2026 Canadian Political Thread

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The definitions of "order" could likely go into just 3 categories: A new social rank. A reshuffling of priorities. Or an outright command to do some specific task.

The growing capacity of common folk to be involved in the direction of day-to-day events both globally and locally could be construed to be a social rank previously conferred upon members of the intelligence communies and think tanks.

Changing priorities more about keeping standards up. Priority remains in flux with the number and quality of day-to-day participants in social media and those who listen.

A new command addresses imperfect regulation of participants to keep folks listening.

 

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...r-us-homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem/

Former US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem employed at Nova Red Mining Inc. British Columbia, Canada

Which strip joints are still open in Vancouver?

 

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Prime Minister Mark Carney showed up to Vancouver on Thursday with a very different deal for this province, one that prioritizes helping the development sector over lowering prices for homebuyers.

The core is $1.6 billion—cost-matched by the B.C. government to $3.2 billion—to help municipalities in “priority communities” cut development cost charges on multi-unit housing projects and still fund the water, wastewater and road infrastructure.

B.C. did not get the same kind of tax relief as Ontario, where the federal government cut the 13 per cent HST on new home sales up to $1 million, saving people as much as $130,000. Ontario’s tax cut applies to all new homes—whether a person is a first-time buyer or not. Premier David Eby took a stab at explaining why he didn’t consider that necessary in his made-in-B.C. housing package.

“We’ve eliminated the property transfer tax for first-time homebuyers on properties in British Columbia. And we don’t have PST on those homes.

Not quite. Ontario’s tax cut applies to all new homes—whether a person is a first-time buyer or not.

Overall, B.C.’s aid package is far less focused on the buyer side. For example, the province is getting an undisclosed amount of money from Ottawa for “condo conversion” of empty developer units.

“And the problem is that those empty homes don't just sit idle, they also disincentivize new construction, unsettle lenders and investors, create a housing market that, in effect, feels frozen.”

https://www.biv.com/news/commentary...housing-aid-lacks-the-ontario-sizzle-12445176

The usual cost splitting. Federal government puts up an equal amount with BC. The premier desides where the spending goes and the Feds create the numbers. Some from tax revenue. Some in a circular sort of way where Canada lends itself money with a bond auction with the Bank of Canada the principle buyer. To match the premier's pledge.

 

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How much a condo owner pays depends on the age of the building, how well it’s been maintained, whether utilities are included, and how many units there are in the building or complex.

As a rule of thumb, condo fees should be between 75 cents and 85 cents per square foot of the unit, said Brendon Cowans, vice-president of business development at Property.ca Inc.

Provinces, including Ontario and British Columbia, don’t have a legal cap on annual condo fee increases, and the condo board decides what the common pool of funds needs.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/rea...w-whether-theyre-too-high-or-not-high-enough/

A leasehold with a pool where the maintenance fees cover property taxes in Vancouver go as high as $1.24 square foot.

 

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Carney providing money to bail out developers of unsold condos, rather than force them to build what's wanted, and what's affordable. Let some of them go out of business, if they can't compete. Anything involving Bob Rennie, you know is not going to benefit the average buyer.

 

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100 percent cockthroppled

Also if for some reason BC Housing ends up with a good chunk of units in a building do they get multiple votes when strata votes and can they insert themselves as a majority on the strata counsel.

 

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OTTAWA — Canada is looking to build up to 10 new nuclear reactors over the next 15 years, sell Candu reactors to more countries and double uranium exports, Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said Monday as he released a new national strategy for nuclear power.

"As Canada works to diversify its trading relationships and strengthen ties with middle powers, Candu can be a central instrument of that strategy."

If Ottawa fails to sell more Candu reactors worldwide, the strategy suggests Canada look into boosting domestic uranium enrichment to fuel other reactors.

Thirty Candu reactors currently operate around the world, including in South Korea, China, India, Argentina, Pakistan and Romania, and there are plans to build two more.

Candu competes with a reactor model co-owned by Brookfield.

