I give myself a veto over my neighbour’s cat.

The city should put out an RFP asking for bids to run the building.

“What Winnipeg’s next election will mean for Canada-Liberia bilateral relations”

I just read the ruling (someone else shared it with me - apparently the Freep published it) and it just looks like vibes. No legal analysis at all. Administrative law at its worst.

Imagine if an unelected board gave the Foot Locker formal veto powers over what the owners of Polo Park do with their parking lot.

You can can tell your kid that your Bluesky habit just sold four tickets!

Maybe if someone tells him the word is Arabic he’ll be afraid of them.

www.etymonline.com/word/tariff

Can you share the ruling?

Great thread. But I just can’t get mandelbrot the cookie out of my head. I think I need to make some.

The dress so good it is illegal in Ontario.

The location premium (Tuxedo, River Heights) is very high. My West Broadway house would be twice the value 500m away in Wolsley.

And Winnipeg likely has a much higher variability of ‘normal’ residential property values. ( while Calgary no doubt has more high end). Parts of the North end have properties you can buy for <$100k.

But, a property of the same value covers 4 times the proportion. So, twice the tax.

So the further your property is above the average Winnipeg property value - even if $150k less than house in Calgary - your relative share will be higher.

*Frontage, exempt properties, etc make it complicated

Calgary, 2025, total assessed value of $442B. The Winnipeg 2022 seems to be about $100B. Call Calgary $400B.

So a house the same price in both cities is (roughly) worth 4 times more of the assessed base in Winnipeg, as a %.

Winnipeg has half the per capita tax level of Calgary.

Wholesalers for small restaurants sometimes have stores regular people can buy from.

I’m so messed up by doing the same in the maritimes, and then speaking French, that I can reliably be observed calling all three meals dinner.

Not helpful. The kids think it is hilarious.

Side note: in PEI, “a lunch” is a snack (say little sandwiches and dainties) in a hall after an event.

The Calgary median and average salaries are ~20-30% higher than Winnipeg. Winnipeg property taxes are half those of Calgary. And I’ll bet there’s no progressive school property tax rebate there.

I wish we had well-funded city services on a tax base that was income-adjusted similar to Calgary.

Property value is highly correlated with income, and the $1500 school tax rebate has a progressive impact on overall taxation levels. So, on a % of income basis, property tax is already fairly progressive.

And it is very low relative to other cities.

Nothing about this empty lot in a dense(-ish), walkable and well-connected by transit neighbourhood should ever change. Not like the country is in a housing crisis.