Dave Vasilevsky
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but that's just a local effect. It's hard to say what the overall impact is.
More generally, even if it is having an impact on rent, there's a well known solution called "build some more housing". Seems a lot easier than hurting thousands of students, educators and others.
More generally, even if it is having an impact on rent, there's a well known solution called "build some more housing". Seems a lot easier than hurting thousands of students, educators and others.
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
but that's just a local effect. It's hard to say what the overall impact is.
More generally, even if it is having an impact on rent, there's a well known solution called "build some more housing". Seems a lot easier than hurting thousands of students, educators and others.
More generally, even if it is having an impact on rent, there's a well known solution called "build some more housing". Seems a lot easier than hurting thousands of students, educators and others.
I was talking about what sentiments I was hearing. It's still unclear to me what effects international students are having on housing. Mike Moffatt talked about prices going down a lot in some Ontario college towns after sutdent quotas were cut, which sounded fairly convincing,
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I was talking about what sentiments I was hearing. It's still unclear to me what effects international students are having on housing. Mike Moffatt talked about prices going down a lot in some Ontario college towns after sutdent quotas were cut, which sounded fairly convincing,
It feels like there's a gaping political space for someone to talk about higher education as one of Canada's most successful exports, at a time when trade is threatened. Not sure why nobody in politics has been jumping in!
November 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It feels like there's a gaping political space for someone to talk about higher education as one of Canada's most successful exports, at a time when trade is threatened. Not sure why nobody in politics has been jumping in!
It's also really weird to have an across-the-board cut. Most of the complaints I hear about international students have to do with housing, but that impact varies drastically by region. It might even make more sense to just download international student targets to the provinces?
November 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
It's also really weird to have an across-the-board cut. Most of the complaints I hear about international students have to do with housing, but that impact varies drastically by region. It might even make more sense to just download international student targets to the provinces?
The Globe & Mail claims it was 306K in 2025: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... Still a really big cut!
Ottawa’s immigration plan halves international student intake
Ottawa says the cut aims to ease housing and health care system pressures
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The Globe & Mail claims it was 306K in 2025: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... Still a really big cut!
It was mostly minorities who left, either English speakers or immigrants. Maybe 1/3 of the city supported separation, some others didn't care too much, many didn't think it could win. So it was "just" 100-150 K who left.
October 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It was mostly minorities who left, either English speakers or immigrants. Maybe 1/3 of the city supported separation, some others didn't care too much, many didn't think it could win. So it was "just" 100-150 K who left.
And here in the 90s! We had a separation referendum, and not much clarity about what might happen in the event of a "yes". Turns out it's easy to lower housing prices, if you just get thousands of people to not want to live there anymore.
October 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
And here in the 90s! We had a separation referendum, and not much clarity about what might happen in the event of a "yes". Turns out it's easy to lower housing prices, if you just get thousands of people to not want to live there anymore.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hardcover.app is another alternative, that's working on going open source! It also has a KOReader plugin that works pretty well.
Thank you so much for all your work on AoC!
October 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Thank you so much for all your work on AoC!
I'm struck by the emphasis on funding community organisations. I could imagine this either helping or hurting—is there any evidence on this?
October 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I'm struck by the emphasis on funding community organisations. I could imagine this either helping or hurting—is there any evidence on this?
Please do file a bug report, maybe we can learn if others are experiencing the same thing.
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Please do file a bug report, maybe we can learn if others are experiencing the same thing.
I'm the one who added support for hybrid Nvidia graphics to KDE: invent.kde.org/frameworks/k... But I have no idea how to tell what's wrong with your case, just "works for me" 🥲
October 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm the one who added support for hybrid Nvidia graphics to KDE: invent.kde.org/frameworks/k... But I have no idea how to tell what's wrong with your case, just "works for me" 🥲
The names are terrible, but at least one or two of these are actual parties, not just personal vehicles that change radically at every election. I'm so done with "Équipe $PERSON" as a party name.
October 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The names are terrible, but at least one or two of these are actual parties, not just personal vehicles that change radically at every election. I'm so done with "Équipe $PERSON" as a party name.
I miss "pizzaghetti"! It used to be more common in Montreal.
October 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I miss "pizzaghetti"! It used to be more common in Montreal.
Thanks for always providing a text version!
September 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Thanks for always providing a text version!
@andresfontecilla.bsky.social Est-ce que QS aura une déclaration à ce sujet ? Il faut que nos représentants se battent pour la santé de tous !
September 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
@andresfontecilla.bsky.social Est-ce que QS aura une déclaration à ce sujet ? Il faut que nos représentants se battent pour la santé de tous !
But if one or two Hamas members were hurt or killed (while the rest escape), and the only consequences are some countries in MENA/Europe make tsk-ing noises, I could imaging that being spun as success.
September 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
But if one or two Hamas members were hurt or killed (while the rest escape), and the only consequences are some countries in MENA/Europe make tsk-ing noises, I could imaging that being spun as success.
That's fair. I'm not really sure what is the threshold of "failed", though. Certainly if there's no impact on anyone in Hamas, and actual consequences from allies, that would be a clear failure.
September 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
That's fair. I'm not really sure what is the threshold of "failed", though. Certainly if there's no impact on anyone in Hamas, and actual consequences from allies, that would be a clear failure.