"Reactor exports are not transactional. They establish multi-decade partnerships, creating durable geopolitical and commercial relationships."

The strategy suggests Canada look into boosting domestic uranium enrichment to fuel other reactors.

Unlike most other nuclear reactors, Candu reactors don't require enriched uranium. Ottawa says Western allies are turning away from Russia, one of the world's key suppliers of enriched uranium.

https://www.biv.com/news/canada-loo...tors-sell-more-candu-reactors-abroad-12454800

From Overview:
Heavy water reactors use natural, unenriched uranium and can be refueled online. Enriched uranium reactors use fuel enriched up to 5% Uranium-235 and require periodic, large-scale shutdowns to replace fuel.

Because heavy water absorbs far fewer neutrons than regular water, it sustains a chain reaction using only natural, un-enriched uranium.



The time-lines of late 2030s look beyond the political life of anyone in Canada. The Candu employs ordinary uranium with a heavy water moderator requiring enrichment of common water from about 0.015 % to over 97% of the heavier isotope of water. The high enrichment of heavy water easier to achieve than enriched uranium. The weight ratio of ordinary water to heavy water being 2:1, while the weight ratio of fissle uranium nearly indistinguishable at 238:235 and requires conversion into a toxic gas to separate in centrifuges. Heavy water makes available more neutrons to split fewer uranium atoms.

 

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Can anyone point to anything positive that Carney has achieved since replacing Trudeau, other than some elbows up ads with Mike Myers?

 

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A Community Legal Assistance Society report calls for limits on confidentiality agreements in sexual misconduct allegations.

New legislation should make clear non-disclosure agreements are invalid if a person was pressured into signing to avoid negatively impacting their future employment, the society recommended.

“Findings from both the existing research and this project’s research indicate that non-disclosure agreements in cases of workplace gender based violence have a very negative impact on most complainants.”

While some provinces like Prince Edward Island and Ontario have moved to restrict non-disclosure agreements, B.C. has not.

https://www.biv.com/news/commentary...t-ndas-in-abuse-and-harassment-cases-12459907

Too many laws leave us open to abuse. I know folks who grapple with a case law keeping a son to prison. Even knowledge of incomplete fragments of DNA couldn't be used as evidence. When you're the only individual with DNA at a crime scene the law says you're guilty and family hesitate to challenge the Crown over abuse. When your own legal council turns against you you'd have to be a half screaming raving lunatic to get the attention of the jury if he even knew himself.

 

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Prime Minister Mark Carney showed up to Vancouver on Thursday with a very different deal for this province, one that prioritizes helping the development sector over lowering prices for homebuyers.

The core is $1.6 billion—cost-matched by the B.C. government to $3.2 billion—to help municipalities in “priority communities” cut development cost charges on multi-unit housing projects and still fund the water, wastewater and road infrastructure.

B.C. did not get the same kind of tax relief as Ontario, where the federal government cut the 13 per cent HST on new home sales up to $1 million, saving people as much as $130,000. Ontario’s tax cut applies to all new homes—whether a person is a first-time buyer or not. Premier David Eby took a stab at explaining why he didn’t consider that necessary in his made-in-B.C. housing package.

“We’ve eliminated the property transfer tax for first-time homebuyers on properties in British Columbia. And we don’t have PST on those homes.

Not quite. Ontario’s tax cut applies to all new homes—whether a person is a first-time buyer or not.

Overall, B.C.’s aid package is far less focused on the buyer side. For example, the province is getting an undisclosed amount of money from Ottawa for “condo conversion” of empty developer units.

“And the problem is that those empty homes don't just sit idle, they also disincentivize new construction, unsettle lenders and investors, create a housing market that, in effect, feels frozen.”

https://www.biv.com/news/commentary...housing-aid-lacks-the-ontario-sizzle-12445176

The usual cost splitting. Federal government puts up an equal amount with BC. The premier desides where the spending goes and the Feds create the numbers. Some from tax revenue. Some in a circular sort of way where Canada lends itself money with a bond auction with the Bank of Canada the principle buyer. To match the premier's pledge.

