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Scott @sdlb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Most of those are supply manged, which is a literal government sponsored and protected cartel designed to raise prices. Artificially increasing the price of milk and eggs then layering price controls on top because the price is too high is completely incoherent

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New from me at TVO, on a new report from the Toronto Board of Trade arguing for why we need more provincial control over zoning (and what it has to do with prefab housing.) www.tvo.org/article/anal...

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ANALYSIS: Should the province rip up Toronto’s zoning rules? | TVO Today

A new report argues that the city is getting in its own way — and wants Queen’s Park to step in.

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New from me: Restrictive covenants aren't just a thing in Canadian groceries, and if Stellantis wants to walk away from Brampton we should ensure they can't make an automotive dead zone in the GTA: www.tvo.org/article/anal...

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ANALYSIS: What Doug Ford should tell Stellantis about its Brampton plant | TVO Today

If the automaker wants to sell its GTA facility, it should know a competitor might move in next.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The efficiency of a thermal generator is limited by the ratio of the absolute temperatures of the heat sink and source (Carnot's theorem). Data centres aren't that much hotter than the environment in absolute temperature so the efficiency is likely too low for cogeneration to be practical.

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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Gentle density reform in Toronto has been a waste of time. After 4.5 years, 1,200 net new homes. That’s 266 homes/year, equal to one highrise apartment building. And that’s not counting multiplexes being “deconverted” to houses. malcolmkennedy.com/to-multiplex...

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Toronto Multiplex Tracker — Map of Gentle Density Permits

An interactive map of every new multiplex in Toronto: duplexes through six-plexes, laneway and garden suites, and secondary suites. Built from City of Toronto building permits and refreshed every day.

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Cara Stern @carastern.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Toronto's month of free ferry rides for kids and seniors are being paid for by homebuyers of one specific project. How does that make any sense? Just another tax on new homebuyers that make homes more expensive.

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Toronto's $1.4 Million Budget Shell Game

Toronto City Council used a slick accounting trick to turn local community funds paid by Pinnacle One Yonge homebuyers into a city-wide freebie.

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 17/07/2026

Over at the Climate Brink I take a deep dive into climate and wildfires in Canada, and why complaints about Canadian forest management largely miss the mark as conditions rapidly have become more favorable for megafires: www.theclimatebrink....

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Cards on the table - I support land value tax. But it's not a football team, and any supporter needs to be honest about the problems and challenges. This links to our model and a report which tries to present a balanced assessment. buff.ly/ynTDuXz

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What would a land value tax actually do?

How would a land value tax work in practice? Who would pay? A detailed report and a model showing the impact

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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Why Canada's Energy Superpower Dream Is Fading - With Max Fawcett Must watch interview. Max joins me for a wide-ranging discussion of global energy trends, their implications for Canada, and energy policy and politics. #bcpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli #onpoli youtu.be/czycTkAYPZ0

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Why Canada's Energy Superpower Dream Is Fading - With Max Fawcett

YouTube video by Energi Media

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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

"Bike Share Toronto is an impressive success story: a public policy that for a relative pittance has blossomed into a substantial way to move people around... in a way that doesn’t add to car congestion or require billion-dollar decades-long construction projects." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social

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ANALYSIS: Bike Share Toronto is a huge success. Imagine if we tried harder | TVO Today

The network already moves more passengers than some major transit lines, for a fraction of the cost. It could be so much more.

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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

S&P locates its spine: decides not to help SpaceX by changing the criteria for joining the S&P 500 Index. www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/doc...

