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Probably a step towards Exxon selling its stake. Maybe to Suncor?

The bigger drag is the end of investor demand. It is difficult for the Millennial generation and younger to comprehend that condos are nothing more than a place to live

Dredging Burrard Inlet should be much easier to miantain than doing so for the St Lawrence as I suspect the sediment load to be much less. The St. Lawrence Seaway has never lived up to traffic projections and seems to be declining. The dream of significantly greater European trade will remain...

Why is Montreal Port expansion on the projects list? https://financialpost.com/transportation/montreal-port-faces-bigger-problem-than-expansion-can-solve

The firewalls in some public wifi detect certain sites as security threats and block access

The Glenmore work really only solves the three to two lane squeeze on Deerfoot. Fixing Glenmore would require replacing the original bridge as well as providing ramps for all movements to avoid the silly routing through the auto center. I would argue that Glenmore is Calgary's most important...

Catching up on old posts. What is the motivation behind Phase II which would replace the existing bridge connecting north from the LRT into the community? That bridge replaced the original 1985 era bridge in the 2000s to accommodate a RIRO entrance off Memorial.

Blue Line could be elevated through the strip malls on the east side of 85th to West District so as to avoid NIMBYs. The parcel across from West District with the radio transmitters could be planned ar even higher density built around the Blue Line. It could then cross Stoney to another TOD on...

How easy would a Green Line extension from the planned Seton terminus be?

The Southland to Douglasdale stretch is progressing rapidly now and should vastly improve capacity. Still think the Glenmore - Blackfoot - Deerfoot complex needs to be a priority.

When I attended elementary school in the 70s, Calgary Transit did a half day session teaching kids how to ride transit: reading schedules, paying fares, transfers, safe riding etc. We also got to tour the Victoria Park facility to see how the buses are cleaned and maintained. It was well worth it.

... Carney did call Canada the “most European of non-European nations". Besides irritants like supply management standing in the way of expanded trade deals, what constrains trade other than Europe having stagnant population and economic growth? Being stylish and progressive does not make...

Fiber is much easier to build than gas lines. Gas prices are lower in the north due to massive production from the Montney

Four issues with data centers: 1) they have high uptime requirements meaning they typically want backup for their behind the fence generation.Can they draw from the grid when that happens? Can they sign PPA's for backup? 2) typically data centers colocate with generation so they don't use...

Of course it isn't. Neither is high speed rail. The major projects intitiative was positioned as unblocking projects that would expand export markets. Was the container port tied up by Canada's Byzantine regulatory regime? Is the port anywhere near capacity? This probbaly plays into the...