Rishi Maharaj

Electrical engineer. Tries to climb mountains but not very good at it. Toronto exile. Professional (wind) farmer.

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

Canada, unfiltered. Auyuittuq National Park. @ParksCanada

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

@KenCunn77721220 What I make of everyone from Eby to Ford to Trudeau giving out cheques is that our political class is collectively out of ideas. It’s pathetic.

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

Liberals: we are giving everyone popcorn and beer for their votes

NDP: we are fighting for Canadians by demanding Chicago mix

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

@cselley Don’t worry, he only wants us to pretend to try and that’s Canada's superpower

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

Every party could find ideologically-aligned low hanging fruit to tackle affordability with policy. None have even tried.

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

The NDP promised election cheques to everyone in BC (twice). The PCs are doing the same in Ontario. The Liberals are doing it federally.

All parties agree - we’re totally out of ideas.

What a deeply unserious country. We have 3 parties fighting to see who can be dumber.

[Jeff Brown 🇨🇦 🍁 🇫🇷 @djbip1986]

If the feds wanted to give people a break at Xmas they should have sent out a one-time GST rebate cheque: system is in place to do it; it's universal but means tested; no burden on retailers; no adverse impact on shopping patterns; no impact on provincial finances.

[Rob Gillezeau @robgillezeau]

The best plan to tackle the "vibecession" is to find a time machine, travel back to 2021-2023, and allow wages to grow in line with the tight labour market rather than trying to suppress those wages at the request of the business lobby.

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

What kind of progressive vision of the state is anchored by "let's just give everyone their money back because there's nothing government can do with it to improve their lives"?

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

If you needed any more proof that the NDP are utterly spent as a progressive force, here is their tantrum for more handouts to the rich.
https://t.co/FplyBbC550

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

Liberals: we have a nakedly opportunistic policy to buy some votes rather than investing in literally any policy priority

NDP: can we have some more please?

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

@RyanMorasiewicz Don't know the answer but thanks for turning me on to what seems to be a much better resource for backcountry weather than Garmin's forecasts. No more messaging friends from my InReach and asking them to summarize a good forecast and send it back.

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

It wasn’t their fault. They didn’t know handing $50,000 in a brown paper bag to an unlicensed immigration consultant isn’t how you apply for college.

https://t.co/iIjsUzQygl

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

@BramRecorder That principle was sound but the big mistakes were allowing unlimited off campus work (effectively making study permits work visas for sale) and allowing non degree granting institutions to apply for an unlimited number of study permits.

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

What’s at stake here is whether our government actually has control of immigration policy or if this becomes another area where the policy levers simply don’t work.

It’s dangerous for Canada and our politics if we continue to tolerate widespread fraud.

https://t.co/Feq4ySc68U

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

Come off it. Being broke or embarrassed isn’t grounds for asylum. Filing fraudulent claims disadvantages legitimate asylum seekers who face persecution by co-opting the system intended to help them stay alive so that kids can keep their jobs at Tim’s.

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

Yes, Liberals, in tandem with provinces seeing dollar signs for their colleges, opened up student permits as a backdoor route to PR. That doesn’t mean we have to allow fake refugee claims from people who have no legal right to stay in Canada permanently because we feel bad now.

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

@joshuahind You’d be run over then the police would arrest your corpse for blocking traffic.

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

@RyanMorasiewicz I wonder what capabilities it will offer for geolocation, both for rescue and to connect with the geographically correct 911 centre. I don’t think conventional sat phones can dial 911? But absolutely a game changer for SAR.

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

One reason I think Toronto has poor municipal governance is this is actually all Councillors do - it gets them face time with voters and is nonstop campaigning. Adjudicating petty disputes between residents and/or the City in their neighborhood replaces governing the entire City.

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

One of the incredible things about Toronto’s political system is that each councillor acts as a de facto mini-governor of their ward and is generally allowed to, um, manage the affairs of the local dog park according to their whims.

[John Michael McGrath @jm_mcgrath]

Carville wanted to be reincarnated as the bond market, I want to be reincarnated as an aggrieved Toronto landlord
https://t.co/fZjjnIfDyG

[Rishi Maharaj @9x19]

You could imagine a system where parks would be managed by staff according to consistent City wide policy and Councillors would only be able to vote on policy, not personally intervene in all manner of minor City business in their fief, um I mean ward. One day!