Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[GGG]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

The 15-minute city has been discussed for months. However, it’s a municipal decision. I don’t understand why people complain about having services nearby.

They belive that putting substantial tolls on neighbourhood grid roads to reduce traffic congestion and forcing people to use the arterial and ring roads to go between districts is equivalent to locking people in districts.

[Wastedyouth]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

The 15-minute city has been discussed for months. However, it’s a municipal decision. I don’t understand why people complain about having services nearby.

They don't. They believe it's the beginning of restricted movement and authoritarian control.

It's ####ing so stupid.

I have fielded calls and emails and in person conversations about my stance on 15 minute cities and if I support them or would ever allow them in my Municipality....

I am a Councillor in a RURAL municipality.

Peoples ####ing brains are broken.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

Would any of the UCP supporters care to share their thoughts on why it is that people who think like this support the same party that they do?

Theo represents the average UCP supporter.

[Torture]

Private, invite only event but sure, they no idea who those people were.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1651666831902646272

[Cain]

I haven't kept up with all the things some people choose to be angry or outraged with, so I just looked up 15 minute cities and the first result defined it as:

Called the 15-minute city, the idea is that everyday destinations such as schools, stores and offices should be only a short walk or bike ride away from home. A group of nearly 100 mayors worldwide embraced it as a way to help recover from the pandemic.

Why is this something people would even be against? It seems like a pretty decent thing to shoot for.

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by Cain

I haven't kept up with all the things some people choose to be angry or outraged with, so I just looked up 15 minute cities and the first result defined it as:

Called the 15-minute city, the idea is that everyday destinations such as schools, stores and offices should be only a short walk or bike ride away from home. A group of nearly 100 mayors worldwide embraced it as a way to help recover from the pandemic.

Why is this something people would even be against? It seems like a pretty decent thing to shoot for.

The tinfoil spin is that this is tied to COVID lockdowns. The ultimate "goal" of globalists (lol, this is so funny to type, globalists!) is to contain people in 15-minute "zones" where vaccination status and other factors prevent you from ever leaving said zone. Essentially, open-air concentration camps.

That's it. There's no more explanation given. No thought given at all to why anyone would want or profit from this.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by Cain

I haven't kept up with all the things some people choose to be angry or outraged with, so I just looked up 15 minute cities and the first result defined it as:

Called the 15-minute city, the idea is that everyday destinations such as schools, stores and offices should be only a short walk or bike ride away from home. A group of nearly 100 mayors worldwide embraced it as a way to help recover from the pandemic.

Why is this something people would even be against? It seems like a pretty decent thing to shoot for.

The idiots are saying they’ll be walled in and/or fined if they leave their zone. Seriously, how stupid do you have to be?

[looooob]

Originally Posted by looooob

in my cursory review I can look at 3 sets of numbers all independently say something ( most likely troublesome) about what graduating med students are thinking about a) family medicine and b) Alberta


there are as best I can tell 351 unfilled spots through round 1 of CARMS (all specialties, all universities)


of those 49/351 are in Alberta (14%). I don't know how that compares to other years- but I think the Alberta population is roughly 11% of the Canadian population (napkin math, and doesn't equate to residency seats) so despite what used to be a perceived or real Alberta advantage (based on a number of factors) alberta generally underperformed in the match


Across the whole country of the 351 unmatched spots 260 are in family medicine, that is 75%. that is not a total news flash, but I suspect this number is trending up with time. most of the unmatched positions are in family medicine as opposed to specialties (despite some specialties really not faring super well for job prospects post residency. the other specialties with quite a few unfilled spots (distributed widely as opposed to one or two problem programs) are psychiatry and public health (the latter likely never a really popular option- but interesting coming out of a pandemic)


finally of the entire 260 unfilled family medicine slots 42/260 (16%) are in Alberta- again suggests some truth to the fact that family medicine in Alberta is being disproportionately avoided


(this was entirely based on mental math, so my tallies may be totally off in which case ignore what I just wrote)

After 2nd round of CARMS- 100 unfilled family medicine positions. 73 in Quebec, 22 in Alberta, 5 in REST OF CANADA ( ZERO in BC, SK, MB)



unfilled specialty medicine positions- (all)- 6 - 2 in Public health and then a rare trace in other disciplines

[Geraldsh]

Originally Posted by looooob

After 2nd round of CARMS- 100 unfilled family medicine positions. 73 in Quebec, 22 in Alberta, 5 in REST OF CANADA ( ZERO in BC, SK, MB)



unfilled specialty medicine positions- (all)- 6 - 2 in Public health and then a rare trace in other disciplines

So there are really only 5 actual infilled family medicine positions if you discount the caveats that in Quebec you have to speak French and in Alberta you have to be an idiot.

