Regina Construction IV

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by gecho111

This one is interesting, right across from the rapid housing project site. Googling the site address seems to indicate it is owned by All Nations Hope Network.

https://www.regina.ca/export/sites/R...Rae-Street.pdf

I guess it is fully funded by the Feds. $14.5 million. They provide outreach and programming to the homeless and addicted with a focus on blood borne illnesses like HIV and Hep C.

[The mayor]

Been funded by the federal liberals they have given so much money to the city of Regina and still Scott Mo complains and bitches about everything and Saskatchewan has lost billions of dollars because of him in federal government dollars

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by The mayor

Been funded by the federal liberals they have given so much money to the city of Regina and still Scott Mo complains and bitches about everything and Saskatchewan has lost billions of dollars because of him in federal government dollars

LOL, there is no way we get more back from the Feds than we pay them.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by The mayor

I hope you’re still posting photos here. Some people don’t like to look at those pages. Your photos are very much appreciated and just shows that Regina is not a deadbeat city like some people say it is it is booming.

No one has said they don't like the pictures. What's your deal? I will give you credit for not using speech to text anymore or maybe you're passing your posts through ChatGPT first. Whatever you're doing at least it's legible now.

[gecho111]

Originally Posted by pappcam

No one has said they don't like the pictures. What's your deal? I will give you credit for not using speech to text anymore or maybe you're passing your posts through ChatGPT first. Whatever you're doing at least it's legible now.

I think it was just confusion with the site. The final batch of images uploaded were all the drone images for this year. The main page by default sorts by upload order and photos from January are what is currently being displayed first.

[gecho111]

Road work resumed on the section of Campbell Street going to the new Harbour Landing School. They got the utilities and storm drains in but never got around to doing the sidewalks or final grading of the road. Just some survey stakes down at the moment.

No sign of work at the Longterm Care Centre yet. Though they may be getting ready to connect the drains they added last year under the Ring Road to Whitmore Park.

I was going to get some drone shots near the general hospital but the app zone authorization was acting up and wouldn't let me take off. Its happened before where it says successfully unlocked but does actually unlock despite multiple unlock attempts. Usually it eventually works but not today. I'm having DJI support look at it. [They added a license to my account to unblocked all the permissible zones in Regina for the next year, so one less annoyance]

[gecho111]

Got out to the GTH last night. https://www.flickr.com/photos/regina...7720325409071/

While driving past the west bypass interchange recently I noticed some serious slumping in the pit excavated for dirt. I took a video of that last night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdwJp0VyzUo

It has pretty steep slopes that the video doesn't really capture.

[Dillweed]

Originally Posted by Stormer

LOL, there is no way we get more back from the Feds than we pay them.

The only place that happens is in Quebec.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by Dillweed

The only place that happens is in Quebec.

...and the Atlantic, maybe Manitoba.

[Festivus]

Originally Posted by Dillweed

The only place that happens is in Quebec.

The following provinces receive more back in federal spending than have collected from them (in order of most to least):

• Quebec
• Manitoba
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• PEI
• Ontario

However, this isn't an all-or-nothing thing. It's not like BC, AB, SK, and NFLD give 100% and receive 0%. All provinces get funding back, it's that some get 5% less than they put in, or 5% more, etc. These patterns also shift over time. For instance, Alberta used to be a big receiver of funding, but in the last 5 decades has been a giver. Saskatchewan was a have-not, until about 15 years ago. Ontario has gone back and forth, recently.

The whole point is to even out funding so that everyone in Canada receives roughly the same level of service, which helps keeps the country together. It's not any different than how, in an average city or RM/county, some people pay more in property taxes than a person a few streets over, but then that other person's street gets a pothole replaced earlier than yours. It's just a part of living in an organized society. Money goes into a pot, and then gets spent as-needed in the fairest way possible.

