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Tim Richter

@timshome.bsky.social
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Marauding do-gooder. Optimist. Fan of dad jokes. Founder of Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. Recovering lobbyist & hack. Was a soldier once. CAEH.ca

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Superman 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.
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
All those housing workers are welcome in Canada!
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Housing is essential national infrastructure and the foundation of a strong economy www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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If Carney wants to transform the economy, he needs to fix the housing crisis
Whether it’s attracting investment, ensuring labour mobility, or improving productivity, housing is what makes economic growth and transformation possible.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
all 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
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Courtney Walcott @cwalcottyyc.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Canada 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...
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4.8M new homes need to be built over next 10 years to restore affordability, CMHC says | CBC News
Canada 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.
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Exactly. Solving homelessness requires all three levels of government working together. thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu...
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Tank: Carney, premiers should talk about Saskatoon homeless crisis
Saskatoon's recent homeless count reveals why the province and the federal government should be more involved in trying to solve the problem.
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Wrapped 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.
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
A 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...
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Doug Ford’s America-inspired solution to homelessness won’t work. This will
While 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.
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
This 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...
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InterRent REIT plays coy on offers from potential buyers
InterRent’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
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🍁Capt.John E. Rock @johnerock.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Powerful
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This 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...
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‘Sets the tone’: More than half of PM Carney’s new cabinet will be fresh faces
When 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.
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Brilliant 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
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Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 06/05/2025
Confederation 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.
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Brent 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.
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The Nation That Trump Could Never Break
Canada didn’t just resist, they reminded the rest of us how to endure
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This 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.
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
STUNNING 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...
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Trade Tensions with the U.S. Deepen Housing Anxiety in Canada - Abacus Data
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 16/04/2025
Anti-evidence, anti-recovery, wasteful, unconstitutional exercise in cruelty.
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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Fantastic 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...
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
It’s time to end the housing game. A new election campaign focused on solving the housing crisis and ending homelessness launched today www.endthehousinggame.ca
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End the Housing Game
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Invisible 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.
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Yes!! 👇
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Brent 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.”
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St. Thomas houses one-third of its homeless population, making 'a significant difference' | CBC News
St. 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...
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Ethan Lou @ethanlou.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Trump 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:
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Opinion: Trump is right to fear a Canada-Europe team-up. But Canada must rise to the challenge first
Ottawa must summon the will for potentially unpopular reforms to energy and environmental policy to win over the EU
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Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
"You can't fix a poisoned supply with treatment."
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
This. Exactly.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Just 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
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Manitoba is showing how housing focused encampment response works - and is far more effective than enforcement. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Province touts early success in moving people out of Winnipeg homeless camps
Bernadette 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...
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
My government is eliminating the GST on all homes up to $1 million for first-time home buyers.
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
In today’s @theglobeandmail.com. 🍁😔🍁
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I feel like we should be extending tariff counter measures to blue states as well to get them off their asses
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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Hey 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...
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Don 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 #CanadaSky
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Armine Yalnizyan: This is war. Time for a wartime funding mechanism: Victory bonds
We 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.
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This Victory Bond idea from Armine Yalnizyan is so smart! www.thestar.com/business/thi...
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Armine Yalnizyan: This is war. Time for a wartime funding mechanism: Victory bonds
We 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.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
“Appease Putin at your peril.”
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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Still 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
Record number of EMS call outs for drug posioning recorded in Edmonton the week of Feb 24.
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Last 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. #Family
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a canadian flag with a maple leaf on it is waving in the wind
Alt: a canadian flag with a maple leaf on it is waving in the wind
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The Globe and Mail
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Hey Canada - Seems like a pretty great opportunity 👇
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Don 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...
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Canada, the Northern Outpost of Sanity
Justin Trudeau, in his final week as Prime Minister, tells Donald Trump to shove it.
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Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
These are all preventable deaths.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Over 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 #ToxicDrugCrisis
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Over 450 homeless people died in B.C. in 2023, according to coroner | CBC News
A 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.
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Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 07/03/2025
He's showing us his paint points, we need to use them.
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Trump bows to farmer pressure and grants lower tariff for Canadian potash
The 10-per-cent potash tariff falls short of the full exemption that many U.S. agricultural associations had called for
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Brent 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.”
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Seen in Canada…
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Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 05/03/2025
An update of the "I am Canadian" ad from the 90s that I didn't expect to like and ended up liking an awful lot.
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We are Canadian.
YouTube video by Average Joes
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 04/03/2025
Former 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."
A post on X / Twitter from Jason Kenney that reads:

So to recap:

 ▪️the USA’s closest ally gets a 25% tariff on national security grounds, 

▪️ China, the USA’s biggest strategic adversary and ultimate source of fentanyl ingredients, gets hit by *lower* tariffs,

▪️ While Trump pursues an economic partnership with Putin’s murderous Russian regime, 

▪️and Trump muses about opening negotiations with the Iranian theocracy, the world’s largest sponsor of terrorism. 

To the very online MAGA North crowd: stop embarrassing yourselves by defending this lunacy.
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