One provincial response to this would be to amend the RTA so that non-resident landlords need to prove they've paid their taxes before they can evict someone for any cause
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The CRA confirms that tenants are responsible for withholding 25% of their foreign landlords' rent and paying it to the CRA — something almost no one was aware of a month ago.

'The Government of Canada continuously reviews the tax system to ensure it is both fair and efficient.'

In his 2010 SOTU, Obama warned that SCOTUS campaign finance rulings could allow 'foreign entities' to spend in American elections. Alito scoffed and never went back to a SOTU.

A few cycles of foreign nationals donating to dark money groups/nonprofits later...

Very interesting announcement from GOOD Meat, who will begin selling cultivated chicken in retail in Singapore for S$7.20 per 120g package, allowing consumers to prepare cultivated meat at home for the first time.

The catch? It only contains 3% cultivated chicken cells. The

The first grid-connected battery using new, lower-cost sodium ion batteries is now online in Guangxi, China. cnevpost.com/2024/05/13/chi… Expect a lot more of this: Sodium ion batteries don't use any expensive lithium & their lower energy density isn't a problem for stationary grid

“Fire the municipal gatekeepers who are blocking housing”!!

*municipal council upzones a tiny baby bit to allow slightly more housing*

RAWR FIRE THE MUNICIPAL COUNSEL FOR ALLOWING MORE HOUSING

OK then. Two debates are scheduled. That was easy!

well it's not like anything catastrophic has ever come from assassinations in central europe

peak Design Brain is thinking this will or could work

It's funny how economists are all either 'aware of zoning and obsessed with reforming it' or 'unaware of zoning and forever saying silly things about housing markets,' and there's seemingly no in-between.

Diane Deans, who sat on Ottawa city council for 28 years, has died. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

greenfield sprawl can't ease the housing crisis in the highest-cost urban centres because *these are not comparable goods*

that said, we've also got a suburban affordability crisis too, these days

NEW - Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon has introduced legislative changes which would allow the City of Vancouver to implement rent control specifically geared at single room occupancy buildings to prevent unscrupulous landlords from evicting tenants then jacking up the rent. #bcpoli

PBO will release its legislative costing note “An Act respecting pharmacare” on May 15, 2024. #cdnecon #cdnpoli

This AM at Queen's Park: Ontario Liberals proposing small business tax cut, say Ford govt has been in the pocket of big business.