Might be a good time to point out that those vaccant homes, are probally paid for by foreign investment in cash. Not saying that foreign investment is from illegal sources, cause its laundered through a bank....

 

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How much a condo owner pays depends on the age of the building, how well it’s been maintained, whether utilities are included, and how many units there are in the building or complex.

As a rule of thumb, condo fees should be between 75 cents and 85 cents per square foot of the unit, said Brendon Cowans, vice-president of business development at Property.ca Inc.

Provinces, including Ontario and British Columbia, don’t have a legal cap on annual condo fee increases, and the condo board decides what the common pool of funds needs.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/rea...w-whether-theyre-too-high-or-not-high-enough/

A leasehold with a pool where the maintenance fees cover property taxes in Vancouver go as high as $1.24 square foot.

Condo fees should be as cheap as possible, but lets just say that building insurance is a fucken scam from the insurance companies. Gardening is another scam. Garbage pick up (very restrictive rules), Electric lights in common areas (ok, but there is a meter for that), sewer and water fees. the list is long....

If there is a condo fee, I would avoid getting a condo. Its just gonna increase over time, and you get nothing for it.

Why has a condo replaced the 4 family bedroom home. It used to be a cheap place, not anymore. Condos are way overpriced for their square footage as much as 2-4 X overpriced... why, the contractor is a greedy asshole. the construction of the condo is all covered up and your house inspector only sees the surface.

When people start quoting the square footage cost, I 'm gonna murder them. Industry fuck speak, saying you have to pay that price or else.... to the extent that everybody copies everybody else. so when you go compare similar condos the rates are the approx same. It the same play insurers use, they call you up and tell you the cost to replace your house is now 400 sq ft and say you need to increase your insurance coverage...

 

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A Community Legal Assistance Society report calls for limits on confidentiality agreements in sexual misconduct allegations.

New legislation should make clear non-disclosure agreements are invalid if a person was pressured into signing to avoid negatively impacting their future employment, the society recommended.

“Findings from both the existing research and this project’s research indicate that non-disclosure agreements in cases of workplace gender based violence have a very negative impact on most complainants.”

While some provinces like Prince Edward Island and Ontario have moved to restrict non-disclosure agreements, B.C. has not.

https://www.biv.com/news/commentary...t-ndas-in-abuse-and-harassment-cases-12459907

Too many laws leave us open to abuse. I know folks who grapple with a case law keeping a son to prison. Even knowledge of incomplete fragments of DNA couldn't be used as evidence. When you're the only individual with DNA at a crime scene the law says you're guilty and family hesitate to challenge the Crown over abuse. When your own legal council turns against you you'd have to be a half screaming raving lunatic to get the attention of the jury if he even knew himself.

This is what caught my eye:
"The government’s rationale, that it is sharing cabinet-level sensitive information, has been particularly controversial during recent Indigenous reconciliation policies, with some groups refusing to sign the NDAs and accusing government of using them to muzzle their criticism."

NDA should not be use in any sexual harassment or assault cases... If the person is underage an nda could be used to protect the victim, but the victim should always have the choice to talk about what happened to them.

The NDA the Vancouver orchestra made the victim sign, made her even more of a victim, cause she could not talk about what happened to her.... Her company/employer made it worse.
NDA are used to hide things. Not hide moral issues. But can be used to protect intellectual property.

 

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Can anyone point to anything positive that Carney has achieved since replacing Trudeau, other than some elbows up ads with Mike Myers?

I think its funny, with any other PM, I don't see a security detail, with Carney he get 3-4 cars worth of black suit guys... what is happening that he needs so many bodyguards... Look my fav PM is Chretien, cause he grabbed guy by the throat....fucken hockey brawl (not for his policies), he didn't need no fucken bodyguard...

 

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Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Ottawa, Carney said the Liberal government had done a poor job of explaining the program laid out in Vancouver a week earlier.

