The four pictures in today’s post to me sum up everything that’s wrong with this city.
When I see moronic renovations like this it makes me think there is no hope.
One of my readers sent me an email this spring, saying the house at 839 Assumption was up for sale. I drove by to check it out, only to see the “SOLD” signs already on the lawn. I came home a punched it up on the MLS site, and saw it had been listed for $49,000. Yowsers, that’s cheap!
I drove by a month or two ago, and there was nothing new going on. For some reason, I drove by yesterday afternoon, and noticed that it’s been…. uh,”renovated”.
Today
Before
Today
Before
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According to my research the house was built around 1906. It’s sad how a century of history can be bashed away and covered with vinyl siding. All the trim and the fan from the front peak? Gone! The century old porch details and columns? Gone!
There are a million houses in the core that look like the “now” shot, but very few “before”‘ houses. Most people however, just don’t care.
Sigh.
BTW – Great job picking those narrow windows that don’t open. Just what everyone wants, windows that don’t open.
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David, just on your first point, this happens in every wealthy country, not just Canada. Every developed country. Every single one.
No, they have to have a legitimate reasons such as political asylum to remain on an immigration claim, such as they were a political leader, the party changed, and there were threats made to their life, or they have to have a trade or skill in demand, or they have to have a significant amount of money they will invest here (as immigrants from Hong Kong did), or they've got a sponser in Canada. Poverty in Mexico is not a valid reason and that's their basis. Talk to a US Immigration officer. If a Mexican crosses the US border and applies for immigration based on poverty, the US Immigration officer will send them on a plane to Mexico or ship them back by van Mexico the very same day. No hearing. No being put up in a hotel, getting welfare, and a free legal aid lawyer. Automatic and immediate deportation.
The same should be the case here. What they should be doing, as is the case with other countries, is go to the country's embassy, in this instance, the Canadian Embassy in the US and apply for immigration at the Canadian embassy. If they just go through the border without permission from the Canadian Embassy, they broke the rules and should be automatically deported. If they want to immigrate to Canada from Mexico, then it's the same thing. Apply at the Canadian Embassy in Mexico for permission to immigrate to Canada. No permission, no entry. That's why they have embassies. That's the way it is with other countries.
There's also serious security concerns. How do I know that someone with the experience to sneak into the US and slip under the radar of US immigration for 10 years as an illegal isn't using their street smarts to participate in illegal activity? How do I know they aren't smuggling guns or drugs into Canada? They also don't have US Passports or high security identification, so how do I know that they aren't coming here with fraudulent identification from Mexico? How do I know a Mexican isn't really a wanted Al-Quada terrorist trying to get identification. Last summer, I remember reading an article in the paper that Al-Quada terrorists were thwarted by RCMP just hours before they were going to blow up the CN Tower with enough fire power and explosives to pull it off.
This is wrong. They're coming to Canada and applying on grounds of poverty in Mexico and getting free welfare in the process. Not acceptable. Mexico is in NAFTA. They are a democracy. Their citizens need to deal with their own problems and not create social and security problems in Canada.
John Turner was right back in 1988. He told the voters the truth about Free Trade but ended up losing to Brian Mulroney and his gang of liars, crooks and con artists. Canada has lost more than we could ever hope to gain from free trade with the Americans. Where the hell are you now Johnny?
George. You might want t o look at Free Trade again. It has been a boom to canada's economy. Unfortunately Windsor didn't take advantage of it. I am not going to do your work but check out the GNP of Canada and the increase of companies in Canada due to Free Trade.
Initially yes, it hit us (but the world itself went into recession as well) but we cam e out much stronger with Free trad. How else were we giog to compete against a unified Europe in the '90s and the Asian bloc?
What has killed us of late is Chretien's deals with China...gee I wonder where most of our plants are going now?
Damned... Chinese... built... crappy... union... made.... renovations... free... trade... Mulroney... Aaaargh!
See? I'm all broken up about that house, and obviously so is everyone else
I see that the new owners actually care about something!
They are going before the Committee Of Adjustment on Wednesday, October 10 (voting day) to ask for relief to save the 2 storey addition to the rear of the building.
Wouldn't want to actually save anything of value, now, would we?
Oh, of course, they wouldn't want their renovated triplex to turn back into a duplex. Less rental income.