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2 Nov, 7 tweets, 1 min read
This doesn't work! Developers are in the business of making profit. They do not build housing altruistically. So, in this scheme, where are they getting their profits? 1/
Will there be an Ooops! when the houses are done and no one who needs "affordable" housing can afford it? Will the developers be compensated with carte blanche on other, profitable, ventures? 2/
There has to be profit or there is zero motivation for developers to have anything to do with this. 3/
Will this see luxury condo towers built, with "poor doors" for those who must be housed in some portion of floors in exchange for free land to build on? 4/
Will the construction be so shoddy that they will soon become uninhabitable and the land revert to the developers? 5/
This aren't wild thoughts or spit-balling. These are all things that have happened in these kinds of arrangements. 6/6
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This is not idle speculation.

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Some people seem confused about the difference between progressives and conservatives. Here's an example that might help. Take education. There are those who see education as an investment in the future. Public education has a number of benefits to a society;
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Has anyone noticed the difference in outrage between a white male hockey player being sexually assaulted and any woman of any ethnicity being sexually assaulted? Why is it deemed so much worse? Serious question. #MeToo 1/7
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One day my 80+ Dad showed up at my house & said, "I am not comfortable driving anymore. Here's my car. You can drive me from now on" and I did. Awhile later he said "I have been paying bills all my life, I'm tired of it. Here's my POA. You look after all that now." And I did. 1/8
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If you own anything, make sure you have a will. And then make sure you have named a power of attorney who you trust to look after your best interests should anything untoward happen to you. You are not too young to worry about it unless you are a minor. 1/
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So, I heard on the radio about Jason Kenney wanting to open the constitution to eliminate equalization payments. 1/15 #cdnpoli #abpoli #AbLeg #Canada
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