Vancouver's mayor, Ken Sim, committed to zoning reforms as the beginning of the city's broader strategy to combat its housing crisis.
    • tintory@lemm.eeOP
      3·
      9 months ago

      The part of population decline isn’t good if it’s cause is people unable to afford homes or stagnate wages.

      Hell, in the UK Birthrates plummeted because of the sheer damage Tories have caused us since they took over in 2008

      • Greyscale@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        since just 2008? We’ve had 40 years of right and righter wing politics destroying the country and making the infrastructure crumble.

        • tintory@lemm.eeOP
          1·
          9 months ago

          New Labour despite being dipshits did increase social spending including education during 2000 to 2008, just imagine how much higher with something a bit more proper

          • Greyscale@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            They were still full on neolib free market types. Which is why I said right and righter wing.

            We’ve not had a center or left party for decades and FPTP guarentees it.

            • tintory@lemm.eeOP
              1·
              9 months ago

              Yes, as I call them dipshits

              and I pointed out 00’s New Labour increased social spending, and British TFR can be even higher with a party that’s proper left instead of New Labour’s dipshit right