adaminhfx.bsky.social
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Canadian in Kjipuktuk (Halifax)
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Trudeau shines when there is a crisis. He sucks when everything is good, he doesn't do well with high school politics
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Ugh
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yeah, silencing the auditor and seizing control of things is horrible.
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so essentially the exact same thing that almost every conservative government does...
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Mine is already vocally opposing
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What about people that don't have representation? AKA not a Con MLA. Is there anyone we should contact who will listen?
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A smart government move would be to provide loan assistance to individuals to make it all possible for them
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not 40k, the ability to mortgage 40k for a project the bank would look upon very favorably. Along with the potential for reduced lot rents to offset the loan cost. Plus banks tend to charge higher % rates for land lease than for ownership so the overall ownership costs might not change much.
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IF that's a FAIR price this sounds like a great opportunity for them (again, baring the threat/timeline)
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Ah, real estate and housing are provincial responsibilities. I don't know PEI laws, just NS laws. 40k/lot might be a reasonable amount to pay? If it is then it looks like it was a good deal (except the timing) where they would get to turn it into a mutually owned bare land condo
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It is common with mobile home land lease parks that if the home is too old/badly maintained that the park will refuse to renew the lease, requiring it to be removed. It's a standard part of contracts to investigate that before firming up a sale.
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It also found that less wealthy areas of cities pay a disproportionate amount of revenue while more wealthy area's pay proportionately less.
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This one is interesting (not halifax) It's a map of a city based on tax revenue. Red is negative (net tax loss) and black is net tax positive. They mapped a bunch of cities and found that for all of them the downtown core generated most of the revenue. I'll try to find the source
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mountainmath.ca/ns_cap_map#6...
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I agree, but I'm referencing the terms used in the original HRM study.
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Most of our growth in the last 20 years has been a net tax loss for HRM. Any growth that is a net tax gain is delayed/blocked/downsized. To maintain neutral revenue we need roughly 50/50 growth.
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The little RBC building on spring garden road pays more taxes than Costco.
Renters pay HUGELY disproportionate taxes as the buildings aren't capped and receive very few services. Landlords have to pay additional fees for private contractors to provide services other taxpayers receive free.
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At the time of this study I would estimate the average suburban tax bill at about $2,000/household and urban around $3,000/household.
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That happened in 2011. The suburban councilors wanted tax reform to reflect the services received. the plan was to lower suburban tax.
When the study came in showing how much suburban taxes had to go up, and how urban taxes would be reduced 50% they couldn't move fast enough to shut it down.
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what's funny is that most people are 110% completely convinced that HRM is run 1000% by the 6 urban councilors and unfairly biased in favor of urban areas. There is NO WAY the 10 suburban councilors could ever out-vote the 6.
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the condo fees can be mistaken as "lot rent" but everyone collectively owns the land. Depending on the condo structure a 70% to 80% approval vote by all owners is required to sell the land.
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It depends on the legal structure in place. In a traditional mobile home park they can evict people who then need to move their home (although must buyers would want them to stay). I'm not sure about the few with foundation homes. The new wave are all bareland condo though and....
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our city is run by the suburban regions. They would prefer bankruptcy over fair taxes 😅
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Don't underestimate how many of his decisions are fueled by racism.
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I agree... partially. It's almost impossible to have self funded suburban area's. They always need to be subsidized by a healthy vibrant urban core. We however have lost that balance and have forgotten that a vibrant urban core is key.
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I'm too lazy for that. Could we use hours? We'd probably only need half the numbers so we could save some money too.
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What if we just changed it to "mass casualty event in the US" so we only need one?
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It's ok, I painted the zero on and forgot to buy the other numbers. 😅
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Canada was named in the article. 😅 it's illegal because they don't think Canadian eggs are "safe" lol
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And that's why canadians have very little sympathy......
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We've had the same 5 weeks.
-our politics flipped from right leaning to left.
- our people united
- our trade barriers are falling
- were uniting with the world and forging new bonds
- were boycotting
- we've had a significant impact on your economy
What have Americans done?
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No wonder the mayor has been absent and silent. He knows that nothing being debated right now matters. He can do what he wants shortly
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The article reported that a former senior Soviet KGB spy chief claimed Donald Trump was recruited as a spy by Russian intelligence 38 years ago and given the codename “Krasnov.”
We are not confirming its validity, only pointing out the unusual nature of its disappearance.
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I give them 50% credit on the TO one. It was their plane that failed.
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We have a Mayor??? lol