While I appreciate the passionate remarks about Transit and Olympics etc. realpaul, NONE of the projects that you talk about are Metro Vancouver projects. I understand that you are angry, but blind rage never solved anything.

For a person that claims qualifications in Urban Economics, I would think you would know the difference between the Federal Government, Provincial Government, Regional Government, individual municipalities, Translink, VANOC, and individual developers. So I would caution you against whining and complaining about every poor government decision and blaming everything on an individual organization that had as much control over the projects you describe as you do.

read on:

#65 read on, are you really as stupid as you come off. Get your head out of your ass. Are you a girl? Talk about an over sensitive limpo. Were you breastfed until you twelve?

D was right missy, Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Get a life.

it will be interesting to see whether the UBC line goes ahead given the current turmoil. On the one hand, cost will be a consideration, but on the other, a great make-work scheme (infrastructure) while contracting costs are lower than boom times.

dear yaletowngirl:

"DIR re # 57 this ‘read on’ twit is obviously a troll. "

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How on earth am I a troll? Denial makes blanket statements about salary and conditions across ALL fields, and then loses it when someone contradicts him. In some fields (and only some, as I make no claims as to the general picture of living standards etc), professionals in Canada ARE better off then in the US and the UK. In MY field (and that is all I am commenting on) things are better in CA than elsewhere. I'm talking specifics, not generalities.

So, instead of addressing the poorly constructed nature of his/her argument, Denial retreats to the fortress of the ignorant: ad hominem attacks. Good luck with that.

This has to be the most irresposible comment from a banker that I've ever heard, ""This is a good thing for the home-buying market," John Turner, director of mortgages for BMO Financial Group, said in a conference call. For example, Turner said, the prime-rate cut brought the rate on BMO's five-year variable-rate mortgage to 3.05 per cent from 3.3 per cent, which would reduce payments on a $200,000 mortgage by $26 a month. While it doesn't sound like a lot, Turner said the reduction of rates "brings more consumers into the market who likely may not have qualified before." Wait just a freaking minute. If a 'buyer' is $26 dollars away from qualifying for a mortgage ( or not) is it a good idea to try and shoehorn the poor smhuck into a deathgrip ( latin for mortgage) at the… Read more »

punface:

#59 punface, just curious, which systems in Europe are you referring to? I too have travelled extensively in Europe, so I would like to hear about your experiances with the transpo systems compared to here. I disagree with you but I'm willing to listen to what causes you to have such a disparate opinion.

PS, great rants D, keep the trolls in thier place, we get some real losers trying to defend the main stream message of bullshit. It's either psychois, denial or desperation.

dear denial:

"he fact is that you are paid lower on average and have a lower standard of living "

and

"Again, you missed the point DOOFUS. THE CANADIAN STANDARD OF LIVING is lower. Who gives a fuck about you?"

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Dear denial retard – when you make statements such as "you are paid lower on average" when replying to me, you are addressing ME. Hence my point is entirely valid. Please learn to construct an argument using general terms if you wish to make a general argument.

recessionwatch:

I should have also mentioned that our BOC governor stated today that no recovery in Canada 'is possible' until 2011. he's moving the goal posts out yet again. Don't you just love these government retards and thier ability to 'revise'the numbers when it's inconvieniant to speak the truth. He's just said that you can expect nothing but bad news for at least another two years !!!!!!!

You are at risk of Permanent Layoff. The Government wants you to know. Heres the proof. Unemployed people and poor scared people are easier to control. Your Government is not your friend. "Permanent Layoffs in Canada: Overview and Longitudinal Analysis Issue information Canadians are increasingly concerned about permanent layoffs, as many feel job instability and the possibility of job loss has increased in the 1990s. Governments, confronted with a large number of permanent layoffs each year, need to know how to respond to improve labour adjustment and the possibility of quickly finding a new job for displaced workers. Within this context, this paper uses a new longitudinal data source on the separations of workers to address three issues. First, has there in fact been an increase in the permanent layoff rate in Canada in the 1990s, as one might anticipate… Read more »

#22 read on, you missed the point Einstein. The fact is that you are paid lower on average and have a lower standard of living on average than everyone in the developed world who is doing a similar job. Those are just facts. Read a bio of the CDN economy under the Trudeau-LaLonde to Chretian Liberal Party years and you will quickly realise ( any semi literate person will) that the economic policies of the Liberal Party under those regimes and in the interim periods affected by Liberal policy were specifically designed to keep the standard measures lower in for stated socioeconomic goals held by the Liberal Party. It's in the library pally, read on. One good example ( one of many) is "The Seven Percent Solution" doctrine dreamt up by Pierre Trudeau, the great CDN patriot ( excuse me… Read more »