Regina Construction IV

[The mayor]

https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/c...7039779-0b72-4792-bdea-9cf4b2f93b2c/amp/
City of Regina commits infrastructure money to YWCA healing space
"This commitment puts into action the goals of the City to prioritize reconciliation, address issues of racism and cultural genocide in our community and provide safe spaces for healing from trauma and violence."

That’s a nice looking building

The centre will have a capital cost of $54 million, of which it has already raised $21 million.

[The mayor]

The amendment to limit fossil fuel advertising was proposed by Coun. Dan LeBlanc, using the logic that because the city had previously committed to use 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050, it should not accept fossil fuel sponsorship money. At the time, it was reported the sponsorships were worth between $100,000 and $250,000 to city coffers. The city describes sponsorship opportunities as a way to build “lasting brand awareness and loyalty with over 230,000 Regina residents … to strengthen your business image.” LeBlanc did not return a request for comment.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/12/15/news/how-powerful-big-oil-just-ask-regina-city-council
I hope people are wise enough not to vote this person in again

[The mayor]

https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/n...on-manager-for-regina-urgent-care-centre

Good news This project should be about $100 million so it would be a good shot in the arm For the economy

[one_brick_at_a_time]

Originally Posted by The mayor

https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/n...on-manager-for-regina-urgent-care-centre

Good news This project should be about $100 million so it would be a good shot in the arm For the economy

Guessing it’s a redevelopment of the former car dealership property.

[The mayor]

Good Sir what’s on that property now

[The mayor]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

Ya, we need more councilors representing the very industry that is destroying the planet and our ability to have an economy in the future. Smart.

Are you Dan , We must do both

[cityboy]

Originally Posted by The mayor

https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/n...on-manager-for-regina-urgent-care-centre

Good news This project should be about $100 million so it would be a good shot in the arm For the economy

I believe at the time they were announced, the government committed $15 million to one centre each in Regina and Saskatoon.

[jigglysquishy]

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[blacktrojan3921]

No kidding.

[aberrant]

Originally Posted by The mayor

At the time, it was reported the sponsorships were worth between $100,000 and $250,000 to city coffers. The city describes sponsorship opportunities as a way to build “lasting brand awareness and loyalty with over 230,000 Regina residents … to strengthen your business image.”

This $100-250k figure is nothing but a wild estimate of what the TOTAL value of corporate sponsorships COULD be if the city made it a priority to seek more naming rights sponsorships.

I wanna say the current value of corporate sponsorships for the city is around $5-10k.

But yes, this was somehow a hill to die on for many individuals.

[Crisis]

Originally Posted by The mayor

https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/n...on-manager-for-regina-urgent-care-centre

Good news This project should be about $100 million so it would be a good shot in the arm For the economy

Where did you get the $100 million value? The RFP states a construction value of $10 million for each location (Regina & Saskatoon). Even with soft costs and equipment, it shouldn't approach $100M. Still a nice project, though.

Also, the locations for these centres were noted in the RFP as being "near the hospital campuses of St. Paul's Hospital and Pasqua Hospital to facilitate ease of transport of patients requiring mare advanced care."

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

No, we must not. The fossil fuel industry has made trillions over the past 100+ years and are still subsidized in this country, including with this latest move to reverse a democratic decision as described in the article you shared. It’s time to move on, it’s already too late.

What are these subsidies? And I don't want to hear about Trans Mountain.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

Ya, now I’m really trying hard not to make any personal attacks but to want to get rid of LeBlanc and make it easier for corporations to control our city takes a special kind of bootlicker.

... but you must admit he is an extremist ideologue, although I nice man.

[jigglysquishy]

Originally Posted by Stormer

... but you must admit he is an extremist ideologue, although I nice man.

Is he?

In a Saskatchewan context, he is left within the NDP so maybe within the furthest 10-15% of the province.

Nationally, though, he would for sure be a moderate NDP, so maybe within the furthest 20-25% of the country. That's not really extremist.

In a Canadian context, he's probably as far from the median political ideology as Scott Moe is.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

Off the top of my head:
- Trans Mountain
- Filing lawsuits to fight the carbon tax
- Allowing companies to abandon wells without holding them accountable
- Using public funds for clean up of said wells
- Tying the identity of our province to the oil industry in under 15 years and using workers as a shield for criticism of the the executives and shareholders of the industry.
- In Alberta, they created a "war-room" to combat "misinformation" about the industry

The fact Brad Wall went straight into working with the industry after retiring from politics shows just how connected this government is to this industry. You have to be extremely naive to think that it is not happening and to not think it is shortsighted and reckless to tie so much of our province's success to an industry that has a very limited future.

So stop playing silly bugger. If you want more examples of subsidies, go ahead and use Google.

Trans Mountain was about Trudeau killing the project and many others and then realizing no one would do it in the regulatory environment he created, so he had to step up to fix his own mess. The government is likely to recoup every nickel through tolls paid by the industry.

The carbon tax lawsuit was way more about SaskPower and politics than the the oil industry, plus it only cost a few hundred thousand versus billions the oil industry pays in taxes and royalties.

The well abandonment thing was a historical mistake. No current oil company gets any benefit whatsoever from that. Energy companies have had to pay into a fund for years to ensure this never happens again.

The rest are not subsidies or not related to SK.

Also Brad Wall is actually a very moral person. He honestly believes that it is morally right for Saskatchewan to continue to sell its energy to benefit our people, especially those who rely on government, rather than have the energy come from bad actors like Saudi, Venezuela, Russia, Iran, etc. He also believes in a transition to low carbon. He is just a pragmatist.

[lokijuh12345]

Long time lurker here.

Does anyone know what is going up on Rochdale by the new Birmingham's and BMO? It looks like a strip mall from what I've seen but not sure.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

Either way, what are you trying to prove with your incessant defence of the most profitable industry in the history of humanity? What is your motivation? Is it a guilty conscience?

I admit I have invested in Saskatchewan energy companies. That is how I know they pay a sh*t load of taxes and royalties and get no subsidies. I do not feel guilty about that at all. Our O&G industry and the revenues and economic activity it creates will allow us to pay for the energy transition that is going to cost everyone a lot of $. Destroying Saskatchewan's industry now will not reduce worldwide CO2 emissions at all, but will make it harder for us to transition in the long run.

[Stormer]

Also what is going up in the former rental location next the Italian Star on Vic? The new foundation fills up nearly the entire property.

[jigglysquishy]

Originally Posted by Stormer

Also what is going up in the former rental location next the Italian Star on Vic? The new foundation fills up nearly the entire property.

New Italian Star Deli.