Reposted by Tim Richterderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Superman is the story of an immigrant who grew up in Kansas, landed a low-paying job as a reporter in Metropolis, and still had time for a hobby because urban housing was affordable. 185173742227
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Housing is essential national infrastructure and the foundation of a strong economy www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...hilltimes.comIf Carney wants to transform the economy, he needs to fix the housing crisisWhether it’s attracting investment, ensuring labour mobility, or improving productivity, housing is what makes economic growth and transformation possible. 073
Reposted by Tim Richterderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22/06/2025all i want is to one day own a modest sized home in a walkable neighborhood and raise money for shelter animals. wear an outfit i like, walk to the grocery store, buy some nectarines, feed cats, and live in peace. just don't understand why achieving this is so hard 791313883739
Reposted by Tim RichterCourtney Walcott @cwalcottyyc.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) says up to 4.8 million new homes will need to be built over the next decade to restore affordability levels last seen in 2019, based on projected demand. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...cbc.ca4.8M new homes need to be built over next 10 years to restore affordability, CMHC says | CBC NewsCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) says up to 4.8 million new homes will need to be built over the next decade to restore affordability levels last seen in 2019, based on projected demand. 041
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Exactly. Solving homelessness requires all three levels of government working together. thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu...thestarphoenix.comTank: Carney, premiers should talk about Saskatoon homeless crisisSaskatoon's recent homeless count reveals why the province and the federal government should be more involved in trying to solve the problem. 020
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Wrapped a whirlwind trip to Ottawa with a very positive meeting with housing minister @gregorrobertson.bsky.social I love this gov’ts sense of urgency on housing. We haven’t heard much from the gov’t on homelessness but it’s clear that sense of urgency also applies to homelessness for Robertson. 041
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 21/05/2025A smart and powerful take down of Doug Ford’s MAGA inspired criminalization of people experiencing homelessness by @dianacmcnally.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comDoug Ford’s America-inspired solution to homelessness won’t work. This willWhile Manitoba is instructing us on a "Made in Canada" approach to homelessness that works, Premier Ford is modelling dysfunctional policies championed by an irrational American president. 0157
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 19/05/2025This appears to be exactly what @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social was warning us about - large American hedge funds buying up large amounts of rental property at a discount www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...theglobeandmail.comInterRent REIT plays coy on offers from potential buyersInterRent’s executives are surprising analysts by consistently declining to comment on activist Anson Funds’ push for a sale of the REIT, and on Blackstone’s steadily growing stake 1177
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 13/05/2025This is very enocouraging! Pairing @gregorrobertson.bsky.social and his proven leadership on homelessness with hard charging PM Carney determined to sort out the housing crisis and big things are possible. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...ctvnews.ca‘Sets the tone’: More than half of PM Carney’s new cabinet will be fresh facesWhen Prime Minister Mark Carney unveils his new front bench on Tuesday, more than half of its members will be fresh faces, CTV News has confirmed. 073
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Brilliant and exactly right. Corey does a great job here pointing out the stupidity of Alberta independence talk. Danielle Smith is stoking a dangerous, ignorant and harmful sovereignty debate for no other reason than to protect herself from members of her own coalition 000
Reposted by Tim RichterCorey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 06/05/2025Confederation is like a family. Ultimatums, threats and escape plans are not a way to make a family work. Premier Smith should ask herself what her intentions are here. Is she comfortable with where this might lead? Are we, as Albertans? Let’s be constructive. Canada is worth it. 1737173
Reposted by Tim RichterBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/04/2025“…this morning, from a war zone half a world away, I was reading about your election. And for the first time in days, I exhaled. A small, almost invisible breath. Relief. And then came gratitude… You didn’t just choose kindness or experience… You chose not to flirt with fascism.” From Ukraine.viktorkravchuk.substack.comThe Nation That Trump Could Never BreakCanada didn’t just resist, they reminded the rest of us how to endure 251020274
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 25/04/2025This is a great video for an essential discussion - WE HAVE TO - find a way to tackle development charges if we're going to create housing affordability. If we tax housing like we tax cigarettes we'll get the same result. 000
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 17/04/2025STUNNING new data from Abacus Data - 53% of Canadians - 22 million (!!!) people - and 73% of 18 to 29 year olds, are worried they could lose their home as a result of the U.S. trade war. abacusdata.ca/trade-tensio...abacusdata.caTrade Tensions with the U.S. Deepen Housing Anxiety in Canada - Abacus Data% 001
Reposted by Tim RichterEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 16/04/2025Anti-evidence, anti-recovery, wasteful, unconstitutional exercise in cruelty. 1621277
Reposted by Tim RichterDr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Fantastic new non-partisan housing initiative launched: The Housing Canada Coalition. It contains the Housing Canada plan, which we prepared on behalf of the coalition. Check out what they're up to: www.endthehousinggam... 1216
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 07/04/2025It’s time to end the housing game. A new election campaign focused on solving the housing crisis and ending homelessness launched today www.endthehousinggame.caendthehousinggame.caEnd the Housing Game 010
Reposted by Tim RichterInvisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · 05/04/2025🚨 “We can’t solve this without population-based housing.” Dr. Alex Abramovich message is clear: shelters aren’t safe, and prevention must start long before homelessness begins. 📺 Watch the full episode on Invisible People’s YouTube channel or 🎧 listen wherever you get your podcasts. 153