Proposed
Methodology
Changes
Current
Result
IPO Seasoning
Period to be reduced to six months from 12 months
Initial public offerings should be traded on an eligible exchange for at least 12 months before being considered for addition to an index. pin-offs or in-specie distributions from existing onstituents are not required to have 12 months o trading prior to their inclusion in the S&P
Composite 1500.
Companies that migrate from an ineligible exchange, emerge from bankruptcy, are newly designated to be domiciled in the U.S. for index purposes by S&P Dow Jones Indices, or convert from an ineligible share or organizational type to an eligible type do not need to trade on an eligible U.S. exchange for 12 months before being considered for addition.
No Change
Investable
Weight Factor
(IWF) minimum is waived for MegaCap companies
To be eligible for addition, a stock must have an IWF of at least 0.10.
Companies passing the total company level market capitalization criteria are also required to lave a security level float-adjusted market apitalization (FMC) that is at least 50% of the respective index's total company level minimum market capitalization threshold.
No Change
Financial Viability exception for
MegaCap companies
S&P Composite 1500. Generally Accepted iccounting Principles (GAAP) net income from ontinuing operations must be positive tor
• the most recent quarter, and
• the sum of the most recent four consecutive quarters
Rule Exceptions. Exceptions to the above criteria include:
• Migrations from one S&P Composite 1500 index o another do not need to meet the financial viability, liquidity, or 50% of the respective index's total company level minimum market capitalization threshold criteria.
• Companies that are spun-off from current S&F
Composite 1500 constituents do not need to meet the outside addition criteria
• Non-S&P Composite 1500 companies that acquire S&P Composite 1500 index constituents, but do not fully meet all of the eligibility criteria, may stil…

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Liberals keep ostentatiously refusing to pick up the powers available to them under the Reform Act and then being shocked when their leaders act like imperious God-Kings with irrevocable sinecures. This is the weirdest learning disability. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

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Althia Raj: ‘He yells’: Mark Carney’s focus has Liberal MPs bristling

A prime minister with a penchant for centralizing power does not want to be challenged, Althia Raj writes.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Southbound does get quite congested south of Queen in the afternoon, not because the bike lanes are reducing traffic throughput, but because all of the cars are queuing to get on the Gardiner.

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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Toronto is too slow. This subway line moves more people than the 401 and it appears to operate worse every single year.

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Jedwin Mok @jedwinmok.com · 27/05/2026

Toronto’s transit cost disease has hit… metal fences. Just a reminder that $2M CAD is about the cost of half height PSGs for one platform in Hong Kong. Then we use NYC to justify our wild cost estimates for actual screen doors. The incuriosity and Anglo echo-chamber here is astounding.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This video has a good, in-depth explanation of issues with CPP. youtu.be/mcNIrBlciPc

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The Problem with CPP Investments

YouTube video by Millennial Moron

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The modern civil service is huge and complex and the majority of ministers have no experience in managing it. The deputy minister does most of the actual management so it seems that the ministers have essentially abdicated responsibility for the ministry's mistakes.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I'm realizing that my original post is incorrect. There won't need to be a new bill to protect them from losing seats because they won't have more than 78 seats for a while unless they start growing faster than average. They will get more overrepresented by the 2022 bill over time though.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

My understanding is that previously the representation rule brought up their seats to 78, however because they've been growing below average the representation rule would have only allocated them 77 to keep them overrepresented. The bill ensured they kept the seat making them more overrepresented.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Unless I have misunderstood something, but I don't think Quebec was going to be underrepresented prior to the 2022 bill. If they were to have been underrepresented, the representation clause would have prevented them from losing the seat without the need to update the grandfather clause.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Sorry, I misunderstood. There's definitely an argument that could be made that centralization could improve efficiency and improve delivery.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This is how we ended up with health care being a core issue debated in federal campaigns even though this is unambiguously provincial jurisdiction.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The problem is that these transfers have successfully created programs that people like. Canada probably doesn't have universal health care without the health transfer, but paradoxically it encourages the provinces to neglect health care so they can extract further funding from the federal govt.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The provinces know that the public doesn't understand jurisdiction and blame all issues on the federal govt. The federal govt can't fix the underlying issues so they set up funding schemes to signal to the public that they are doing something. Jurisdiction is now even hazier. It's a vicious cycle.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Great video series on the rise and fall of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Part 1: youtu.be/nACJOKV_YYA Part 2: youtu.be/ZVzRMrLmQCc Part 3: youtu.be/TiXIIwNua9E

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Meet Canada's Most Infamous Mayor

YouTube video by BobbyBroccoli

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I'm less sympathetic to the equalization argument as it was part of the constitutional deal and Alberta was a recipient for years. I do think however that Canada's political system underrepresents Alberta and there is an element of truth to the "Laurentian elite" narrative.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The PM appointing senators really defeats the purpose of the Senate representing regions, although electing the Senate would cause a whole new set of issues. What I have never understood is how Alberta went from advocating a triple-E Senate with Reform to Smith and UCP wanting to abolish it.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

They are kind of the same grievance because the extra seats are based on the senatorial clause which states that a province must have as many seats in the House of Commons as it has in the Senate.

