I think might be a little more too this.

Mississauga is pretty clear one two things: grass no longer than 20cm and a ban on 25 specific nuisance weeds.

So just don’t grow grass or those 25 weeds?

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Basically once the show outpaced the books it went to shit.

If you didn’t like the first season, maybe just jump in at season two for your next watch?

No dramas, I was being cheeky. I’ve also read the books. I was pleasantly surprised with how well the show portrayed the books (merging of some characters, but expected). Until a point…

I read the books

How? They still aren’t written yet.

yes

If parking sell/rents for more than housing, you should be building parking garages instead of condos. Peter you aren’t maximising potential of the land.

Allowing storage in parking stalls is inefficient. They should be leased to people who want to pay. Massive lanes between storage lockers is inefficient space usage. Task cabinets blocking sight lines is a safety issue. Just use strife lockers.

Also it would be more cost effective to rent finished area for storage instead of parking spaces, since the later rents for more.

It’s not something to agree or disagree with, traffic evaporation exists and cities which remove, charge for our increase charges on parking see reduced traffic volumes.

parking again is cheap relative to the finished area per square foot

Rough estimates are $90 / sq foot for parking, $160 / sq foot for finished construction.

But guess which one sells and rents for more?

For no parking? Short term they do stupid shit (like a large event). Long term they just get rid of cars.

Ground and semi-recessed also makes a fantastic space for retail, which makes more money than parking. Digging subterranean JUST to add parking only adds costs, you don’t have to keep digging (or if you do, you can solid fill instead of putting in parking garages).

Again, nothing stopping people from putting them in, but don’t think it’s free space or inexpensive to do.

There’s nothing stopping people from building them.

There’s just no longer something forcing people to build them.

Just get a sled.

Less gas, no warming up, no worries about plowing.

Just paint a yellow line and call it a day.

I need wood!

Or leave them there. Let foreign interference put effort into these people. Pull the rug right at/just before election.

Pull the rug now and there is time to turn more politicians.

Hope you survive the extended water restrictions!

This is a fair part assesment, however you also have to consider how people take care of their tools. A 40 year old tool that looks as beat up as a 5 year old tool has been taken care of better by the owner/user.

That said, I feel like we all have that massive sacrificial flat head that’s no longer flat, super warped, got electrical bites, and still keeps chugging.

Cool, which regions?

For example, if I’m not mistaken, California has similar laws on the books and I am fairly certain that uber and lyft include tips in the hourly min. They will probably do similar up your way unless your law makers are some how much smarter and tougher than ours and thought through the possible ways they could work this law.

According to this source

Tips from people receiving the service do not count toward earnings

So that should address that one.

If you allow me to combine:

if I’m not mistaken, California has similar laws on the books

And

I’m going on the presumption that they will do what they will do and that politicians are going to be similar regardless of country or tax laws, etc.

According to this source

“In the middle of an affordability crisis, a ridesharing expense rate that is over 50% higher than the comparable rate in California is unreasonable — and we encourage the government to reconsider the consequences for British Columbians who rely on rideshare and delivery,” emailed Keerthana Rang, the Canadian communications lead for Uber.

So I would think the laws must differ if it makes it comparatively 50% more expensive than California (50% expensive to who? Not sure, I’m guessing the companies are explicitly opaque on that)

As for

If you can prove that Canada is somehow impervious to what they have done everywhere since these companies have existed, I’ll move asap

No one is impervious, the government could change any day and upend the decision. What I can speak to is the current government, who say things like, according to this source :

At an unrelated news conference Friday, B.C. Premier David Eby said despite complaints, regulations will not change. “These companies can suck it up. They’ll be alright,. They’ll be fine,” he said.

Which shows a bit of commitment from the serving party. And also, beyond this salary minimum (it is a minimum, companies are allowed to pay more) they’ve promised to action the following items according to this source :

All ride-hailing service and delivery workers will be covered through WorkSafeBC. Companies will be required to see the location and estimated pay for a job before it is accepted. If workers are suspended or deactivated from an app, companies must tell them why. Companies must ensure 100 per cent of the tips paid by customers go directly to the worker responsible for the service. Establish a 35- to 45-cent minimum per-kilometre vehicle allowance to help workers cover expenses.

While BC is the starting point, politicians aren’t the champion of this movement, it’s UFCW. What union do you belong to?

The issue is that your assumptions are based on how USA legal, employment, and tax systems work. These are different in Canada.

I’m not saying that aren’t valid points, I’m saying those points don’t necessarily apply.