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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 10h

This CBC piece from @jmcelroy.bsky.social from 7 months back spoke about how the old BC property tax deferral worked for wealthy 55+ home owners to win the spread. Today the BC conservatives said they would restore the old rates if they win. #BCPoli #BCNDP #BCElection

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B.C. reforming program that lets property owners delay paying taxes

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Mike 🍁 @thewarrenisempty.bsky.social · 19h

Extending the personal exemption to $32k is economic suicide Our provincial healthcare and education systems would be absolutely devastated with such a large loss of tax income

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 11h

#BCpoli Filed under "ohhh helllll no" conservativebc.ca/conservative... I'm so glad @millennialmoron.bsky.social published the interview about our old tax deferral program even though the rules changed after it was recorded, because we all KNEW this was coming if we got an election.

POSTED BY THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
October 9, 2026
SURREY, B.C. — A Conservative Party of BC government will reverse the NDP’s changes to the Property Tax Deferment Program, so seniors are not taxed out of their homes and can remain in the communities they helped build.

After nine years of the NDP, seniors are paying more in taxes than ever. The NDP changed the Property Tax Deferment Program so taxes deferred from 2026 onward accrue compound interest at prime plus 2 percent. Under the previous rules, seniors paid simple interest at prime minus 2 percent.

According to the BC Seniors Advocate, the NDP’s changes will cost seniors who defer their property taxes about $1,200 more per year on average. For many, the program is what allows them to stay in the homes they own.

“Seniors in Surrey and White Rock spent decades paying off their homes, and now David Eby is charging them more just to stay in them,” said Trevor Halford, candidate for Surrey-White Rock. “Hiking the interest on seniors living on fixed incomes is cruel, and it shows how out of touch this NDP government has become.”

A Conservative government led by Lorne Doerkson will restore the previous terms of the program, as part of a broader plan to fix seniors’ care across British Columbia.

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Rick @calder12.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Housing people works. It should be our first step in social safety nets always.

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@mtnbvan @mtnbvan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

THIS. This is leadership! And real effective housing policy, medical policy not empty promises and misdirection #homelessness #housing #bcpoli #onpoli #cdbpoli

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Mike 🍁 @thewarrenisempty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I can guarantee that if you go bankrupt running six Tim Hortons franchises in Ontario, the inability to abuse vulnerable migrant workers is not a factor

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Struggling Tim Hortons franchisee cites limits to foreign workers: report

M.G.B. Ventures Inc., based in Eastern Ontario, says its in bankruptcy court following changes to temporary worker programs

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For the past week, I've heard a lot of people say "provincial and municipal elections happening at the same time is confusing, especially since I don't fully understand what a city is in control of." So, I did a four minute explainer piece to try and help www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqlh...

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What municipalities can and can’t do in B.C.

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

More from the CBC, Poor tenants having strangers at their doors & not knowing what is happening with their homes. Also bet many of the unit owning investors likely still don't realize their financial obligations don't end at meeting mortgage payments & getting the condo corp run by someone else.

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Ontario investigates condo management company as investors scramble, tenants left confused | CBC News

Ontario's condominium management regulator is investigating SIREG Management after the company told investors it could no longer guarantee rent payments, leaving some owners scrambling to collect rent...

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Add on COST & getting enough property insurance & increased $/frequency of repair/maint from accelerating climate change. Rising taxes, utilities, condo/strata fees Esp 🚀💸 on all of Canada's existing condo/strata stock who ran on decades of deferred maintenance/paltry reserves now out of runway

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Bad news for young people: Interest rates could go up for decades

Resolving Hormuz conflict will reduce inflation and interest rates in the short run, but long-run factors will push rates higher over time

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@mtnbvan @mtnbvan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“In response to questions about housing and shelter stock for women experiencing homelessness, B.C. Housing said it is not releasing information during the [BC] election campaign.” This is EXACTLY the time this info must be released by Govt & warrants both incumbants & candidates’ address! #bcpoli

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The oceans are on the move. Governments have been cutting key monitoring programs at a time when we need them more than ever. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California

The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Can't help much here, seeing as our household barely drinks and wine seems to last when it's used cooking. youtu.be/i1lWm6NGlbM?...

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Canadian booze expected to be the sector hardest hit in latest incoming ban on U.S. imports

YouTube video by CP24

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Again, Too many homes in #BC are deadly or dangerous in heat events. We're not getting any cooler in the coming years, when do we demand maximum indoor temperatures for rentals and stratas?

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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

“Tony Gioventu, executive director of the Condominium Homeowners Association of British Columbia, tells 1130 NewsRadio some strata corporations have strict rules that limit or deny access to cool air.” vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/06/22/r... - @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social #BCPoli #Heatwave

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Residential building tenants facing challenges in hot weather

With the heat sticking around for a couple more days, there are growing concerns over what some renters and condo owners are dealing with.

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District of Saanich @saanichbc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Join us for an evening about overheating, cooling strategies and how strata communities can prepare homes for heat. Hosted by CHOA and VISOA, with support from the District of Saanich and the City of Victoria. 📅 Sept. 29 (6-8 p.m.) 📍 Cedar Hill Golf Course 👉 Register: ow.ly/wtb450ZPn9g

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

With BC Provincial #Election coming & #housingcrisis supply isn't everything, so is the HABITABILITY of the housing supply we DO have. @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social summers only getting hotter and longer, Indoor heat harms & kills, WHEN do we DEMAND maximum indoor temperatures for rentals & strata? 🌡️

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Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

But the United States and Canada have an ELEVATOR PROBLEM. If you've read @stephenjacobsmith.com's report or watched @uytaelee.bsky.social's video about this, you know www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or1_...