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 23/05/2026

Months ago, I warned about the perils of direct democracy. Referendums are not the idyllic exercises populists make them out to be. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

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Why Danielle Smith’s Populist Referendums Are Dangerous to Democracy | The Tyee

Our political system relies on pluralism, compromise and debate. All are endangered in Alberta.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The Poilievre account that you linked to is a parody account which I assume is a mistake. Your last post linked to a Trump parody account as well.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I find it hard to distinguish between the GPO and the ONDP.

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

New numbers out from the PBO, which show federal benefits to the elderly grew by over $6 billion last year, a 7.5% increase, reaching $89.3B this fiscal year, and will reach nearly $110B four years from now. Source: www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/pu...

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The Provinces are responsible for Housing but the Premiers made it a Federal problem which isn’t right #Power&Politics #Canada

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

New from me at TVO, reiterating my position that Toronto's absence of formal political parties at the municipal level is bad and increasingly just us lying to ourselves. www.tvo.org/article/anal...

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ANALYSIS: Toronto needs political parties | TVO Today

We already have them in all but name. It’s time we quit lying to ourselves.

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Policy Options / Options politiques @policyoptions.irpp.org · 17/04/2026

Latest by Kevin G. Lynch and Jim Mitchell: The Carney government’s policy pivot amid global turmoil requires reshaping how government works. Read it here: policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/04/fix-...

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Why Canada must reform governance to fix security

Canada faces rising global risks, but weak governance is holding it back. Reforming Ottawa is key to boosting productivity and security.

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 27/02/2026

I dunno, I feel like ultimately the goal should be to have zoning rules in place that don’t require “millions of little bylaw deviations” just to get housing built. www.thestar.com/news/gta/six...

Generally, he said, that authority is well placed. Council doesn’t have time to “referee” millions of little bylaw deviations in construction — it needs to focus on big-picture zoning policy.

If it weren’t for the committee, all council would have time for is minor variance requests, he said. And if decisions were left solely to planning staff, he said that would create a lack of transparency.

The tradeoff is that by delegating to the committee, council loses its say in these matters. It can’t overturn committee decisions.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Young Canadians aren't as patriotic because they see that the country has failed to solve the affordability crisis that is reducing their standards of living. A mandatory year of underpaid service would be counterproductive and would only reinforce their feelings of being taken advantage of.

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Yesterday's episode of "The Current" podcast included an interview with the Minister of Housing where he was also was responding to your comments. youtu.be/GVHLiZWtHps?...

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Canada is scaling back immigration — and its housing plans. What will that mean? | The Current

YouTube video by CBC News

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Trevor Tombe @trevortombe.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Canada's 2025 Federal Budget is now out. All documents are available here: budget.canada.ca/2025/home-a... #cdnecon #cdnpoli

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Budget 2025

Homepage — Part of Budget 2025.

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Kevin Milligan @kevinmilligan.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

"Tax Reform in the Era of Populism" Comments prepared for the CEA panel on tax policy in Montreal. kevinmilligan.substack.com/p/f01c7f6b-6...

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Kevin’s Substack

My personal Substack. Click to read Kevin’s Substack, by Kevin Milligan, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.

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Uytae Lee @uytaelee.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Very proud and a bit nervous to share About Here’s latest video “The Housing Tax Crisis” with @smallhousing.bsky.social. This script took months of research and a bit of me losing my mind but I think it ultimately tells a profound story about our housing crisis today. youtu.be/ZEUR9bj89lo

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The Housing Tax Crisis

YouTube video by About Here

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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

What could tariffs on an uninhabited island possibly achieve?

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