Ranbir Gill

City of Toronto has voted in favour of upzoning 6 units in all residential neighbourhoods Gives new meaning to "the six" LET'S BUILD!

Because for some insane reason the Chinese companies don’t focus on “maximizing returns to shareholders” but “minimizing profits so you can kill your competitors.” They call it being 內卷 or “involuted” although I’ve never understood the meaning of that term either in English or Chinese. I just know what it is. Imagine a German Mittelstand SME cornered the market in making some obscure but essential widget for more than a century and got the bright idea of outsourcing the manufacturing to China. For 8-15 years everything works beautiful. Costs plummet and even junior Chinese executives get to fly business class because everyone is so flush. Then, on a cursed day, some Chinese guy figures out how to do it without the Germans. The $8,000 widget becomes $950 overnight. If you asked him how he arrived at that insane pricing he’ll say “I take my cost. I add my 20% profit. Boom.” But wait! You and the woebegone German are the only ppl on the planet with this technology? Why not price it at $6000? You’ll make more money because you still significantly undercut the German. You’ll both survive and have more money in your pockets! It’s a duopoly. Nope! That maniac, even after he buried that Mittelstand that has been passed through multiple generations minting fat profits, will keep cutting costs. Junior executives aren’t flying business no more. And then he’ll lower prices. On himself. It’s pathological. I’ve heard Chinese economists beg businesses not to do it. It’s why the stock market in Shanghai sucks. And it’s why the Chinese businesses are beasts.

I want to commend Pierre Poilievre and the Conservative Party of Canada for delivering material gains — in both votes and seats — and for forming a principled, strong opposition. Millions of Canadians rallied behind Pierre’s message of affordability, freedom, and common sense. Across Canada, and especially here in BC, I am encouraged to see the emergence of an energized, strengthened, and durable Conservative movement that includes more young Canadians, new Canadians, and blue collar Canadians than ever before. For our broader movement to have the best chance to succeed, I believe Conservatives must support Conservatives at all levels of government. It takes political courage, but I believe — if conservative parties are aligned on policy and approach — it’s the right thing to do. I am proud that here in BC, our team of MLAs spent time calling, organizing, and advocating for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party of Canada. To every candidate who put their name forward, to every volunteer who gave their time, and to every Canadian who voted for change — I want to personally thank you. The future of Canada’s conservative movement is bigger than any one election. Now, in BC, we must turn our attention to renewing and reworking Confederation to create the conditions for the West — and especially BC — to thrive, as well as restoring self-reliance, and rebuilding trust in the promise of BC and Canada: the simple idea that BC and Canada are a land of opportunity and prosperity where you and your family can work hard and get ahead. For all Conservatives in BC, our work continues now — and we will not stop. Finally, I want to acknowledge Prime Minister Mark Carney for securing a narrow minority mandate in this remarkably close election. While I did not support a fourth term for his Liberal government, this is the choice Canadians have made. This government now bears the responsibility of delivering results in a country that is more divided, more strained, and more urgently demanding change than ever before — we will all be watching closely, for the future of BC and Canada the stakes have never been higher.