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Poll: Liberals would likely gain support with a new leader
102I have such trouble understanding how anyone could vote for this guy.
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Lease renewed for Guelph homeless shelter at former Norfolk Manor
GuelphToday 20It’s difficult these days to ask questions without being attacked, but here goes. How many people in the City have nowhere to sleep tonight? Is it 1,000? 5,000? I have no idea. And of those, how many (sadly) choose to live outside? And context would also be good to know. How many people were in this situation 5 years ago? More information is always better than less information.
2- JK19
ICYMI: Guelph is getting a vacant home tax
GuelphToday 15I try to understand other people’s views. I cannot understand this one. How can people think it’s ok for the government to tell someone how they should be using their assets? Yes, these are assets. They are not public assets. They are private assets. I suppose the next step is yo tax people more if they have a basement apartment they are not renting. Maybe if someone lives on a lot that is viewed as too large for one house, they should be forced to split it. Maybe we should force everyone to install a basement apartment. Maybe we should just socialize all housing. Once that is done we can look at socializing cars.
7- JK19
City seeks public input as staff draft vacant home tax rules
GuelphToday 11This is absurd. I have every right to use my home anyway I want. Are they suggesting I need to ask someone at city hall for permission to go spend time with my grandchildren in Calgary for 8 months or risk a massive fine? Who comes up with this stuff. We have lost our way.
5- JK19
Warnings first? Mayor wants review of automated speed camera process
GuelphToday 9Nobody is disputing the math behind receiving a ticket. Driving 41 in a 30 is speeding. The problem is that for decades (read that as forever) nobody has ever received a speeding ticket for going 11 Km/h over the posted limit. Nobody ever receives a ticket for going 61 in a 50 - nobody. So now we combine ridiculously low limits (30 and 40) and new enforcement standards. It's not right. There was no rampant problem with speeding. Nobody was getting killed or hurt. This is a solution to an entirely fabricated problem. The fact that the municipality and the camera provider are enriching themselves simply makes this worse.
6- JK19
Recommendation calls for $18 million in additional downtown improvements
GuelphToday 9We need to stop this insanity. Every single council and every loud vocal downtown inhabitant for the past 50 years has been calling for and supporting spending money to “rejuvenate” the downtown. Our downtown continues to get worse every decade. It’s because the overwhelming majority of people want nothing to do with downtown. $1 million dollars in capital plus $400,000 in operating costs (forever) for special garbage collection. We are very silly people.
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High cost means 'no plans to proceed' on restoring Basilica pinnacles
GuelphToday 10This is a designated historical building. I thought you weren’t allowed to change the structure and that you had to maintain it as built. What makes these guys special?
3- JK19
U of G looks to demolish historic conservatory; city wants to save it
GuelphToday 4Always beating up on the University. Yet the basilica gets a free pass. Did the Basilica apply for a building/demo permit to take down the spires? Did the City threaten them with heritage designation? Why the double standard?
3- JK19
City, transit union ratify contact
GuelphToday 4Does anyone know what increase the union was asking for? Details are typically disclosed prior to voting. This seems strange.
2- JK19
Lease renewed for Guelph homeless shelter at former Norfolk Manor
GuelphToday 4Hi Faustus, I have not. This issues gets so much press and response that I figure someone reading this that knows the answer will respond.
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Why is the City of Guelph sleepwalking into a transit strike?
GuelphToday 4A lot of negative words in this lengthy article. I am still looking for the summary of what each side is asking for. These disputes always come down to money even though they say it isn’t about money. How much is the union asking for?
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Guelph Transit strike averted as tentative agreement reached
GuelphToday 1Does anyone know how much of an increase? Anyone?
3- JK19
City seeks public input as staff draft vacant home tax rules
GuelphToday 2Yes Blake I'm very aware of the health care rules. While they are silly I can manage them. What I can’t manage is a city employee monitoring how much time I spend at my house, that I have maintained, that I have paid for and that I still pay city taxes. I still pay someone to cut the grass and shovel the snow. This makes absolutely no sense. I’m not going to sell my home. What is the purpose of taxing me more because I’m not sleeping in my home often enough?
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Ontario’s ‘unofficial estimate’ of homeless population is 234,000: documents
GuelphToday 3“However, the binder notes that 59,100 people receiving Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) payments were homeless as of April 2024 — about six per cent of the total number of OW and ODSP recipients. “The number of adults in Ontario is roughly 10 million. If 6 per cent of ODSP recipients equals 59,100 people then there are roughly 1 million people on ODSP or roughly 10 percent of the adult population. 1 in every 10 people? How is that possible?
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As advocates seek max. temp rules, woman sleeps on kitchen floor to find relief
GuelphToday 1@dougfrank - did you have ac growing up?
2- JK19
Guelph Transit strike averted as tentative agreement reached
GuelphToday 1They deserve what? Did they get a 30% increase? Any idea?
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City names two parks for potential affordable housing projects
GuelphToday 2Respectfully, this is not the right path. The city and province are pushing for increasingly higher density development across our City. We are removing backyards in the process. Now we want to start removing parkland. If this starts, it will not stop. These actions have consequences. Kids today are already less likely to play outside and this will only increase the likelihood of outdoor activities. We will look back at these years and shake our heads
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Guelph Transit strike averted as tentative agreement reached
GuelphToday 1They must have won a huge increase because nobody is talking about the numbers
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BREAKING: Guelph Transit workers set to strike at 12:01 a.m. Thursday
GuelphTodayDoes anyone know how much of an increase the union is asking for?
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High cost means 'no plans to proceed' on restoring Basilica pinnacles
GuelphToday 1@splurfy - it’s a nationally designated heritage site
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