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opencouncil.ca/belleville-was… Only 34% of food/organic waste is diverted from landfills, under the 50% benchmark set by the Ontario government. Rural households placed around 50% more food waste in the garbage per households compared to urban households.
The Trudeau government will send $250 to the 18.7 million Canadians who made less than $150,000 in 2023 in early spring 2025 - shortly after Doug Ford's $200 payment to every taxpayer in Ontario. opencouncil.ca/federal-govern…
The Trudeau government supported by the NDP is pausing GST/HST for 2 months starting December 14, 2024 to February 15, 2025 on certain categories of products including alcohol and video games. opencouncil.ca/federal-govern…
So now that the CBC is reporting about fake LMIA jobs, here's an interesting stat I put together: Full-time job creation vs. LMIA approvals. In the past year, LMIA approvals represent more than 100% of FT job creation, with 165.5k jobs created and 247.1k LMIA positions approved.
To get a housing crisis as bad as this, you need crazy things to happen, like the regional chief administrative officer believing that development fees do not increase housing prices. Why is this view so common among city planners? 1/
In 2016, the Wynne government gave municipalities the option to use ranked ballots. London used ranked ballots in the 2018 election, and other municipalities made moves to switch. In 2020, the Ford government banned the use of ranked ballots. opencouncil.ca/ranked-ballot-…
Based on our calculations, the Ford government plans to invest $525-675M now to receive $580M back in present value, plus an estimated $128M in GDP and 800 jobs, assuming 3% discount rate, business operates for the full 95 years and grows by 3% per year. opencouncil.ca/theme-spa-onta…
The "fact sheet" for the Therme Spa at Ontario Place vastly overstates the value of rental payments and ignores better uses of the resources. The lease contains a poison pill to prevent a future government closing the spa. Here's my latest blog post sandfordborins.com/2024/10/15/dis…
Apr 8 - Premier Ford orders LCBO to reintroduce paper bags Oct 9 - LCBO awards $10.9M contract to Rosenbloom Groupe Inc. of Quebec Oct 22 - Premier Ford orders LCBO to redo the process and give the contract to an Ontario company instead opencouncil.ca/lcbo-paper-bag…
Fascinating, apparently Coffee Time can't find a single person in Canada who wants to manage a coffee shop for $62/hr!
Special treatment: Federal & BC governments let Lululemon hire TFWs without first trying to hire Canadian residents. When questioned, Ministers did not respond. theijf.org/lululemon-tfw-…
Ford's government decided it couldn't wait another year and a half for the agreement to expire, choosing instead to pay out $225M to Molson and Labatt to break the 10 year long Beer Store contract 1 year, 7 months, and 9 days early on May 23, 2024. opencouncil.ca/ford-governmen…
This removes a huge barrier for affordable housing projects. Under Vancouver's new Social Housing Initiative, non-market housing will be permitted as-of-right between 6-18 storeys throughout the city!!
Just look at ALL the areas where non-market housing will be allowed!!
On September 12, 2024 the NDP, Green Party, and Liberal candidates for the 2024 Bay of Quinte by-election debated for the second time. The debate was pre-recorded and hosted by YourTV (Cogeco 4/700) studios in downtown Belleville. opencouncil.ca/yourtv-quinte-…
Belleville Council agreed in principal pending a public consultation to re-apply to the federal Housing Accelerator Fund for $16.8M that would add an estimated 460 additional units over 3 years by allowing 4 unit dwellings on urban residential lots. opencouncil.ca/belleville-mis…
Council agreed in principal pending a public consultation to re-apply to the federal Housing Accelerator Fund for $16.8M to add an estimated 460 additional units over 3 years. This time, they'll allow 4 units as-of-right on an urban residential lot. opencouncil.ca/belleville-hou…
For over 100 years, Canadian political parties have supported electoral reform while not in power and during election campaigns, only to back away from the promise of reform once elected, when it no longer serves their self-interest. opencouncil.ca/electoral-refo…
Belleville requests feedback on allowing “Missing middle” housing options, including four-unit dwellings on urban serviced residential parcels of land. forms.belleville.ca/Engineering/Re…
Open survey: What practical life skills should be taught in Ontario schools? Tell the Ontario government here. ontario.ca/form/survey-eq…
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