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North America's Elevator Problem

YouTube video by About Here

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

They're bloody expensive, and the townhouses of course have a lot of stairs (still seem to be selling tho!) but gotta say I love coming across newer fee simple options like row houses or duplexes. hope they get more common & Love seeing denser options that doesn't leave folks stuck w only strata

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Geordie @geordiedent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Baffled at the editorial framing by the Star here. I was at the conference and so were a bunch of the tenants - some of whom have been working on this for over 15 years. They were all thanking the Mayor and saying Bradford did squat. www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...

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Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford spar over credit for landlord crackdown at troubled East York apartment

The troubled property at 500 Dawes Road has become a political flashpoint in the upcoming municipal election, with incumbent Olivia Chow taking credit for a crackdown on the landlord, and

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In positive news today, This is an incredible hospital that does a lot of cancer research. They received the single largest donation in it's history, 100 million dollars. Thank you anonymous donor!

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The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation receives historic donation from an anonymous donor

An anonymous donor has gifted $100 million to The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, the largest donation it has ever received.

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

and election is called, Eby is on the news now

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

BC- we're having an election. Eby is on the news now.

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The losses going to be absolutely massive. Forensic accountants eventually digging through all this mess will be busy. Simple started buying old rental buildings, converting to condos selling those units to investors found via radio ads & seminars. Their PMC would manage the condo & rentals.

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Burlington property management company investors fear loss of millions

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Housing minister & CEO of Build Canada Homes is talking about non-market and protecting existing affordable housing stock. Live on cpac now. Expected some kind of shift considering it was doubtful they'd ever catch up to the 500,000 homes built per year w how few are going up now #HousingCrisis

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Minister Robertson makes a housing announcement in Ottawa – September 22, 2026

YouTube video by cpac

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If I could ever trade my rural house for a busy suburb or city house, this is Halloween goals, what a fun idea!

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Looking for a home in #BC ? Beware there is NO SUCH THING as "non-conforming strata" A strata, is a strata, is a strata. Don't pay fee-simple prices for a non-functional strata. ALL strata are to follow SPA & insure common property w a commercial strata policy 💰 Pg 5 explains. #density #housing

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@millennialmoron.bsky.social's podcast Just love paying taxes to benefit largely wealthy 55+ people profiting from deferring their property taxes. Apparently 2.4 BILLION tied up here esp angering when a bunch of rental projects got cancelled when 1.4 billion of community housing funding went away

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BC'S Tax Break for Millionaire Homeowners, with Phil Webb - Millennial Moron Podcast 008

YouTube video by Millennial Moron

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

US Federal Reserve just raised interest rates, current chair Kevin Warsh live now. And Trump was so eager to be rid of Powell for not cutting them. Haha

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Live: Fed Chair Kevin Warsh press conference reaction to September interest rate decision

YouTube video by USA TODAY

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

www.ctvnews.ca/business/art... Small sample, but plenty I know are being helped, helping or in need of it. Doesn't even cover 18-40yo's struggling w parents also struggling OR whose parents could help, but buying cottages, dining out & cruising that stopped giving any fucks once each kid hit 18

The report says 51 per cent of parents with adult children aged 18 to 40 surveyed say they provided financial support in the past year.

Of those helping out, 56 per cent say the money was to help pay for groceries, while 43 per cent have helped with an unexpected or emergency expense.

Twenty-four per cent say the money was to help pay for rent.

On average, the report finds parents who provided financial support gave $6,151, while 24 per cent gave more than $10,000.

The report was based on an online survey of 1,000 Canadian parents with children aged 18 to 40 done for RBC between July 2 and July 8.

The polling industry’s professional body, the Canadian Research Insights Council, says online surveys cannot be assigned a margin of error because they do not randomly sample the population.

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#Yukon #Duplex Hold strong, keep building to the quality standard to make them full freehold allowed. Guessing it means stricter fire separation requirements, having to run separate full utilities lines to each above what is required to throw up condo titled & time/$ of splitting the lot into two

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Whitehorse bylaw change under fire from Yukon Contractors Association

YouTube video by CBC News North

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you want an EV in the future and looking for a home in BC be aware of anything within a strata. Ensure that the strata completed their electrical planning report, that the capacity allows & strata will allow you to install a charger (+ enough capacity to install a heat pump too.)

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Government incentives pushing Canadians to buy more EVs, analysis shows

YouTube video by Global News

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I have friends who moved out this far from TO to afford family sized housing and escape renting that still have to work in the city.

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Niagara, Ont. commuters frustrated by GO service cuts, persistent delays

YouTube video by CBC News Toronto

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

One angle to misinformation which probably needs more attention is the inability of people to understand the weedier mechanisms of relevance. Saw an anti-solar screed citing all the toxic compounds in solar panels. Writer of said screed doesn't understand most panels don't use those compounds!

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

EXACTLY that. Companies should have to specify what it is

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

They still sound great Down in the middle of Lake ONTARIO The same snow is falling, On the deep silent water, The great dark wonder

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Blue Rodeo "Hasn't Hit Me Yet" RBC Amphitheatre Toronto, Ontario August 29, 2026

YouTube video by Blue Rodeo

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