Perhaps you really are a Progressive Conservative after all…..
My only frustration is that people are dying right now in tents made of plastic in all Canadian cities.
Sometimes a stoned or drunk person ignores all the warnings on the plastic tents to not cook inside, smoke inside, or light a candle inside the plastic tent!
Other times frustrated neighbours allegedly burn the tents themselves.
Meanwhile there are at least a million unused camping trailers, camping vans and motor homes sitting idle and abandoned in Canada with washrooms, cooking facilities and comfortable beds ready and waiting.
Nobody has mentioned this option.
Instead our government is sending millions to a US company for a much more expensive solution. Prefab pallet mini homes!
And the company refuses to deliver before
Spring!
Not much good since winter begins in a couple of weeks and we’re about to get our first Noreaster with 10 to 20 cm of snow.
As usual, a very thoughtful and worthwhile number of suggestions.
Do you suppose that legislatures are built with specific faults that reduce the function of brains when their owners spend too much time in the building?
Surely the housing crisis dictates that the three levels of government find a way to co-operate and find a strategic way forward in the best interests of the most needy renters. I’ve already made suggestions on one area of focus that would provide relief.
Sadly, this issue has been fraught with no strategic co-operation between the three levels of government. Too much “I know better” leadership, where none really exists. Your last paragraph suggests that governments park their better idea syndrome and act together.
One small example of ignoring the most in need renter is the failure to look south of the border to Nidus3, a Texas based 3 D printer of affordable housing. Simply watching CBS’s 60 Minutes on this company would reveal how things could be improved. As I understand it, only Alberta and Ontario currently allow for such affordable construction. Those two jurisdictions have changed their building codes to allow for 3D printed homes (smaller ones can be constructed for +/- $100 per square foot it would appear). Surely the affordable housing crisis dictates looking at an existing best practice.
Excellent piece in the weekend paper.
Perhaps you really are a Progressive Conservative after all…..
My only frustration is that people are dying right now in tents made of plastic in all Canadian cities.
Sometimes a stoned or drunk person ignores all the warnings on the plastic tents to not cook inside, smoke inside, or light a candle inside the plastic tent!
Other times frustrated neighbours allegedly burn the tents themselves.
Meanwhile there are at least a million unused camping trailers, camping vans and motor homes sitting idle and abandoned in Canada with washrooms, cooking facilities and comfortable beds ready and waiting.
Nobody has mentioned this option.
Instead our government is sending millions to a US company for a much more expensive solution. Prefab pallet mini homes!
And the company refuses to deliver before
Spring!
Not much good since winter begins in a couple of weeks and we’re about to get our first Noreaster with 10 to 20 cm of snow.
Thanks for your article.
Philip Thompson | December 3, 2023 |
As usual, a very thoughtful and worthwhile number of suggestions.
Do you suppose that legislatures are built with specific faults that reduce the function of brains when their owners spend too much time in the building?
Wayne Armitstead | December 2, 2023 |
Surely the housing crisis dictates that the three levels of government find a way to co-operate and find a strategic way forward in the best interests of the most needy renters. I’ve already made suggestions on one area of focus that would provide relief.
Denis Connor | December 1, 2023 |
Sadly, this issue has been fraught with no strategic co-operation between the three levels of government. Too much “I know better” leadership, where none really exists. Your last paragraph suggests that governments park their better idea syndrome and act together.
One small example of ignoring the most in need renter is the failure to look south of the border to Nidus3, a Texas based 3 D printer of affordable housing. Simply watching CBS’s 60 Minutes on this company would reveal how things could be improved. As I understand it, only Alberta and Ontario currently allow for such affordable construction. Those two jurisdictions have changed their building codes to allow for 3D printed homes (smaller ones can be constructed for +/- $100 per square foot it would appear). Surely the affordable housing crisis dictates looking at an existing best practice.
Denis Connor | December 1, 2023 |