Coolibop
Active Member
Electrification is mainly for those with campers/RVs no?
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Premier Doug Ford's Ontario
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Northern Light
Superstar
In the past, yes; but given a future w/electric cars that will need somewhere to charge while you're camping, I expect it will be much more common with a much more universal usage.
zang
Senior Member
Two birds, one stone if you will.
streetsoftoronto.com
People are asking the Ford government to move Therme Spa to Marineland
With recent rumours that Marineland has been laying off employees, some are calling for the Ontario government to relocate a private spa,
streetsoftoronto.com
Northern Light
Superstar
Ford gov't has decided how to allocate international student permits.
Private career colleges have just died. They are getting zero permits.
news.ontario.ca
From the above:
* Pause * - we're going to limit, on a go forward basis, international permits to 55% of enrollment .....excluding high-demand areas? What was it before?
Moving along:
How are they going to guarantee housing? There's nowhere near enough on-campus housing to meet incoming demand, even domestically.
There's a loophole there somewhere.
Private career colleges have just died. They are getting zero permits.
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
From the above:
* Pause * - we're going to limit, on a go forward basis, international permits to 55% of enrollment .....excluding high-demand areas? What was it before?
Moving along:
How are they going to guarantee housing? There's nowhere near enough on-campus housing to meet incoming demand, even domestically.
There's a loophole there somewhere.
lenaitch
Senior Member
In addition to increased availability, I would guess part of the initiative would be to increase capacity. Higher voltage/amperage power is typically only available at pull-though sites for RVs or large 5th wheel trailers. Electricity at other sites for smaller vehicles is often only 15/20a 120v.
afransen
Senior Member
By offering it, and making it very expensive?
My university experience was that on-campus housing was very expensive compared to off-campus housing, and it also was not eligible for tax credits at the time, due to its nature as 'subsidized housing'.
From what I recall, I was paying the equivalent of 3x the market rate for my half of a shared bedroom.
Northern Light
Superstar
Hmm, just doing a very cursory scan of U of T; excluding meal plan (which is mandatory) Burwash Hall at Vic, single room - from $11,512 (Sept - April); which works out to $1,439 per month
Meal plans are no bargain; (Vic) $6,380 for 346 meals is $18 a pop and change.
Coolibop
Active Member
kamira51
Active Member
And they get paid that much to sit infront of an oak desk? wow they must work very hard to earn that money.
Northern Light
Superstar
Very late on a Thursday, before a holiday weekend, a press release goes out w/no political speakers.........could it be that the Ford gov't knew people would be underwhelmed?
The minimum wage in Ontario will rise by 3.9% come October 1st...........2024 to a whopping $17.20 per hour CAD.
The gov't trumpets this as the 2nd highest provincial minimum wage in Canada; technically true, if you ignore purchasing power parity (PPP) or the 'cost of living'.........
Though notably omits that that Nunavet's minimum wage is $19 per hour; and that Seattle, Wa's minimum wage is $19.97USD per hour or $27.05CAD
news.ontario.ca
The minimum wage in Ontario will rise by 3.9% come October 1st...........2024 to a whopping $17.20 per hour CAD.
The gov't trumpets this as the 2nd highest provincial minimum wage in Canada; technically true, if you ignore purchasing power parity (PPP) or the 'cost of living'.........
Though notably omits that that Nunavet's minimum wage is $19 per hour; and that Seattle, Wa's minimum wage is $19.97USD per hour or $27.05CAD
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
Dan416
Senior Member
Very late on a Thursday, before a holiday weekend, a press release goes out w/no political speakers.........could it be that the Ford gov't knew people would be underwhelmed?
The minimum wage in Ontario will rise by 3.9% come October 1st...........2024 to a whopping $17.20 per hour CAD.
The gov't trumpets this as the 2nd highest provincial minimum wage in Canada; technically true, if you ignore purchasing power parity (PPP) or the 'cost of living'.........
Though notably omits that that Nunavet's minimum wage is $19 per hour; and that Seattle, Wa's minimum wage is $19.97USD per hour or $27.05CAD
Ontario Newsroom
I'm actually surprised Doug Ford allows the Ontario minimum wage to increase at all.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Were they viable before the international student boondoggle?
Northern Light
Superstar
Yes, at very limited scale, generally not affiliated with universities or community colleges.
There have been programs that are either industry specific or that have taught limited-set business/tech skills and turn students around, typically in a year or less, with a certificate or diploma.
The industry has ballooned in size in recent years w/the partnerships w/universities and immigration consultants.
Richard White
Senior Member
There used to be a place on Warden near Comstock like this called the Institute for Technical Trades. They were doing quite well for decades.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
If the Conservatives win federally in Oct 2025 (the mandated election date, assuming Jagmeet doesn’t pull the NDP trigger) then Doug Ford is screwed in 2026 (ON election must be held by June 4, 2026), because Ontario rarely has the same party in power as that in Ottawa. Though if Trump is destroyed in Nov 2024, Canadians might sour on Pollivre.