Recent content by DougB

That is ridiculous. Requiring consultation on public land is insane enough. The government should be spending whatever it takes sending reference cases to the Supreme Court to narrow consultation as much as possible and to formalize the requirements. I don't care if I get cancelled but I...

Locating near existing correctional and and mental health facilities should be about as non-controversial as possible. The Spy Hill correctional facility pre-dates all of the area's residential development

Why? The project is on private land so no duty to consume should exist

So what is the test? Is it any project that proposes a rail spur or is it any project that could increase mainline traffic? Seems ridiculous to mandate anything beyond local approvals

I largely agree. The issues are: -can these data centers draw from the grid if their behind the fence generation goes down? If they can, AESO pricing will rise -can these data centers curtail usage and export to the grid during periods of expected high price or coincident peaks? This would...

Come to Texas if you want to see police harassing homeless and addicts. In Dallas, the police will immediately seize and destroy drugs and paraphernalia from anyone consuming in public. I've seen the cops force meth heads to stomp on their pipes and pick up the pieces. The police do not tolerate...

Really? This is a local facility that doesn't cross provincial boundaries and is mostly warehouses

Would this project even require federal permits?

All that is need are new pipelines to the west and gulf coasts, twinning the TCH through BC and freeway access to all port facilities in Vancouver area. BC will struggle to meet internal power demand so talk of more power lines isn't relevant. Laurentian Canada already has great export...

BC's debt has grown almost 50% in 2 years and the revenue outlook is poor due to real estate bust. Eventually austerity will hit Victoria

Yes

The challenge with shoebox condos is that few people actually want to live in them. Ultimately investors will figure that out. Plus when the momentum comes out of a bubble, fundamentals takeover and those are extremely poor. Much of the price of Canadian real estate contains embedded...

Next to police HQ

Dont count on it. Both Toronto and Vancouver could face negative population growth due to immigration changes and unaffordability. Plus the market for investment condos may be permanently dead. A normal real estate cycle would have seen busts every 7 to 10 years. Given that these markets have...

The market for dt office to residential conversions must be saturated given the sharp rise in apartment rental vacancy