Questions about side effects of densification I agree that there is a need for more housing.
Since Victoria is bounded by other municipalities and the waterfront, densification is our only option for increased housing, so I do support it.
Unfortunately, I have no answers, just questions. I hope these factors are being considered during the planning phase of new development.We must spend 2% on Canada’s defence Re: “Navy, coast guard plans carry a huge cost,” letter, April 11. That is why the price tag for renewing our military is so high now – we are in catchup mode in a big way.Canada for its defence depends on multilateral defence alliances, but the cost of partnership is at least two per cent of our GDP. This cost is covered by governments from revenues from many sources over and above the individual taxpayer.
At present, this important economic strength is being squandered subsidizing extremely profitable private corporations; for example, the fossil fuel extraction industry to the tune of more than $15 billion in 2022 while that sector raked in profits of $34.7 billion in 2022, more than double the $15.1 billion in profit they booked in 2021.
And municipal governments cheer this cartoon ever higher because schools and parks and sewage treatment operations depend on property taxes, or, as was stated above, never-ending inflation of housing prices. Get help, sick ones, you’re only hurting yourself every time you hurt others. If you do bad, bad will haunt you. If you do good, goodness will follow you.Things are getting worse, in so many ways Is our world deteriorating faster each day? U.S. politics appear to be in complete chaos with mass shootings rising in numbers. The arguments over gun laws are making things extremely difficult for U.S. citizens. In Canada we have had police officers in several confrontations injured or killed.
Where do we draw the line that says they take what they’re handed and then it’s up to them to try to better their lives?
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