People in the west like to point out the "unfair" spending in Quebec or elsewhere, but it happens here, too. When the major federal P3 projects were being cancelled/slowed down in Trudeau's first term, Regina was able to keep funding due to Ralph Goodale's lobbying within the government. I'm sure people in some parts of the country didn't like that. But that sort of thing happens all the time, and in general, it happens quite evenly. It's just that you don't really think about the extra money your area gets for things like stadiums, public transit, swimming pools, etc, but you will more-often hear rage-bait Facebook posts about Quebec, Toronto, etc.

[Stormer]

The City is demolishing more of the FW Hill Mall tree boxes/benches (shown in photo from Regina.ca). I do not understand this as the rehabilitation plan has not yet been designed and construction is not scheduled until 2027 at the earliest.

[cityboy]

Originally Posted by Stormer

The City is demolishing more of the FW Hill Mall tree boxes/benches (shown in photo from Regina.ca). I do not understand this as the rehabilitation plan has not yet been designed and construction is not scheduled until 2027 at the earliest.

What the actual eff? You're telling me they are felling the mature trees that are there so it can sit as an even bigger wasteland for 2 plus years??? First of all those tree are possibly re-locatable....

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by cityboy

What the actual eff? You're telling me they are felling the mature trees that are there so it can sit as an even bigger wasteland for 2 plus years??? First of all those tree are possibly re-locatable....

They have removed at least 2 in the last few weeks. One in front of the Globe and one in from of Tower 1. Those two may have had dead trees.

EDIT: IT appears there were 2 removed in front of the Globe and the trees were alive at least recently:

[UPP]

Originally Posted by Festivus

The following provinces receive more back in federal spending than have collected from them (in order of most to least):

• Quebec
• Manitoba
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• PEI
• Ontario

However, this isn't an all-or-nothing thing. It's not like BC, AB, SK, and NFLD give 100% and receive 0%. All provinces get funding back, it's that some get 5% less than they put in, or 5% more, etc. These patterns also shift over time. For instance, Alberta used to be a big receiver of funding, but in the last 5 decades has been a giver. Saskatchewan was a have-not, until about 15 years ago. Ontario has gone back and forth, recently.

The whole point is to even out funding so that everyone in Canada receives roughly the same level of service, which helps keeps the country together. It's not any different than how, in an average city or RM/county, some people pay more in property taxes than a person a few streets over, but then that other person's street gets a pothole replaced earlier than yours. It's just a part of living in an organized society. Money goes into a pot, and then gets spent as-needed in the fairest way possible.

People in the west like to point out the "unfair" spending in Quebec or elsewhere, but it happens here, too. When the major federal P3 projects were being cancelled/slowed down in Trudeau's first term, Regina was able to keep funding due to Ralph Goodale's lobbying within the government. I'm sure people in some parts of the country didn't like that. But that sort of thing happens all the time, and in general, it happens quite evenly. It's just that you don't really think about the extra money your area gets for things like stadiums, public transit, swimming pools, etc, but you will more-often hear rage-bait Facebook posts about Quebec, Toronto, etc.

An interesting post.

I'd like to know what all these Goodale lobbied projects are that Regina has. The Wascana Lake dig was finished in 2004, long before your reference to Trudeau. I suppose you could count the bypass, 10% ($200 million of $2 billion) was paid by the feds. Not a single federal dime was spent on new Mosaic and Regina's only Aquatic center was built in 1975. No federal dollars have yet been spent on it's replacement.

On the other hand, According to the Federal Government's own website, Manitoba will receive over $7 billion this year in federal funds including Health, Social and Equalization tranfers. That equates to $4,750 per person in Manitoba.

Quebec will receive $29.3 billion or 3,159 per person. In comparison, Saskatchewan will receive $2.155 billion for health and social transfers or $1695 per person. $1695 is identical for BC and Alberta. Also of interest is that Nova Scotia receives $4800 per person and New Brunswick over $5000 per person. Nova Scotia will receive a total of more than $5 billion this year. This far exceeds any little project Regina got from having Goodale lobby on our behalf.

