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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • Oh, for sure, the government could have gotten the same result by completely ruling out getting involved, and they would have been left looking a lot better; it’s more likely they would have only said they wouldn’t get involved yet, and then the company would have kept stalling.

    I wasn’t saying the government did the right thing, just that the union managed to make the most of the government doing the wrong thing.







  • Over the past five years, the cost of rent in purpose-built apartments in Saskatchewan has risen 33.9 per cent, placing the province behind only Nova Scotia (+43.9 per cent), Alberta (+38.5 per cent), and B.C. (+36.9 per cent) for long-term rent growth.

    Today’s rent controls do not freeze rents but sets limits to rent increases to prevent price-gouging, while creating clear and consistent rent regulations that provide predictability for landlords, tenants and developers.

    Nova Scotia had rent increases capped at 2% from Nov 2020 through Dec 2023, and it’s been 5% since Jan 2024, but we have the highest rent growth. A cap isn’t enough if increases between tenants are uncapped, it just encourages renovictions and other bullshit.





  • May was arrested at his West Columbia home Wednesday, roughly 10 months after his house was raided in August 2024 by U.S. Homeland Security Investigation agents, who seized various electronic devices, such as cellphones, hard drives, a CD and thumb drives.

    May, a married father of two children under the age of 10, last won reelection in November 2024. He was challenged by a write-in candidate.

    Apparently voters in his district didn’t think having his home raided by Homeland Security was overly suspicious.