Figures from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation show 5,849 unabsorbed apartments across B.C. in May 2026, with 4,376 unabsorbed apartments in Metro Vancouver, accounting for 75 per cent of all unsold units.

"Buying them at a discount at the right time, financing, terming that out, setting up a rent-to-own structure for truly affordable housing — that's an opportunity."

B.C. Premier David Eby told a press conference in Vancouver on Thursday that his government sees the plan as a chance to purchase units below the cost of new builds.

Ontario announced a similar plan in March to spend $300 million to convert 2,200 unsold condo units in the Greater Toronto Area into long-term rental housing, with a quarter of those homes to be offered at below-market rents.

https://www.biv.com/news/carney-say...-is-about-affordability-not-bailouts-12471168

In the beginning, apartment construction in metro Vancouver looked the equivalent of a genius export market selling condos full of Canadian products to immigrants wealthy enough to buy with zero to minimal mortgage. But contrary to inflation expections immigrants borrowed inflationary money printed into existance to buy homes full of imported parts and appliances built with imported equipment. The genius who thought of giving Canada an immigration boom didn't stay around to guide any realization to affordable living nor secure economy. Eastern Canadian manufacturers could neither trust nor improve any interprovincial trucking industry while Canada Border Services vouched for competent cross-border professional imports, 98% unchecked for contraband.

 

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Dredging of Vancouver's Burrard approved to make room for big oil tankers

Energy Minister Adrian Dix said last year that the federal project "would allow for less traffic at the port and better utilization" because ships could fully load.

The port says the work will not change the number or size of the largest vessel type currently sailing underneath the Second Narrows, noting that Aframax-class tankers will remain the largest vessels.

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority also will limit all work in the water to the least-risk window for fish and fish habitat from mid-August to the end of February, as established by the Fisheries Department.

A background document from the agency says most dredging will occur to a depth of around 1.3 metres to a maximum of six metres below the sea floor, removing about 25,000 cubic metres of material.

https://www.biv.com/news/resources-...ved-to-make-room-for-big-oil-tankers-12468924

Ships currently load 80% to clear sea floor under Second Narrows & CN Rail bridges where the dredging will occur.

The video looks to be a US production with multiple language options available in the menu by tapping on the gear icon. The article from Business in Vancouver. A local production or re-write and local bias.

 

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Canada needs to upgrade its shipping ports to at least Suezmax/Neopanamax size ( Not counting the Frazier River.). That is the next size above Aframax.

Suezmax: Unlimited x 21 m x 50-78 m (length, draft, width) (80,000 to 159,000 DWT)
Neopanamax 366 m x 18 m x 55m (120,000 DWT)

For oil it should have :
VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) 160,000 to 319000 DWT 60 M of draft.

The Port of Vancouver should have access to draft of 60 M to have these VL ships on jettys. Will also need laydown area for shipping containers or a way to transport them to a big layout area by train.

If Carney wants to trade in the Pacific and with countries in them, he needs big ports. Oil pipelines, and heavy oil refinery (Aberta), A canal for the prairies to Churchill MB.

Another thing to note is that Canada is a country that depends on its Oceans and we have for drydocks and construction dockyard. Canada needs a mega dockyard (one on east coast and one on the west coast) with a large number of drydock in them to take on the biggest ships in the world. Each yard should have the capacity to have one ULCC (1600 ft long), 4-6 Neopanamax size (1200ft size) that can be partitioned for smaller vessels.

The Fed government should take over a large island in the Strait of Georgia. Build a big dockyard with 6-10 drydocks. Use barges or build a bridge to connect island to Vancouver mainland. Make it a big industrial base, (lots of pollution controls etc), which will kickstart large manufacturing again in Canada.

