to see a NDP victory - though if I had my way David Eby (head > of the BC NDP) would be "ridden out of town on a rail". In an effort > to amp housing starts (immigration in both BC and ON which is where > most Canadian immigration is going has created a mass housing shortage > which is driving prices through the roof - which is major bad news for > the 30-35 age group who are normally the group buying their first home > but are largely priced out of the market. There was a newspaper > article a couple of weeks ago about a husband and wife pair of MDs who > got turned down for a mortgage....) > > Anyhow what Eby has done is allow free subdivision of pretty much any > single family home into most suites which would have the effect of (a) > massively driving up land prices and therefore taxes (b) require mass > demoliion of most 40-50 year old houses in Vancouver and Victoria > (mine was build in 1987) (c) convert single family into multi-family > lots without amending the tax code (which taxes multi-unit lots at a > higher rate than single unit lots and (d) mean the de-forestration of > most of metro Vancouver since most single family homes are built in > the center of lots with plenty of trees around the perimeter of the > property - usually 5-10 feet from the edge though for 4-plexes you > would need to build to within 3-4 feet of each property line - all of > which means massive property inflation with little relief for first > time buyers - and most of the inflation would be front end loaded > meaning the increases would come BEFORE the new suites were actually > built. It would also create a mass run (no pun intended) on water and > sewage systems.... > > Vancouver prides itself on having more trees than almost all cities in > North America so this scheme is likely to change that! > > Meanwhile the provincial Liberal party has had a split with the more > conservative wing currently leading the polls but intra-mural fighting > is likely to result in the NDP winning a lot of 3 way races. > So as bad a job as Eby is doing, the NDP will likely be re-elected. My condolences! > The provincial election is scheduled for 1 week after Canadian > Thanksgiving (which Rhino will know is about 3 weeks before US > election day) In case non-Canadian residents are wondering, Horny Goat and I are in the same country but we don't get much detail with respect to elections in other provinces. That's why I didn't know when the BC election was. -- Rhino