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Installing Linux was a good decision.

I have not gone back to Microsoft Windows.

Don’t listen to people telling you it’s hard. I don’t have an IT degree or engineering degree. Installing it was easy. Linux is elegant, secure and powerful. I love it.

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China is a dictatorship country with many flaws.

But for too long, Canadians have ignored the vicious American Gorilla standing up at their door.

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The Canadian Housing crisis has two sources.

1. Extreme population growth

In 2024, the Canadian population increased by 3%.

This population growth rate means the population of Canada is growing 2 to 3 times faster than the United States, Britain, France, Spain, Colombia, Turkey, Vietnam, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Mexico or Brazil. In fact, Canada is now growing faster than many countries in Africa.

2. Terrible city zoning rules.

Several Canadian cities have rules banning multi-storey housing from being built. Multi-storey housing is significantly more affordable than individual homes. But cities ban it. They simply don’t want it. When they do accept multi-storey housing, most Canadian cities often require developers to build parking spots. “You want to build a condo tower without parking spots ? Sorry, we can not accept that”. By forcing developers to build parking spots for each condo unit, they artificially drive up the cost of each unit. They basically force condo buyers to subsidize car ownership. It’s insane.




The Federal Government needs to reduce the immigration rate. Look, Justin Trudeau did a lot of good things, but his immigration policy was one of his biggest failures. The current immigration rate is simply unsustainable. Canada needs to aim for 1.5% population growth instead of 3%.

But cities shouldn’t be left of the hook. They are responsible for half the problem.

I mean, just look at the zoning fight happening at the Ottawa City Council :

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/councillors-spar-over-parking-and-density-as-zoning-debate-flares-up-1.7512045

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Aquafresh is owned by Unilever, which is British.

I despise funding the UK House of Lords.

But it’s better than Colgate.

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Sophia Chikirou : Vu

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La principale différence entre toi et moi, c’est que je fais au moins l’effort de lire le contenu que je poste… Tu te contente de poster des liens sans même prendre le temps de le consulter.

Ton premier lien porte entièrement sur le Rassemblement National.

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Yes, we all need to collectively eat less red meat to reduce emissions enough so Felon musk can eat lunch in Paris 3 times a week

Actually, eating less red meat would also be great for our health:

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-07-21-red-and-processed-meat-linked-increased-risk-heart-disease-oxford-study-shows

https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/study-sheds-light-on-link-between-colorectal-cancer-and-diet-high-in-red-meat/

We need to tax oligarchs and eat a bit less red meat.

It’s not one or the other.

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