"The liberal reward of labour, therefore, as it is the effect, so it is the natural symptom of increasing national wealth." Wealth of Nations book one ch. viii.
This did NOT age well
@ryangrim calls it five hours in advance. Compares what “happened” tonight - before it happened mind you - to a shrewd maneuver by RFK during the Cuban missile crisis, declaring a win by accepting a stale offer
I gotta put this out there into the void. You know what grinds my gears? When people use “I don’t understand” to avoid saying “that makes no sense”. You understand perfectly well, so go ahead and dispute it’s ok we can handle it.
A capitalist economy has four “stimuli” that make firms and workers care about their output: private profit, corporate bankruptcy, wage inequality and unemployment. “the triumph of broken promises” @fritz_bartel
@MikePMoffatt Without vaccine efficacy this monster would be a complete nobody. If humanity was still ravaged by measles mumps and rubella the victims of his bigotry would surround us, for now they are so few he can escape the horror he’s willing upon a blighted few. I hope he suffers
@evboyce I just don't understand the controversy this thread is creating. What's the policy that would make Toronto grittier? Let's call this what it is: gentrification. It's an ineluctable phenomenon in any society where individual property rights trump everything else.
@_LukeBradley@bedtime_enjoyer The 60's and 70's were absolutely Toronto's peak architecturally. The prevailing suburbanism has since fallen out of fashion but the design was very high quality. Of course such structures don't look like Cabbagetown so they get binned unceremoniously.
MRW we've asked the clerk to open a bundle for tomorrow's trial management conference in Caselines and my client is emailing me asking for the zoom link and I'm hitting F5 on Caselines
467 and 469 Spadina Road.
Formerly 17 affordable and mid-range two-bedroom apartments.
Vacated in 2006.
Neighbours objected to a 2013 proposal to renovate the interior to accommodate 31 units - concerns included the proposed tenure of the units (rental).
Still boarded up in 2023.