In fact, since 2016, the earliest that the government website goes back, Saskatchewan residents have never come anywhere close to receiving the same level of federal funding that either Manitoba, Quebec or Nova Scotia receive. All the while, we continue to be the brunt of jokes of being a shit hole with crappy but expensive universities and high crime rates.

The equalization system was created to help provinces in need during difficult times. Saying that each Manitoban should receive more than twice from the federal government than each Saskatchewan resident is laughable and absurd.

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-...l#Saskatchewan

[Stormer]

More multifamily coming to the General Hospital area as a $3.2 million permit was just pulled for an 18 unit apartment for the empty lots at 1512, 1516, 1520 VICTORIA AVENUE, REGINA, SK S4P0P5.

EDIT: we may have posted on this previously. Like the project at Toronto and 12th, this one also has zero parking.

[Stormer]

Has Carl's Jr on Vic East closed? A permit was just pulled by Ledcor for a $3 million institutional type building. The restaurant no longer appears on Carl's Jr's website.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by UPP

An interesting post.

I'd like to know what all these Goodale lobbied projects are that Regina has. The Wascana Lake dig was finished in 2004, long before your reference to Trudeau. I suppose you could count the bypass, 10% ($200 million of $2 billion) was paid by the feds. Not a single federal dime was spent on new Mosaic and Regina's only Aquatic center was built in 1975. No federal dollars have yet been spent on it's replacement.

On the other hand, According to the Federal Government's own website, Manitoba will receive over $7 billion this year in federal funds including Health, Social and Equalization tranfers. That equates to $4,750 per person in Manitoba.

Quebec will receive $29.3 billion or 3,159 per person. In comparison, Saskatchewan will receive $2.155 billion for health and social transfers or $1695 per person. $1695 is identical for BC and Alberta. Also of interest is that Nova Scotia receives $4800 per person and New Brunswick over $5000 per person. Nova Scotia will receive a total of more than $5 billion this year. This far exceeds any little project Regina got from having Goodale lobby on our behalf.

In fact, since 2016, the earliest that the government website goes back, Saskatchewan residents have never come anywhere close to receiving the same level of federal funding that either Manitoba, Quebec or Nova Scotia receive. All the while, we continue to be the brunt of jokes of being a shit hole with crappy but expensive universities and high crime rates.

The equalization system was created to help provinces in need during difficult times. Saying that each Manitoban should receive more than twice from the federal government than each Saskatchewan resident is laughable and absurd.

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-...l#Saskatchewan

Goodale got Federal dollars for the Globe Theatre debacle. About $11 million.

[LuluBobo]

Originally Posted by UPP

The equalization system was created to help provinces in need during difficult times. Saying that each Manitoban should receive more than twice from the federal government than each Saskatchewan resident is laughable and absurd.

No, it wasn't.

It was intended to equalize provinces with different fiscal capacities.

Our GDP per capita is 40% higher than Manitoba. In any reasonable scenario, they will receive more money from the feds.

[UPP]

Originally Posted by LuluBobo

No, it wasn't.

It was intended to equalize provinces with different fiscal capacities.

Our GDP per capita is 40% higher than Manitoba. In any reasonable scenario, they will receive more money from the feds.

In any reasonable scenario, Manitoba would not receive more than 3 times the federal funding. Besides, GDP is a simplistic way to mesure what a province should receive.

If the funding is for health, social services and then equalized payments, Saskatchewan should receive more base money than probably every other province since we are likely the most remote province in Canada for delivery of health and social services. 80% of Manitobans live within 1 hour of Winnipeg. Most of Quebec lives within 1 hour of Montreal, Quebec City or Gatineau.

Put your partisan glasses aside. There is no reasonable case for Quebec receiving 2 times the funding per person or Manitoba receiving 3 times the funding per person compared to Saskatchewan. I mean, we aren't talking 10% or even 40% more per person. The difference is gigantic.

At any rate, this thread has probably been railroaded too much already.

I'm done, back to construction in Regina.

[The mayor]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saska...ding-1.6473834
Regina council votes unanimously to try to use federal transit funding for new aquatic facility

About $128 million earmarked for city in Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program

What happened to these funds