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@EScrimshaw @patwayyy You can't "disagree" with a fact. They literally reduced or ignored their entire housing platform.

@patwayyy Disagree with that - the investment is there Would have loved more on DCs but the foreign student/TFW cuts and BCH is good

“The Liberals did their job today with a good budget that will do the job. The Opposition will make a lot of noise about this, but this is a budget that will be terrible to go against in an election. Which is why the NDP won’t vote against it, and we will be spared an election”

@EScrimshaw Taking a big swing on housing? They had a modest platform on housing, they have ignored half of what they promised, and now they are cutting back the little it seemed like they would do. They want to solve housing through immigration cuts? wtf is this?

A shorter than usual piece, but this is a budget that the Liberals should be thrilled with and the Conservatives should be (and are) shitting themselves

@agraybee They usually only give the president the first pitch, so not many.

How many balls do people imagine the president throws, and what was inferior about where they were thrown before.

@KenBoessenkool @ABDanielleSmith I wonder how the health system is doing after Smith's dramatic changes.

My goodness, it’s so much worse than I predicted. What a gong show. @ABDanielleSmith is surprisingly adept at implementing bad policy and surprisingly inept at implementing good policy.

@raghu_venugopal @picardonhealth Wasn't the norm for many years that IMGs start in round 2? The issue seems to be less what round you let people into, and why we don't have more family medicine spots that we let IMGs into.

"Mr. Ford should be ashamed" correctly writes @picardonhealth After 25 years of doctoring I promise where you did high school predicts absolutely nothing. Some Canadians are not "Canadian enough" for Premier Ford. Shameful and discriminatory. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

@FreeJimmy5 @JeromyYYC @SonyaSharpYYC It was jammed down your throat, more people spoke out in Favour of it than in public meeting in Calgary history. Now you communists want to stop private business from building housing.

@JeromyYYC Damn, I voted at the advanced polls yesterday for @SonyaSharpYYC because her website said she will repeal the legislation. I'm going to get my wife to vote for you. This blanket rezoning was jammed down our throats and I'm very against it.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE #yyccc Jeromy Farkas calls out Sharp’s blanket rezoning retreat: “A Betrayal of Voters’ Trust” Calgary, AB, October 8, 2025— Today, leading mayoral candidate Jeromy Farkas is calling out Sonya Sharp for her stunning reversal on blanket rezoning – a move he describes as “a betrayal of voters’ trust” after voting in Calgary’s municipal election has already begun. As reported by LiveWire Calgary, Sharp has retreated from her previous pledge to repeal blanket rezoning, instead proposing an “optional” or opt-in model that would require homeowners to individually apply to restore their zoning. “Let’s be clear: what Sharp is proposing is not a repeal—it’s a retreat,” said Jeromy. “Her plan puts the burden of fixing City Council’s mistake onto individual homeowners, not the Council that created the problem in the first place. This is not accountability.” Under Sharp’s so-called repeal plan, property owners would be forced to apply individually to return to their original zoning. This opt-in model creates an uneven, inequitable patchwork of land use, with some homes defaulting to rowhouse zoning, while others scramble to restore their original zoning at their own cost. “This is chaos disguised as compromise,” said Jeromy. “It leaves homeowners paying the price for City Hall’s mistakes and turns neighbourhood planning into a free-for-all. It’s a bureaucratic nightmare that leaves most residents stuck with zoning they didn’t ask for and can’t afford to fight.” “As mayor, I will work to address Calgarians’ housing needs with growth that respects our communities, restores certainty, and builds trust with City Hall.” Jeromy’s position has been consistent: • Repeal blanket rezoning in full. • Replace the “one size fits all” approach with a balanced, community-informed housing strategy that focuses new density near established activity centres and transit corridors. Jeromy Farkas’ complete housing platform is available at jeromy.ca/platform

@RJSCity @MikePMoffatt @GillinghamNoah My concern is that with the upcoming elections, the policies might get worse soon.

@TheRage @MikePMoffatt @GillinghamNoah That’s a factor as well, but that’s not as easily changed as regulations.

@RJSCity @MikePMoffatt @GillinghamNoah How much do you limited natural barriers to sprawl contributes? Versus BC, and maybe even parts of Ontario?

@MikePMoffatt @GillinghamNoah Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer…. Alberta has high unemployment and declining employment in oil and is booming because of an advantage in zoning/procedures to build housing.

@Prominent_Bryan Let's just all agree to let the tech workers immigrate to fuel our own AI boom

Like I don't get the argument recently on this. Even if there is an AI bubble, it's still a revolutionary technology. The massive investments in it are real. Why are we trying to make it look like the GDP growth wasn't real?

GDP boosted by investment in a new technology doesn't count, it's a mirage Real growth is when we increase immigration Everybody knows that

@agraybee Funny how knowing trigonometry is either a return to basics or an example of how far we have gone from the basics depending on whose talking.

Interesting choices for humorously unimportant classes.

@Prominent_Bryan This guy played the long game as a progressive Manchurian candidate eh

Imagine being a conservative leader and trash talking your caucus on the CBC Incredible really

@gibberishalien @leaningcowboy @MarkJCarney @PierrePoilievre Like what, protesting the carbon tax again?

@leaningcowboy @MarkJCarney @PierrePoilievre He’s probably busy doing something that matters.

Crisis averted. #LetsGoOilers

@Prominent_Bryan Damn, how did you get tickets

Okay the categories for the tickets for the WC in Vancouver don't make much sense to me Cat 1 includes the literal best tickets (on the side) but also the ones right behind the net??? I'm glad I got cat 2 then, seems like the best safe choice

@KLaw95490887 @cspotweet We should advise people not to use illicit drugs and also to get vaccinated, It's not hard dude.

@cspotweet Ho Hum. Now do fentanyl deaths.

NEW: A child born prematurely after its mother contracted measles during pregnancy is Alberta's first measles death of 2025, according to Minister Adriana LaGrange.

@Prominent_Bryan is that an actual quote

"using the term purity test is offensive and should disqualify you from being in the party" - Gazan she/her

The Federal NDP is embarrassing. They have the dumbest debate McPherson: we shouldn't have to pass a purity test Gazan: I'm appalled at the use of the term purity test Is Gazan she/her just stupid?

@EricRocketfan @ryanjespersen South Korea doesn't have 35 kids in each classroom you dumb bitch.

"Disgraceful!" UCP Panel Silences Alberta Student x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

@Mill_Moron This Tom person must be a progressive trying to goad PP into committing political suicide, c'mon now

Terminally online X pundits still can't figure out why their party keeps losing. At least the CPC seems to be figuring it out now.

@Prominent_Bryan Maybe by "health care s free" he meant that given the government monopsony on healthcare jobs, with more money governments might just decide to give into physician trade association pressure and increase salaries rather than fund more physicians.

Today in class I was talking about this and said "if Canada was richer, we could afford more doctors for instance and save lives, so GDP matters" One student said "but healthcare is free" So we all have a LOT of teaching to do

@agraybee Well done.

"You really expect me to believe that a small group of committed ideologues built up a single Middle Eastern country as the source of all the world's problems? Nah, it was Israel."

@benfowlkesMMA Don't act like you didn't do this with the CME podcast (j/k).

@benfowlkesMMA This seems to be modern capitalism. Start a business. Offer a good product. Relentlessly expand market share with a decent price. Then when people start to really like your stuff just suddenly pivot and charge high prices for crap.

The focus on growth effectively ended after they first sold to WME. Since then it’s been immediate monetization over everything.