Category: Political Animal

Is Sanity Returning to the Ontario Housing Market?

Interesting times in Ontario:

Ontario legislators passed Bill 60 on Monday, a sweeping omnibus bill designed to accelerate housing supply and reform the province’s rental-market infrastructure.

The legislation moves the needle on affordability by overhauling how landlords and developers navigate tenancy rules and development approvals.

Housing minister Rob Flack framed the changes as essential to restoring market balance. “With more supply comes lower rents,” he said during the final legislative vote.

The bill targets bottlenecks across multiple fronts: accelerating Landlord and Tenant Board hearings, standardizing development charges across municipalities, and streamlining zoning approvals.

Not everyone is happy. If you live in Ontario and can share more insight, it would be greatly appreciated.

I Want A New Country

I had a bad feeling when Poilievre ditched the glasses; it felt like authenticity was being discarded in the service of image. Likely irrelevant, but that was my gut reaction.

Updates:

Jeneroux is postponing his resignation: “My exact date of departure will be determined at a later day but likely this spring.”

That Worked Out Well

Sun- Britain faces Palestinian reparations demand that could cost £ 2 trillion

And it does not stop at Britain. Other European states that have recognized Palestine could be next in line for demands. The Palestinian Authority has signalled its strategy: to secure symbolic recognition and leverage it into financial and political claims. Hamas will continue to frame each step as a victory, strengthening its hand while violence and hostage-taking continue.

And The Winner Is…

National Post- Poilievre sweeps to Battle River-Crowfoot byelection victory

Poilievre, who faces a leadership review early next year, needed to not only win the riding but post numbers similar to Kurek’s. With 150 of 286 polls reporting, Poilievre had 18,263 votes. Second-place runner Bonnie Critchley, an independent, had 2,124 votes. There were 214 candidates registered, many of them placed by the Longest Ballot Committee, a group that is advocating for electoral reform. Because of the length of the potential ballot, Elections Canada decided to go with a write-in system instead, slowing the vote count.

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