I think that’s the intent right? How else are property values going to stop skyrocketing if no one is under any sell pressure?

I’m far from progressive, and I kind of hate all of her other policy positions - but her housing approaches are at least novel. We have to try something

Looking at successful long term communities like the Chans, I see having any kind of voting as a negative. We don’t want to recreate the hellscape that was Twitter or Reddit, people shouldn’t feel bad expressing their opinion as long as they don’t violate our rules.

I’ve literally been looking for this information for weeks, thanks so much for putting this together! Everyone get out and vote, even if you don’t think anything will happen - we’ve had insanely close mayoral elections across Canada recently.

That’s not how democracy works, restricting people’s ability to express their emotions only further radicalizes them - that’s how you get insurrections and civil wars.

El Salvador fixed it’s violence problem in 1 year, their methods are just not something Canadians could stomach as a solution I think.

Is there any NA city that implemented this that actually reduced overall drug abuse and homelessness? I always assumed the “you can do it!” Group was always loud via survivorship bias.

I just hope we’re not throwing good money after bad.

I find this all really funny because we actually have some great infrastructure success examples here in Toronto. The UP train and the 509 / 511 are just fantastic for getting into the city, and or getting to Pearson. My wife and I never drive downtown, why bother when the transit options are faster and more convenient?