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On Terror Quotas & City Planners Who Don’t Sell Condos For A Living

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by Sean Orr | Terrifying news: New revelations that the government gave bureaucrats a quota for three terror-related messages a week. Whoa, that’s more than ISIS! No wait, that’s more than George W. Bush Obama! Prompting the question, who owns the word “terror” and is it time to stop using it?

Wait for it… Conservatives hiding budget details ahead of election, opposition says. Quick, mention the word “terror”! Alas, even Mr. Mulcair has fallen for the balanced budget rhetoric.

It’s been 20 years since Paul Martin declared he would erase the federal government’s chronic deficit, “come hell or high water.” The world has changed a lot since then. Economic thinking has evolved. Yet Canada’s politicians carry on like it is the 1990s, convinced there is a binary relationship between balanced budgets and economic growth.

Speaking of, er, growth, 10 years after promising change, Stephen Harper now says he wants to abolish the Senate. Next he’ll announce he’s growing a beard. Or a heart. Or even better, the economy.

But to quote Jim Prentice, “I know that math is difficult“. Yeah. I mean, why not just give each Canadian a million bucks.

Better yet, tell them you’re giving them $720 when you’re really only giving them $158.12.

Perhaps everyone in Ottawa is too busy banging other peoples’ wives on Ashley Madison to learn math…

Meanwhile, Man in blue suit thanks firefighters. Better yet, man in blue suit who doesn’t believe in climate change thanks firefighters. Oooh, burn!

Speaking of not believing in facts: No, you’re not entitled to your opinion. This is great but there’s no way strawberry ice cream is better than chocolate.

Wonder what we’ll get first, a boring old regular tsunami or a super fun rent increase tsunami! We can surf the wave like Keanu until the breaking point!

Although Gregor makes a lot of sense in that interview, why did Vancouver’s chief city planner just quit? I thought our chief city planner was named Bob Rennie?

Here’s your answer:

Related Craigslist of the day: Free place for a cool girl, English Bay. Seems legit.

Bonus: An interview with the only person to nail the “smoke weed everyday” line from that Dr. Dre song.

On Ken Sim’s So-Called “Swagger” and ABC’S Class War

Sean Orr is back from his hiatus with a rundown of the local headlines that have been running on a ticker tape through his mind over the past six months...

On Post-Election Recuperation, Platform Paradoxes and Refund Communities

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds irony in "safety, affordability, and sustainability", and shouts out a bunch of amazing local organizations working on the frontlines.

On Running for City Council, Playing Whack-a-Mole with Homelessness, and the Public Washroom Deficit

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds a park ranger with a grudge, a gross misuse of air quotes and Tripadvisor slander.

On Living in a City Preoccupied with Street Cleaning, Chandeliers, and Campaigns Against the Homeless

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr hones in on the recent Langley shootings, and the ongoing criminalizing and dehumanizing of the homeless population.