Brickbat: No Vacancies

Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada's New Democratic Party, said he plans to introduce national rent control if the NDP is in the majority of the next parliament. Singh's proposal includes a renter's bill of rights to tie federal housing funds to local rent control measures, banning practices such as "renovictions" and fixed-term leases that don't automatically renew, and stopping landlords from using AI to coordinate price hikes.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

The natural enemy of the leftist is the landlord.

[Vernon Depner]

Build the wall.

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

Kulaks who resist will be sent to the Yukon for special training

[mad.casual]

using AI to coordinate price hikes

Suddenly, all those episodes of Black Mirror, I feel like a chimp being dazzled and frightened by fire.

"WHAT IF PEOPLE USE COMPUTERS TO COORDINATE SIMULTANEOUS PRICE HIKES?!?!? WHAT WILL WE DO?!?!?"

Uh... Were you around for the simultaneous freezing of a bunch of peoples' bank accounts? Around for the simultaneous deplatforming and debanking of internet personas? I don't know if AI was involved or not. I'm pretty sure computers were involved in both. I'm pretty sure it wasn't the computers or the AI(s) itself (themselves) that were the problem.

[TangoDelta]

Let's see, centralized autocratic government - check, dictatorial leader - check, severe economic regimentation - check, forcible suppression of opposition - check. Yeah, Canada is more likely than not a fascist nation.

[Jerry B.]

Oh. Canada.

WDYE?

[AT]

and stopping landlords from using AI to coordinate price hikes.

Luddites.

[LIBtranslator]

Sharknado warmunism zealots and raghead looters are doing to Canada what the MAGAts and Dims are doing to These States.