Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says repeat car thieves should not be allowed to serve their sentence ‘in their living room watching Netflix.’

  • Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Just build walkable cities and neighborhoods, connected with public transit.

    If people don’t need cars, they won’t get stolen.

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      10 months ago

      (whining) But that would mean funding public transit well, which might mean it’s not profitable!

      Meanwhile we keep funding cops to the tune of 30%+ of budgets.

      sigh

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        10 months ago

        Roads also aren’t profitable.

        A bike path costs 1/10th the cost of a road, and requires 1% the maintaince over time (less SNIC)

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          10 months ago

          In a city like Winnipeg where we historically have -20 to -40C temps for 6 months of the year, bike paths aren’t used as much.

          Remember to take into account different temperate zones when making blanket statements.

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            10 months ago

            I live on the Assiniboine near the Legislature, and see a fair number of people bike every day regardless.

            When the river freezes deep enough, and they have the ice trail prepped like last year, there were lots. Depending on neighbourhood, it was actually quicker getting downtown in winter than in summer.

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            9 months ago

            Remember to take into account different temperate zones when making blanket statements.

            That’s just construction and maintenance cost data. That doesn’t change based on temperature zones.

            In a city like Winnipeg where we historically have -20 to -40C temps for 6 months of the year

            Iif you are using historical lows, Winnipeg has 7 months below -20°C.

            bike paths aren’t used as much.

            When I was in Yellowknife, it was just easier and faster to cycle in the winter than to plug and preheat your car. But I’m sure there’s a reason it can’t work in a southern city; I’ve never been to Winnipeg.

            Even if bike paths are only being used half the year (and you ignore my earlier comment about public transportation) Winnipeg budgeted $155.8 M for road maintenance in 2023 (it goes up every year). So if people drove half as much, you would save $200 per Winnipeg resident per year (and that’s before provincial and federal injections). Where are my fiscal conservatives at!!