Reposted by Tim RichterBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/03/2025“St. Thomas has reduced chronic homelessness by 30% in the span of 7 months by increasing outreach efforts and placing people into highly supportive housing. 126 people secured housing between July 2023 & January 2024 with the help of social services, emergency shelters, and community partners.”cbc.caSt. Thomas houses one-third of its homeless population, making 'a significant difference' | CBC NewsSt. Thomas has reduced chronic homelessness by 30 per cent in the span of seven months through increasing outreach efforts and and placing people into highly supportive housing. 126 people got a place... 317449
Reposted by Tim RichterEthan Lou @ethanlou.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Trump is right to fear a Canada-Europe team-up. But Canada must rise to the challenge first The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Aaron Burnett:theglobeandmail.comOpinion: Trump is right to fear a Canada-Europe team-up. But Canada must rise to the challenge firstOttawa must summon the will for potentially unpopular reforms to energy and environmental policy to win over the EU 2156
Reposted by Tim RichterMichelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 27/03/2025"You can't fix a poisoned supply with treatment." 02115
Reposted by Tim RichterThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Just a reminder… In just a few days Danielle Smith is flying to the US on taxpayer dollars… To hang out with this guy. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 46339199
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Manitoba is showing how housing focused encampment response works - and is far more effective than enforcement. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...cbc.caProvince touts early success in moving people out of Winnipeg homeless campsBernadette Smith, Manitoba's minister of housing, addictions and homelessness, says about a dozen people in five encampments have been moved to homes. Also on Wednesday, the Opposition Progressive Con... 021
Reposted by Tim RichterMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 20/03/2025My government is eliminating the GST on all homes up to $1 million for first-time home buyers. 2234765869
Reposted by Tim RichterDavid Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 19/03/2025In today’s @theglobeandmail.com. 🍁😔🍁 29406127
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 17/03/2025I feel like we should be extending tariff counter measures to blue states as well to get them off their asses 030
Reposted by Tim RichterMatt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Hey BlueSky people, The Line is now here, too. We are, I'll admit, still trying to figure out what to do here. It's a very different operating environment than SOME OTHER PLACES. But while we live and learn, we'd appreciate the follow. bsky.app/profile/thel...bsky.app 14606
Reposted by Tim RichterDon Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 15/03/2025“Let’s harness that energy and create a “wartime” funding mechanism: #victorybonds. While #Canadian #householddebt may be near record highs, the #household #savingsrate is at its highest level in a generation.” www.thestar.com/business/thi... #Canada #CanadaSkythestar.comArmine Yalnizyan: This is war. Time for a wartime funding mechanism: Victory bondsWe can build resilience, trust and pride through government action. Here's a three-point plan to do so — and it's not through tax and spending cuts, Armine Yalnizyan writes. 077
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 15/03/2025This Victory Bond idea from Armine Yalnizyan is so smart! www.thestar.com/business/thi...thestar.comArmine Yalnizyan: This is war. Time for a wartime funding mechanism: Victory bondsWe can build resilience, trust and pride through government action. Here's a three-point plan to do so — and it's not through tax and spending cuts, Armine Yalnizyan writes. 010
Reposted by Tim RichterJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/03/2025“Appease Putin at your peril.” 9542731328
Reposted by Tim RichterElaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Still not a word from the Alberta Government or any public health or emergency response officials in Edmonton about the huge spike in EMS calls for drug poisoning. The week of Feb 24 we hit a record high -- 232 or 33 per day. #yeg #ableg 24830
Reposted by Tim RichterMary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Last night at Sunday dinner, our daughter chatted about her courses in university and a cloud of sadness descended on me, worrying about how safe her future is in Canada. I hate this. It’s so fricking unfair to our children. It’s truly the saddest of times. #Familymedia.tenor.coma canadian flag with a maple leaf on it is waving in the windAlt: a canadian flag with a maple leaf on it is waving in the wind 2051912232
Reposted by Tim RichterMichael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 08/03/2025The Globe and Mail 1293185809
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Hey Canada - Seems like a pretty great opportunity 👇 001
Reposted by Tim RichterDon Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 08/03/2025“The threats seem to be producing the country’s finest recent hour, stirring a kind of patriotic resolve that is showing itself in everything from widespread scorn for (Gretzky’s) truckling visits to Mar-a-Lago to a rekindled affection for #JustinTrudeau …” #Canada www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...newyorker.comCanada, the Northern Outpost of SanityJustin Trudeau, in his final week as Prime Minister, tells Donald Trump to shove it. 0116
Reposted by Tim RichterAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Over 450 homeless people died in B.C. in 2023, according to coroner; 1,940 have died on the streets since 2016. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca #homelessness #ToxicDrugCrisiscbc.caOver 450 homeless people died in B.C. in 2023, according to coroner | CBC NewsA new report says at least 458 homeless people died in 2023, up 23 per cent from 2022 and close to triple the 155 deaths reported in 2020. 02517
Reposted by Tim RichterCorey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 07/03/2025He's showing us his paint points, we need to use them.theglobeandmail.comTrump bows to farmer pressure and grants lower tariff for Canadian potashThe 10-per-cent potash tariff falls short of the full exemption that many U.S. agricultural associations had called for 78821
Reposted by Tim RichterBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/03/2025“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”thebetter.newsFinland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.meIn Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness. 8534277614038
Reposted by Tim RichterKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Seen in Canada… 458202494702
Reposted by Tim RichterCorey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 05/03/2025An update of the "I am Canadian" ad from the 90s that I didn't expect to like and ended up liking an awful lot.youtube.comWe are Canadian.YouTube video by Average Joes 47720
Reposted by Tim RichterRobson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 04/03/2025Former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney posted this on Twitter / X this afternoon: "To the very online MAGA North crowd: stop embarrassing yourselves by defending this lunacy." 47519147