Arkouda

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[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago

I would go so far to say ALL plastics need to be banned … with exceptions made for medical, military and space applications.

This is why hyperbole is meaningless.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

Its not the lack of sleep that kills you, it is the stress on your body from not sleeping for long periods of time causing things like heart failure and aneurysms.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

To properly quote the Minister.

“No, I think that we need to deliver more supply , make sure the market is stable.”

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Getting the government back into the business of directly building affordable housing is one effective way to accomplish that.

Is this not the plan?

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jokes are usually humourous. :P

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It’s centrally important and means that they are still in denial. Real prices must come down — as you say, due to basic principles of supply and demand — if the problem is going to be solved. But they cannot be allowed to come down, because that’s another financial crisis waiting to happen. It’s quite a dilemma.

Can you elaborate?

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What is your plan to fix the housing crisis that does not include building houses?

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

It is only important if one wishes to ignore the basic economic principle of "Supply and demand". More supply, less demand, lower price.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Keeping prices high is consistent with the policy the LPC proposed during the election.

Which policy exactly is consistent with keeping prices high?

The consolation prize of “more affordable housing” is unclear. Affordable means different things to different people, and I haven’t seen an explanation of who will get access to it.

Well if what we have currently is "unaffordable" I think it is safe to assume that "Affordable housing" means less than market.

Who do you believe will get access to it?

As someone who is trying to figure out how to afford a home, this isn’t the answer I wanted to hear.

As someone who has never had a hope of owning a home in their lifetime, you can get in line behind the people without a place to live and wait with the rest of the middle class.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 week ago (16 children)

When asked by reporters if he thinks home prices need to go down, he told reporters: “No, I think that we need to deliver more supply, make sure the market is stable.”

Robertson said his work as housing minister will focus on building up supply of affordable housing in Canada.

“We need to be delivering more affordable housing. The Government of Canada has not been building affordable housing since the ’90s and we’ve created a huge shortage across Canada,” he said.

He sure did say a lot more than "No" didn't he Global News?

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Why would I be forced to murder myself in an alternate universe by existing in it simultaneously?

Since I cannot travel to a universe where my alternate self is dead, what happens after they die in their universe if I cannot exist in it without them?

Did you recently watch "The One"?

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago
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