Steve Lafleur
@stevelafleur.bsky.social
Research Director, Building New Foundations for Economic Growth program @IRPP. 🇨🇦
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Steve Lafleur
@stevelafleur.bsky.social
· Nov 26
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by social media.
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me, when I'm trying to sell a DIY reno project to my wife
TRUMP SAYS PROJECT COULD TAKE LESS THAN 18 MONTHS
January 6, 2026 at 3:10 AM
me, when I'm trying to sell a DIY reno project to my wife
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I think the Greenland threat is a troll. I think.
But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office
But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office
January 6, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I think the Greenland threat is a troll. I think.
But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office
But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
If you think there's a long-term condo glut, you're not paying attention.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Minto Apartment REIT going private in $2.3-billion deal as immigration, condo supply hit real estate market
Crestpoint Real Estate Investments paying $18 per unit, a 32% premium over last closing price
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:43 AM
If you think there's a long-term condo glut, you're not paying attention.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Congestion pricing has improved commute times, bus speeds, noise levels, traffic safety, and businesses and restaurants have seen more profits. A runway success by any measure. And a model for other cities too. Gift 🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed. (Gift Article)
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Congestion pricing has improved commute times, bus speeds, noise levels, traffic safety, and businesses and restaurants have seen more profits. A runway success by any measure. And a model for other cities too. Gift 🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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In the before times, you might have expected some shame or at least embarrassment from people whose initial 48 hours of reactions amounted to "you've gotta hand it to Trump, Maduro's Chavismo regime is bad bad bad and freeing Venezuela of it is a virtue, even if it was illegal" now that...
January 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
In the before times, you might have expected some shame or at least embarrassment from people whose initial 48 hours of reactions amounted to "you've gotta hand it to Trump, Maduro's Chavismo regime is bad bad bad and freeing Venezuela of it is a virtue, even if it was illegal" now that...
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
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Precisely. This isn’t about Kelly as if they expect it to have any effect on him or other members of Congress. It’s about using his prominence to make an example of what they can and will do to people vastly less powerful and secure.
This is designed to have a chilling effect on all retired service members. The message is that if you speak out, you risk your retirement pay.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Sen. Mark Kelly will face administrative action
January 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Precisely. This isn’t about Kelly as if they expect it to have any effect on him or other members of Congress. It’s about using his prominence to make an example of what they can and will do to people vastly less powerful and secure.
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One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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NEW POST
While cities across North America struggle with housing shortages, Edmonton is proving that zoning reform works.
In 2025, for the first time in history, the number of homes permitted in 5-8 unit rowhomes surpassed detached homes. 🧵
#yeg #yegcc #yimby
www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/zb...
While cities across North America struggle with housing shortages, Edmonton is proving that zoning reform works.
In 2025, for the first time in history, the number of homes permitted in 5-8 unit rowhomes surpassed detached homes. 🧵
#yeg #yegcc #yimby
www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/zb...
2025: The year Edmonton built the missing middle – Jacob Dawang
Edmonton’s zoning reform is working. In 2025, newly legalized eight-home rowhomes drove a record increase in homebuilding, achieved by redeveloping only 0.39% of properties in mature neighbourhoods.
www.jacobdawang.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
NEW POST
While cities across North America struggle with housing shortages, Edmonton is proving that zoning reform works.
In 2025, for the first time in history, the number of homes permitted in 5-8 unit rowhomes surpassed detached homes. 🧵
#yeg #yegcc #yimby
www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/zb...
While cities across North America struggle with housing shortages, Edmonton is proving that zoning reform works.
In 2025, for the first time in history, the number of homes permitted in 5-8 unit rowhomes surpassed detached homes. 🧵
#yeg #yegcc #yimby
www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/zb...
Deleted a post about how driving dangerously fast downtown is bad.
I'm not a New Year's resolutions guy, but maybe I'll try to argue less with strangers on the internet.
I'm not a New Year's resolutions guy, but maybe I'll try to argue less with strangers on the internet.
January 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Deleted a post about how driving dangerously fast downtown is bad.
I'm not a New Year's resolutions guy, but maybe I'll try to argue less with strangers on the internet.
I'm not a New Year's resolutions guy, but maybe I'll try to argue less with strangers on the internet.
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Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:
January 5, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:
I've spent a non-trivial portion of the day explaining this to people in my DMs. Had no idea simple facts about oil supply chains are controversial.
A reminder that this entire to-do started because Sky pointed out - with their relevant professional experience - that Venezuelan oil is Not Great and offers really no advantage over Canadian Tar Sands oil, and therefore, to the extent that this war *is* about oil, it's a dumb reason to go to war
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I've spent a non-trivial portion of the day explaining this to people in my DMs. Had no idea simple facts about oil supply chains are controversial.
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"As with so many things, Trump didn’t invent a bloated, power-grabbing presidency, but he has brought it to its inevitable conclusion, the very thing most feared by the Founders: A madman able to plunge the country into war on a whim."
Trump’s Bogus Rationale for Invading Venezuela Is an Impeachable Offense
The Framers would have regarded this president as an out-of-control lunatic in desperate need of reining in by Congress
www.theunpopulist.net
January 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM
"As with so many things, Trump didn’t invent a bloated, power-grabbing presidency, but he has brought it to its inevitable conclusion, the very thing most feared by the Founders: A madman able to plunge the country into war on a whim."
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Jesus Christ. Every Sunday host should be asking every Republican if they think Tim Walz murdered Melissa Hortman. And when they say no, ask what it says about this president that he’s amplifying this garbage.
January 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jesus Christ. Every Sunday host should be asking every Republican if they think Tim Walz murdered Melissa Hortman. And when they say no, ask what it says about this president that he’s amplifying this garbage.
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BIG split between those who know and those who don't know that much about the history and current state of Venezuela's oil industry.
January 4, 2026 at 10:34 PM
BIG split between those who know and those who don't know that much about the history and current state of Venezuela's oil industry.
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So a lot of the charges against Maduro are either cocaine importation, which Trump pardoned Hernandez for, or owning machine guns, which is a constitutionally protected right in the US
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 AM
So a lot of the charges against Maduro are either cocaine importation, which Trump pardoned Hernandez for, or owning machine guns, which is a constitutionally protected right in the US
I'm sure this will end well...
January 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I'm sure this will end well...
Resist Doomerism. Embrace incremental progress.
From Montreal Politics to Moving Abroad: Answering Your Urbanism Questions
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youtu.be/jfDuQFlbw3Q
From Montreal Politics to Moving Abroad: Answering Your Urbanism Questions
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
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January 3, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Resist Doomerism. Embrace incremental progress.
At a bar watching World Juniors. Eighteen year old kid who didn't appear intoxicated fell like a tree and had a seizure. Paramedics took forever to get in because some asshat parked in front of the door. 🤦♂️
January 3, 2026 at 3:13 AM
At a bar watching World Juniors. Eighteen year old kid who didn't appear intoxicated fell like a tree and had a seizure. Paramedics took forever to get in because some asshat parked in front of the door. 🤦♂️
Underrated solution.
I, on the other hand, think that we should fix surface transit rather than just blow all our money on subways.
January 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Underrated solution.
*slaps hood*
We can put so much housing at this GO station!
We can put so much housing at this GO station!
January 1, 2026 at 6:24 PM
*slaps hood*
We can put so much housing at this GO station!
We can put so much housing at this GO station!
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And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.