[woob]

Finally got around to making my $NDP donation today and requesting my lawn sign. I think my Gondek sign lasted less than a week before it vanished, so I'll need to figure out a way to better secure my NDP sign. Thankfully, a handful of my neighbours support NDP, so maybe we can make a little bit of an orange corridor!

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

Theo represents the average UCP supporter.

You may be right, in which case I guess I’d pose the question to someone who considers themselves to be an above average UCP supporter.

[calculoso]

Originally Posted by Cain

I haven't kept up with all the things some people choose to be angry or outraged with, so I just looked up 15 minute cities and the first result defined it as:

Called the 15-minute city, the idea is that everyday destinations such as schools, stores and offices should be only a short walk or bike ride away from home. A group of nearly 100 mayors worldwide embraced it as a way to help recover from the pandemic.

Why is this something people would even be against? It seems like a pretty decent thing to shoot for.

My only complaint about the 15-minute city: what happens if you don’t have a car (everything is close!) and you lose or change jobs. Not everyone can get a job 15 mins from their house (especially in the GTA where 1 to 2 hour commutes (each way) aren’t unusual.

My answer: suck it up and make a decision. If everything but your job is 15 mins away from your house, you’re in a great spot. Or move. It is still a better goal/situation than job an hour a way, grocery 30 mins in other direction, etc.

[accord1999]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

The 15-minute city has been discussed for months. However, it’s a municipal decision. I don’t understand why people complain about having services nearby.

Because the practical logistics of a travel radius of 1 km means that most people will have access to fewer services, amenities, job opportunities or pay an extremely high cost for housing for the limited areas (usually city cores) where this can happen.

Originally Posted by Cain

Called the 15-minute city, the idea is that everyday destinations such as schools, stores and offices should be only a short walk or bike ride away from home. A group of nearly 100 mayors worldwide embraced it as a way to help recover from the pandemic.

Many of these mayors are desperate to reduce the loss of people to the suburbs.

Why is this something people would even be against? It seems like a pretty decent thing to shoot for.

A lot of people don't want to be limited to only services and amenities and jobs within a short distance. Even in a denser and older area like urban England, 15 minutes walking and transit gets you few key services.





15-minute cities are an idealized concept that in practice doesn't really work for the bulk of the population. It can work if you are rich, or if you're a tourist/short-term visitor.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

The point of 15 minute cities isn't that cities are limtied to that size.
Nor is it about not letting people out of their 15 minute bubble.

The idea is to build communities where people can get most of what they need, and can even work within a 15 minute radius.

A good example of this is Quarry park where there are a lot of amenities in the area, as well as some major employers (Imperial, Bayer).

People are free to live there and work in any part of the city, and they can go to any restaurant or grocery store in the city.
People are allowed to live in any part of the city and commute to the Bayer office, or go grab a bite to eat at one of the restaurants there.

But for some people, they can live there (or in an adjacent community), work for one of the employers (including a lot of good/high paying white collar jobs), and get 90% of their basic needs met without going very far. Essentially, they have almost everything they need from a city, within 15 minutes of their home.

That's just good design, and the people that live there, and in any other community in the city, still have the choice to live/work/recreate wherever they want.

How are people afraid of, or opposed to this type of development?

[belsarius]

Its funny, reading through those graphs about how few services are within 15 mins, just makes me think that this is a good idea to increase the number of services within 15 minutes.

Like, you just proved the point of changing the planning concept of cities to make them more livable.

[bagofpucks]

Got another mail out today, this time from the correct incumbent UCP MLA at least. It says “on May 29, vote UCP to keep Alberta moving forward” so is the election official now?

[BlackArcher101]

I don't care if it becomes a 5min plan, just get me a japanese convenience store on every corner please, then I will never leave the community.

[accord1999]

Originally Posted by belsarius

Its funny, reading through those graphs about how few services are within 15 mins, just makes me think that this is a good idea to increase the number of services within 15 minutes.

Like, you just proved the point of changing the planning concept of cities to make them more livable.

What if it's not practical or economical to have so many services. They key services that are not within 15 minute walking/transit distance are high schools or universities, hospitals, major employment centres and town centres/malls. Things that require a minimum level of size to work efficiently.

[RogerWilco]

I’m still confused as to why there is this new name for something old. This 15 minute City is really just New Urbanism. It is an urban planning and design movement that began in the United States in the early 1980s. Its goals are to reduce dependence on the car, and to create livable and walkable, neighborhoods with a densely packed array of housing, jobs, and commercial sites.

This is anything but something new.

[Yoho]

Originally Posted by torture

private, invite only event but sure, they no idea who those people were.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1651666831902646272

https://twitter.com/user/status/1651697966972018688