A heavy oil (tar sands) refinery can make oil products to make plastics. So for plexiglass (all made outside of Canada)
https://chemicalresearchinsight.com...-market-leaders-shaping-modern-manufacturing/

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_Royal_Canadian_Navy

This has to be a joke right?
Other than the 12 Frigates (one gun, several missiles and some 50 cal machine guns), is the heaviest armed ships Canada has.
The 3 subs have mk 48 torpedoes... but the boats never seem to go to sea...
The new Harry Dewolf class are armed with a 25 mm gun, and 2 50 cal. machine guns.. (Fucking gutless)

Currently the Canadian navy has more tugboats then warships.....The Federal government for the last 40 years have protected Canada with a limp dick fleet, not very well armed. Led by men who want to charge, but are shooting blanks.... effeminate picture isn't it.

 

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Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Ottawa, Carney said the Liberal government had done a poor job of explaining the program laid out in Vancouver a week earlier.

Figures from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation show 5,849 unabsorbed apartments across B.C. in May 2026, with 4,376 unabsorbed apartments in Metro Vancouver, accounting for 75 per cent of all unsold units.

"Buying them at a discount at the right time, financing, terming that out, setting up a rent-to-own structure for truly affordable housing — that's an opportunity."

B.C. Premier David Eby told a press conference in Vancouver on Thursday that his government sees the plan as a chance to purchase units below the cost of new builds.

Ontario announced a similar plan in March to spend $300 million to convert 2,200 unsold condo units in the Greater Toronto Area into long-term rental housing, with a quarter of those homes to be offered at below-market rents.

https://www.biv.com/news/carney-say...-is-about-affordability-not-bailouts-12471168

In the beginning, apartment construction in metro Vancouver looked the equivalent of a genius export market selling condos full of Canadian products to immigrants wealthy enough to buy with zero to minimal mortgage. But contrary to inflation expections immigrants borrowed inflationary money printed into existance to buy homes full of imported parts and appliances built with imported equipment. The genius who thought of giving Canada an immigration boom didn't stay around to guide any realization to affordable living nor secure economy. Eastern Canadian manufacturers could neither trust nor improve any interprovincial trucking industry while Canada Border Services vouched for competent cross-border professional imports, 98% unchecked for contraband.

If no one can afford the place, lower the price.

But no, the contractors and owners don't want that, they need to make a big profit on it. Or else they walk away and the place burns down. All covered by insurance.

Look if these places sold at a reduced price, the banks and insurance companies lose money, and then they start charging more for lending money....which could lead to reduce housing market and houses will fall below the mortgage value...

 

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Beijing’s Trojan Horse Rolls Into Canada: A National-Security Scholar Warns Carney’s Chinese EV Deal Embeds Sabotage Risk in the Country’s Roads, Ports and Grids

That is the warning at the center of a report published this week by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and written by an energy and national-security specialist who teaches at the United States Naval Postgraduate School.

Situate the electric-vehicle question inside a wider argument about hybrid warfare. China, Russia and Iran have each written attacks on Western domestic energy infrastructure into their war doctrines, erasing the old line between the home front and the battlefield. Even brief disruptions to electricity or transit could spread public panic and erode support for a distant conflict — the defense of Taiwan being the obvious test.

American investigators have identified undeclared communication components inside some Chinese inverters that experts warn could be used to switch them off remotely and destabilize power grids.

Lithuania has banned Chinese inverters outright and the European Union has moved to bar them from public funding.

Michael Kovrig, the former Canadian diplomat held in China for more than 1,000 days in testimony to Parliament this spring, Kovrig described the deal as a “trifecta of risks” — structural dependence, unfair competition that erodes industrial capacity, and systemic pressure on government policy — and warned that the People’s Republic “weaponizes technology, supply chains and market access” to force acquiescence to its agenda.

The warnings have not slowed Carney’s government, which is pressing ahead at full speed. Industry Minister Mélanie Joly spent much of last week in China, courting BYD, Chery, Geely and Shanghai Launch Automotive Technology to build electric vehicles on Canadian soil, and confirmed that the import quota will keep climbing — rising by 6.5 percent a year from 49,000 vehicles in 2026 to roughly 67,000 annually by 2031.

https://www.todayville.com/beijings...e-risk-in-the-countrys-roads-ports-and-grids/

Canadians asked to diversify trading partners, Mr. Carney. Not look for another hegemon.

 

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