Derek Antoine
@derekantoine.bsky.social
PhD. I spend my days thinking about better housing outcomes @cmhc. Teacher @carleton_u. Keep it positive.
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Quick calcs: U.S. tariff is on 80% of #cdnecon exports (not on services), trade-weighted average rate of 15% (25% goods; 10% energy).
If U.S. demand falls in proportion to the tariff (to illustrate), then that's a $160 billion hit ($100b direct + $60b upstream), ~3% of total.
If U.S. demand falls in proportion to the tariff (to illustrate), then that's a $160 billion hit ($100b direct + $60b upstream), ~3% of total.
February 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Quick calcs: U.S. tariff is on 80% of #cdnecon exports (not on services), trade-weighted average rate of 15% (25% goods; 10% energy).
If U.S. demand falls in proportion to the tariff (to illustrate), then that's a $160 billion hit ($100b direct + $60b upstream), ~3% of total.
If U.S. demand falls in proportion to the tariff (to illustrate), then that's a $160 billion hit ($100b direct + $60b upstream), ~3% of total.
Canada as a state would add 54 mostly Dem members of congress, 2 Dem senators, and put additional 54 Pres. electoral college votes in the Dem column.
Canada as a 51st State? Republicans Would Never Win Another General Election
Since his re-election, Donald Trump has drawn plenty of attention for neo-annexationist propositions made on social media about the Panama Canal, Greenland and Canada — including in the hours followin...
newsroom.carleton.ca
January 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Canada as a state would add 54 mostly Dem members of congress, 2 Dem senators, and put additional 54 Pres. electoral college votes in the Dem column.
Everyone’s Christmas tree today:
a large white house with columns and a tree in front of it
ALT: a large white house with columns and a tree in front of it
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Everyone’s Christmas tree today:
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The 10 supervised drug consumption sites being forced to shut down this spring prevented nearly 1,600 fatal opioid overdoses in one year, Ontario’s auditor general has found.
www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
Ontario shutting down supervised consumption sites without assessing harm to drug users: auditor
Health Minister Sylvia Jones once promised that ‘people are not going to die,’ but the province hasn’t tried to figure out if they will or not, the auditor general reports
www.thetrillium.ca
December 3, 2024 at 4:10 PM
The 10 supervised drug consumption sites being forced to shut down this spring prevented nearly 1,600 fatal opioid overdoses in one year, Ontario’s auditor general has found.
www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
November 30, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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The HPV vaccine has been recommended in the US since 2006. New study out today shows that cervical cancer deaths in young women in the years that followed have plummeted, decreasing 15% per year from 2013-2015.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cervical Cancer Mortality Among US Women Younger Than 25 Years
This study examines trends in cervical cancer mortality in US women aged younger than 25 years before and after the introduction of human papillomavirus vaccines.
jamanetwork.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:43 AM
The HPV vaccine has been recommended in the US since 2006. New study out today shows that cervical cancer deaths in young women in the years that followed have plummeted, decreasing 15% per year from 2013-2015.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Welcome one and all to Bluesky. Folks, please add a short description of who you are so I know who I’m following back.
November 23, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Welcome one and all to Bluesky. Folks, please add a short description of who you are so I know who I’m following back.
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EV chargers pay off for retailers. So do bike lanes and pedestrian-only streets/superblocks. The answers are in front of us: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
Installing E.V. Chargers is Finally Paying Off for Retailers
Companies see charging as a potentially profitable business in and of itself, not just as a spur for foot traffic and sales.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:02 PM
EV chargers pay off for retailers. So do bike lanes and pedestrian-only streets/superblocks. The answers are in front of us: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
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Bluesky right now feels a little like all the Whos gathering to sing after the Grinch stole their floofloovers and jingtinglers.
November 15, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Bluesky right now feels a little like all the Whos gathering to sing after the Grinch stole their floofloovers and jingtinglers.
Bluesky is bumpin these past days. Wonderful to see new and old faces here. And not over there.
November 14, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Bluesky is bumpin these past days. Wonderful to see new and old faces here. And not over there.
“Our wealthiest, most desirable cities have highest rates of homelessness as ppl compete for 🏡. Poverty, mental illness & addictions then serve not as causes, but as discriminators of who is most likely to become homeless when 🏡 is deeply unaffordable.” lfpress.com/opinion/colu...
Oudshoorn: Poverty, addiction, mental illness not causes of homelessness, success is
The homelessness crisis in London is an outcome of our successes: rapid growth and high desirability leading to an increase in housing costs
lfpress.com
November 10, 2024 at 8:56 PM
“Our wealthiest, most desirable cities have highest rates of homelessness as ppl compete for 🏡. Poverty, mental illness & addictions then serve not as causes, but as discriminators of who is most likely to become homeless when 🏡 is deeply unaffordable.” lfpress.com/opinion/colu...
My 2024 resolution is to reconnect with all you smart, wonderful, entertaining people I lost touch with throughout the pandemic. #NYE2024
January 1, 2024 at 1:45 AM
My 2024 resolution is to reconnect with all you smart, wonderful, entertaining people I lost touch with throughout the pandemic. #NYE2024
Following BC’s smart move last month, feds to revive CMHC wartime blueprint housing to speed construction approvals apple.news/AGHHs6xLLTU6...
December 11, 2023 at 11:07 PM
Following BC’s smart move last month, feds to revive CMHC wartime blueprint housing to speed construction approvals apple.news/AGHHs6xLLTU6...
Hoping this place is better than the other place.
December 3, 2023 at 1:25 AM
Hoping this place is better than the other place.