Wendy Waters
@wendywaters.bsky.social
Analyze how we live, work, and invest in cities. Seem to have developed some (rental) housing expertise. Also like to talk about offices and CRE.
Find me on LinkedIn for my job title and formal posts. This site is for my own Blue Sky thinking.
Find me on LinkedIn for my job title and formal posts. This site is for my own Blue Sky thinking.
Sad. Bike lanes are part of what makes Montreal so awesome.
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Sad. Bike lanes are part of what makes Montreal so awesome.
But I see new typical family homes in the Vancouver and Toronto markets are still subject to the GST.
It’s hard (impossible?) to add new 3 bedroom homes of any type (high rise condo or ground) for less than $1M, even if the developer makes $0 profit.
It’s hard (impossible?) to add new 3 bedroom homes of any type (high rise condo or ground) for less than $1M, even if the developer makes $0 profit.
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
But I see new typical family homes in the Vancouver and Toronto markets are still subject to the GST.
It’s hard (impossible?) to add new 3 bedroom homes of any type (high rise condo or ground) for less than $1M, even if the developer makes $0 profit.
It’s hard (impossible?) to add new 3 bedroom homes of any type (high rise condo or ground) for less than $1M, even if the developer makes $0 profit.
Didn’t he really just impose additional taxes on Americans because he doesn’t like an ad?
Punishes Americans because Ontario premier Doug Ford ran an ad about Reagan in red states?
Punishes Americans because Ontario premier Doug Ford ran an ad about Reagan in red states?
October 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Didn’t he really just impose additional taxes on Americans because he doesn’t like an ad?
Punishes Americans because Ontario premier Doug Ford ran an ad about Reagan in red states?
Punishes Americans because Ontario premier Doug Ford ran an ad about Reagan in red states?
Search for information
Including the source.
For example, “find me th statistics Canada table with labour force survey data by metropolitan area. “
I don’t trust it to necessarily tell me the numbers, as it can hallucinate. But it is really fast for finding sources.
Including the source.
For example, “find me th statistics Canada table with labour force survey data by metropolitan area. “
I don’t trust it to necessarily tell me the numbers, as it can hallucinate. But it is really fast for finding sources.
October 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Search for information
Including the source.
For example, “find me th statistics Canada table with labour force survey data by metropolitan area. “
I don’t trust it to necessarily tell me the numbers, as it can hallucinate. But it is really fast for finding sources.
Including the source.
For example, “find me th statistics Canada table with labour force survey data by metropolitan area. “
I don’t trust it to necessarily tell me the numbers, as it can hallucinate. But it is really fast for finding sources.
Hasnt he said this a few times now?
October 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hasnt he said this a few times now?
Oxycontin and other supposedly non addictive opioids became widely prescribed in that year, I would assume.
September 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Oxycontin and other supposedly non addictive opioids became widely prescribed in that year, I would assume.
We have door to door delivery and dislike it. Just junk mail. A killed tree every week.
We have important stuff (what little we still get) sent to a PO Box already. Have for 25 years.
We have important stuff (what little we still get) sent to a PO Box already. Have for 25 years.
September 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
We have door to door delivery and dislike it. Just junk mail. A killed tree every week.
We have important stuff (what little we still get) sent to a PO Box already. Have for 25 years.
We have important stuff (what little we still get) sent to a PO Box already. Have for 25 years.
Not available in a lot of the US, including Seattle. Affiliate wont air it.
September 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Not available in a lot of the US, including Seattle. Affiliate wont air it.
Anyone in Canada know if the show will air here if the closest affiliate usually on your TV is not airing it.
September 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Anyone in Canada know if the show will air here if the closest affiliate usually on your TV is not airing it.
Exactly. It’s good for Canada. We need the young, skilled labour force. What we also need is some of this group over time to do their own start ups. It would be nice to not be sending all the profits from work done in Canada back to Silicon Valley or Seattle. But it’s better than not having it
September 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Exactly. It’s good for Canada. We need the young, skilled labour force. What we also need is some of this group over time to do their own start ups. It would be nice to not be sending all the profits from work done in Canada back to Silicon Valley or Seattle. But it’s better than not having it
In Trump 1.0 there was a coworking-like place in Calgary Canada set up to house people working for US tech companies who had H1B issues. Secure servers and connections to their US employer, but paid via Canada and working in Canada. I wonder if this will be a massive growth industry for Canada.
September 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
In Trump 1.0 there was a coworking-like place in Calgary Canada set up to house people working for US tech companies who had H1B issues. Secure servers and connections to their US employer, but paid via Canada and working in Canada. I wonder if this will be a massive growth industry for Canada.
Get detained n a detention centre or El Salvador, I suspect the H1-b is basically over in all
But name.
But name.
September 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Get detained n a detention centre or El Salvador, I suspect the H1-b is basically over in all
But name.
But name.
Exactly. The airlines will have to decide. I suspect initially if you have an H1-B in your passport they will let you on. If they start having to pay for return flights for those not admitted, they will ask about the $100K.
Of course if people arriving in the US who haven’t paid the $100K ….
Of course if people arriving in the US who haven’t paid the $100K ….
September 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Exactly. The airlines will have to decide. I suspect initially if you have an H1-B in your passport they will let you on. If they start having to pay for return flights for those not admitted, they will ask about the $100K.
Of course if people arriving in the US who haven’t paid the $100K ….
Of course if people arriving in the US who haven’t paid the $100K ….
Not to mention the pro-stagflation stance. At least 50% of news stories should be in favour of higher prices and a shrinking economy with lower average incomes.
September 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Not to mention the pro-stagflation stance. At least 50% of news stories should be in favour of higher prices and a shrinking economy with lower average incomes.
The flat earthers deserve to have equal coverage at astronomy conventions.
September 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The flat earthers deserve to have equal coverage at astronomy conventions.
Risk of ending up in detention?
To avoid: fly to US via Canada if you’re from a country with automatic travel visa status for Canada. Then fly to US from Canada. You clear US immigration on Canadian soil at airport. If you are deemed inadmissible, you’re simply left in Canada.
To avoid: fly to US via Canada if you’re from a country with automatic travel visa status for Canada. Then fly to US from Canada. You clear US immigration on Canadian soil at airport. If you are deemed inadmissible, you’re simply left in Canada.
September 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Risk of ending up in detention?
To avoid: fly to US via Canada if you’re from a country with automatic travel visa status for Canada. Then fly to US from Canada. You clear US immigration on Canadian soil at airport. If you are deemed inadmissible, you’re simply left in Canada.
To avoid: fly to US via Canada if you’re from a country with automatic travel visa status for Canada. Then fly to US from Canada. You clear US immigration on Canadian soil at airport. If you are deemed inadmissible, you’re simply left in Canada.
How are airlines going to interpret this? They typically don’t want to bring someone to a country where they will not be admitted as the airline could be responsible for taking them back to originating country.
September 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
How are airlines going to interpret this? They typically don’t want to bring someone to a country where they will not be admitted as the airline could be responsible for taking them back to originating country.
Haven’t worked from home from my attic office in a while so just getting a good look at this. Side patio or parking for sure (dual use?) and the open-to-below skylights make sense, although with the asymmetry, have me wondering.
September 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Haven’t worked from home from my attic office in a while so just getting a good look at this. Side patio or parking for sure (dual use?) and the open-to-below skylights make sense, although with the asymmetry, have me wondering.
Not sure if it’s yours @lanefab.com or if it is Smallworks
September 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Not sure if it’s yours @lanefab.com or if it is Smallworks