Temporary foreign workers are supposed to fill skill gaps in the economy when not enough qualified workers exist, not to supply cheap labour when employers want to improve their bottom line.
Even then it seems like the “temporary” part gets ignored. There should be some requirement to invest in local training for any specialized position that’s needed long term/multiple times.
So if/when rates go back down the tenants can apply to have their rent lowered back, right?
Is 22 years like a “baker’s decade” or something?
I’m in a small town and transit currently sucks, with all the planning and extra hours it would take to get anywhere, it’s not worth it. If it was free, I’d definitely take it more often and spontaneously. Back when it was free in 2020 I hopped on a few times when I didn’t feel like walking home.
Man, Montreal sounds super affordable! I live about an hour outside Victoria and rent here for a 1 bed starts around $1600. If I could easily find a nice 2 bedroom for around $1500 it would make my life so much better, I could actually afford to risk being rennovicted so my landlord can fix all the issues in my suite.
Yeah, I got excited for a second.
But on the flip side, if you’re rarely filling your tank because you drive so little, does an EV really make a lot of sense? The people who will see the biggest impact (financially and environmentally) are the ones who use most of their EV’s range every day.
Most, if not all, of the new apartment complexes in my area heavily advertise they have EV charging on site. Problem is they usually only install 1 or 2 chargers for a complex that has parking for 50-100 cars. That sort of ratio is fine anywhere else, but it’s not a reliable option if you and your neighbours (who were also sold by that promise) all need to get to work in the morning.
That could be a little misleading if you’re talking about becoming a member. They exist all across western Canada but they’re all run by different local co-ops. For example I’m on Vancouver Island in the Duncan area, we have 3 Co-op gas stations and a Co-op liquor store. The gas stations (and every other Co-op south of us) is Peninsula Co-op, the liquor store (which is a 1 minute drive away) is Mid Island Co-op. Mid Island stretches for about an hour and a half drive north, until there’s more Peninsula for a few hours drive then if you go further, all the way to the northern tip it’s Mid Island again. If you go west there are 3 small Co-ops that all serve their own towns. If you go east to the Gulf Islands, some are Mid Island and some are their own. None of this really makes a difference if you’re not a member, but if you are it can get confusing which ones you get a rebate on or not.
Ahh, that makes sense. It was the second part that threw me off.
The difference of course being that bartenders get paid barely anything and tips are expected to be the majority of their income while baristas are supposed to be paid regular wages.
I think 20% of every sailing is reserved for drive on customers?
It’s closer to 75-90% (depending on various factors).
And I think you’re significantly underestimating how many BC residents take the ferry. Next time you’re on there walk around and look at plates. I’d be very surprised if you get anywhere close to 50% of personal vehicles with out of province plates.
Right, but unless I’m misunderstanding you, I don’t understand why we should be tipping bartenders but not baristas. The amount of work and skill required seems comparable (I’ve never done either so I can’t say that definitively), they’re almost the same job with different ingredients.
Are there any provinces that still have a lower minimum wage for alcohol servers? BC got rid of that years ago.
Unless you mean minimum wage in general is barely anything.
Imposed arbitration is bullshit.
Like, trying to get those who primarily sell to working class folks to see how raising the minimum wage actually benefits them, because it means that all of their customers have more money to spend is nigh impossible. All they see is that they’ll have to raise prices, and it makes them even more hostile toward their employees.
Yeah this argument never really made sense to me. Unless your product’s only input cost is labour (which I can’t think of a single job that would apply to, let alone close to minimum wage job) your costs should only have to go up by a fraction of the minimum wage increase. This would leave a minimum wage worker/customer better off after buying your product than they would have if it was cheaper.
But isn’t the capital gains tax only on the new capital gained? What you’re saying actually sounds like a decent argument against sales taxes.
the party is taking a stand against a policy that disproportionately affects wealthy people and big corporations.
What about every single other policy that’s even tangentially related to affordability that disproportionately affects everyone who isn’t wealthy and small businesses?
Producers would also be able to package multiple products together as long as the package is still under the 30-gram limit, and products inside also meet packaging requirements. The change would mean producers could sell higher quantities of edibles in one outer package.
Hopefully this means I can get something like a 6 pack of drinks.
I think the number one factor there is real estate. You can’t start a farm out of your apartment and restaurants can’t easily exist out in the boonies where rent is cheaper.
The law just changed to 4 months notice for landlord/family use (3 months if it’s for a new buyer) and the landlord/new buyer/family must live there for 12 months (actually live there, not just keep it off the rental market).