Ep 17 - Demand the Impossible
Description
We've been taking a little summer break and this week we're bringing you an episode we recorded in the midst of the Ontario election. As a bulwark against the ongoing trudge into barbarism and cynicism, we've dreamt up some grounded, realistic "demands" to immediately make worker's lives materially better.
Steve takes a quick look at improvements that could immediately improve housing affordability, desirability and walkability. And continues to gind his axe about landlords.
Tim (of course) wanted to talk about trains.
H-hey guys? We really should fix that enviornment, eh?
And: Is $15 "Fair"? Is $20 "Plenty?" We're well overdue a raise -- and a union.
Some stuff we mentioned:
The Trains that Subsidize Suburbia - GO Transit Commuter Rail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxWjtpzCIfA
"How Are You Going to Pay for That? Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics" by Ryan Cooper
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250272348/howareyougoingtopayforthat
IPCC Sixth's Assessment
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-ii/
Fifteen and Fairness
https://www.15andfairness.org/
Francis Bourgeois, TikTokker Loves Trains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfM6DFn_h58