Yeah that would be nice. No one wants to live in apartments here because they are usually in the city. If you we’ve to raise a family, it’s not easy in a city.

This graph is cherry picked from the worst of Canadian sectors and the best of American. Still in general Canadian housing is bad. The problem isn’t about building houses. Everyone wants to live within 30 miles of the border. All our farm land and natural green space is in the same location. So what would you do? Which would you have us do? Bulldoze farm land, or bulldoze protected green space that is already threatened? If it was as easy as “build houses” we could have done that. We have more than enough houses/accommodation for everyone. But much of the available supply is bought up by people that have more money than the people that need the housing. Add in foreign investment, corporations, speculation and pent up demand… Well here we are.

The boot licking is strong with this one.

It’s 100% true. You can not count on a supervisor BY DESIGN to violate policy whenever it may become necessary. Its a recipe for a fatality. In specific circumstances the supervisor should recognize when the situation no longer is covered by the intent of the policy and act. But expecting a supervisor to violate a policy BY DESIGN is inherently flawed, and hence will not translate into actionable legal accountability.

Most legal action will not involve the direct supervisor, and it probably shouldn’t. A direct supervisor could have stepped in here and possibly made a difference. However, the idea that a direct supervisor will by design know when to violate company policy in order to safeguard an employee is not feasible… The company managers and those who are responsible for implementing state laws for protecting employees need to be held accountable. Direct supervisors should be documenting the policy issues that are a problem, and helping the union stewards to get the policies changed. In a perfect world… Unfortunately most companies hate working with unions and managers are too removed from the issues that are harming employees. The current system sucks.

I don’t know, I’m a pretty left leaning person. The vitriolic, almost violent responses to some of my comments is shocking. I knew Lemmygrad was a thing here, along with tankies, honestly it’s off putting to say the least. OP talks about Reddit being an echo chamber. I got news for you. This place is just as bad for lefty type discourse being regurgitated. My experience is that it has been anything but friendly.

Yeah, but that goes for and bubble that has roots in some sort of legislation. The tech bubble is probably most recent that wasn’t government related.

This is what a bubble looks like.

This is getting old. Regardless you said you inherited a house, fwiw. You live how you want. I live in the way I want. I admit my part in Canada’s housing crisis. But I couldn’t sell my children’s future for moral high ground. You come across as sanctimonious. You speak from an imagined high ground with the assumption that you know what is good for everyone. That’s your right. So you do you. Have a good one.

Because to start with, I invested and risked my own money a much less bubbled deal estate market with a significant amount of my available capital. You invested someone else’s money. I took all the risk, and you want me to give away all the profits from that risk. Even your “green” investments take advantage of workers, buy off shore parts, cost people their jobs. Why don’t you donate all your profits to those people. Your entire argument is so steeped in hypocrisy that it’s hard to even know if you’re not just a troll.

I realize you aren’t going to agree, but these two situations aren’t the same thing.

I mean, I get what you’re saying. And perhaps if my financial situation was better I could consider the option to offer the houses to the tenants. But as you suspect I will not trade my children’s financial security just to be charitable. The rent I charge is 30%-40% below market value. I suspect if you were in my position you wouldn’t be so inclined to give away your wealth either.

Sorry, I didn’t explain that well. The down payment was 30k each. But basically that’s all I’ve had to spend on the houses.

Nice, I hope the app is making enough to keep the updates coming.

I’m a land lord, did exactly what people say we all did. 15 years ago I bought two 200k homes for 30k each… they are an income plan for my kids so they don’t have to necessarily worry about taking a better paying job instead of something they want to do. Probably a little naive now. But I run the houses at a bare minimum profit just so the government won’t come after me due running a loss on my taxes. I have raised rent only enough to do that. I pay for a property management firm to take care of the properties so that the tenants have 24 hour response to issues. I’ve had the same tenants for 12 years in both properties. Every 4 years or so I have one of the rooms that the tenants want renovated. It’s a right off so doesn’t costa fortune ava the house gets slowly updated. Not every landlord is an asshole. Some of us play the long game without screwing people. But I realize that I am part of the problem. I am part of the reason for less supply in the market. But selling my properties will make my children’s lives less secure and I’m not willing to do that. So i do partially deserve some of the blame.

So when you ask if there is a point, I think it’s probably with reaching out to a local autism support group to explain your situation. I am in Canada and I have a son diagnosed with ASD. Currently we get a disability tax credit that provides tax relief that we can use to buy private services. As an adult you may qualify for a disability pension fun the government, all though i am not sure of that specifically. You didn’t mention how old you are, but I would guess you are an adult. Employers are required to protect your medical disclosures, if your condition may present difficulties working in social settings, the company would be obligated to provide accommodation, which could look like work from home or a more quiet work space. I have read quite a few posts on Reddit where adults feel relief from anxiety by allowing them to put a name to the issue they face. Schools deal with ASD all the time, and provide a number of accommodations for writing exams. So to answer your question, yes there are definitely reasons to get diagnosed, only you can really decide if you want to. I wish you all the best whatever you decide.

And you all sound like you’ve never worked a day in your life. Ngl.

It’s really ignorant to assume that some occupations aren’t more hazardous than others. All employers and employees should work towards mitigating those hazards, but they do so in priority with immediate and long term health impacts. And with all due respect to OP, skin condition in a coal mine is likely superceded by death, dismemberment and long term respiratory dysfunction. Which good on op for attempting to deal with it herself.

Look, I honestly wasn’t trolling. Industrial jobs are inherently very tough on the body. I’ve worked in the steel industry for quite a few years. Skin in particular will take the brunt of the damage. Although in coal, unless you are dedicated to using your ppe religiously it may be your respiratory system that is going to suffer. Most people here won’t have any clue what a coal mine will do to your skin. Is your environment wet, dry, humid, hot. I imagine most will envision dust, lots of dust. I suspect probably that your lack of exposure to sunlight due to working a mine is going to work in your favor, but if you are exposed to anything that irritates your skin, a dermatologist would be a good start. What do your co-workers look like? Those that have worked the mine for many years, what skin conditions are misty prevalent? For lots of us in industry, we use our hands a lot, so scarring and dry skin from washing is common. We will often wear latex free gloves under our regular gloves if we know our gloves will get saturated. My point initially was that if it was such large concern a different career is likely you’re best option. If the coal industry is really your preference you may have to accept that a hard job can be hard on the body. A good skin care routine that anyone would perform will likely do the job. I’m really sorry if I came off flippant. I didn’t mean to, and I didn’t mean to upset you.

Benadryl.