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Oh-Ca Zoning

Our current zone paradigm is created off a lot of flawed assumptions made in the 1950's, with zero attempt to ever shift the paradigm. This schema is based off what works or does not about other countries, most notably Japan. Tokyo went from the most expensive place to live in the world, to a place that charges LESS rent every year, because better housing is going up all of the time. The solution was streamlining and simplifying zoning laws, to the point that if you are in-zone and to-code, no one can question what you are building.

Building codes are created at a federal level, while cities and provinces pick which zones apply in their territory. Things like noise and pollution bylaws will also be on a local basis. This includes other things that are restricted, like casino licences.

I will be making the assumption of maximum 12ft per floor. Undercroft and peaked roof are not included. If you do not have a peaked roof, you lose 12ft off the maximum. Because you are too stupid to understand that peaked roofs are useful.

Also, structural requires for the height will obviously included.

LowAgri

5% of the land space is LowRes, while the rest is reserved for agricultural production / support. Every agricultural building can have 24ft of unlimited residential space on top.

Parking for civilian vehicles, (my province calls them class 5), is considered part of the LowRes part, not the agricultural part.

Parking for larger vehicles, (class 1-2-3), is considered part of the agricultural part.

MedAgri

5% of the land space is MedRes, while the rest is reserved for agricultural production / support. Every agricultural building can have 48ft of unlimited residential space on top.

Parking for civilian vehicles, (my province calls them class 5), is considered part of the LowRes part, not the agricultural part.

Parking for larger vehicles, (class 1-2-3), is considered part of the agricultural part.

LowRes

Maximum Height: 48ft

Either 1/3 of the floor space, or the entire lower floor, can be commercial. The rest is residential, with no maximum number of units.

MedRes

Comes in (4)-(6), designating the maximum number of floors.

MedRes(4) - Maximum Height: 60ft

MedRes(5) - Maximum Height: 72ft

MedRes(6) - Maximum Height: 84ft

Either 1/3 of the floor space, or the entire lower two floors, can be commercial. The rest is residential, with no maximum number of units.

HighRes

The added number indicates the maximum number of habitable floors.

Minimum - HighRes(6): Maximum Height: 84ft

Maximum - HighRes(20): Maximum Height: 264ft

Either 1/3 of the floor space, or the entire lower four floors, can be commercial. The rest is residential, with no maximum number of units.

Cities can designate any above-ground two-floor height as needed for transport, as is required by the city's transportation system, along with 2 subterranean levels.

MaxRes

No maximum height.

Either 1/3 of the floor space, or the entire lower eight floors, can be commercial. The rest is residential, with no maximum number of units.

Cities can designate any above-ground two-floor height per 15 floors as needed for transport, as is required by the city's transportation system, and must provide express elevators between these, and any access floors, along with 2 subterranean levels.

LowCit

Maximum Height: 48ft

No maximum number of commercial floors.

MedCit

Comes in (4)-(6), designating the maximum number of floors.

MedCit(4) - Maximum Height: 60ft

MedCit(5) - Maximum Height: 72ft

MedCit(6) - Maximum Height: 84ft

HighCit

The added number indicates the maximum number of habitable floors.

Minimum - HighRes(6): Maximum Height: 84ft

Maximum - HighRes(20): Maximum Height: 264ft

No maximum number of commercial floors.

Cities can designate any above-ground two-floor height per 15 floors as needed for transport, as is required by the city's transportation system, and must provide express elevators between these, and any access floors, along with 2 subterranean levels.

Max

No maximum number of floors.

No maximum number of commercial floors.

Cities can designate any above-ground two-floor height per 15 floors as needed for transport, as is required by the city's transportation system, and must provide express elevators between these, and any access floors, along with 2 subterranean levels.

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But, you might, ask, if they can add as many people as they want, what are they going to do with the cars?

Tokyo has a solution to that, too. No roadside parking, (deliveries excepted). Every lot has to figure this out on their own.

But every lot can also add a complete floor of parking, with denser zones being able to have their own parkades.

If you place one medium density zone within a 10/15min walk of the low density zones, then public transport is incredibly easy to plan and implement: you just go from medium to medium.

That, and bike paths, (NOT BIKE LANES), but that a different post.

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Make Trains Great Again

Canada was literally. Literally, literally built on the railroads. The majority of Canada's population that is not in Ontario or Quebec live along the railroad lines going west.

And then we decided to just abandon it.

Now, the idea was to create car-centric infrastructure, but car centred infrastructure is actually bad for cars. You see, it doesn't matter how many lanes you build, if the roads are congested, they will stay congested. This is because of "latent demand", i.e. more people would drive if the roads were less congested. If you build more lanes, more people drive, until the congestion levels are the same.

The best way to reduce congestion on roads is to get people off of the road. That's with functional mass transit, bike paths, etc.

Also, Canada is literally built on the railroads, and railroads are the best way to move material overland.

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Hovercraft

Canada invented the Hovercraft, and like everything Canada does, we are terrible at using them.

Hovercraft are, quite frankly, the single best way to cross the vast tundra.

And when used as ice breakers, they would better than the giant, massive colossi typically used, and far more efficient. You see, hovercraft create shockwaves in the ice that cause the ice to break itself up. This is roughly equivalent to pulling something out of the freezer, and dropping it a few feet to get the pieces to separate.

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The Mammoth Tank

The Mammoth Tank was the iconic weapon of the Command & Conquer series. Now, in game it was just a stupid-big tank.

It has two 120mm cannons. Why would a tank need two? Either targeting two enemies for the opening barrage, or have it work like it's own artillery battery.

The Mammoth Tank also uses a nuclear power plant. I did the math, and a typical naval reactor would take up 1/3 of the internal space, but LFTR reactors could be MUCH smaller.

Now, when thinking about the Mammoth Tank, the first thought among many is the simple impracticality of the Ratte. Well, the Ratte has battleship cannons, which were legitimately overkill for battleships, nevermind tanks. The Mammoth Tank instead has two 120mm cannons.

The Ratte also could not ford rivers, nevermind bridge, had ridiculous fuel requirements, and was so big that even with dozens of AA guns, it was still vulnerable to air power.

But, the Mammoth Tank is nuclear, meaning it's range is unlimited. It could also carry enough personnel and supplies to make it completely self-sustaining for the long term. It could even act as a mobile base. It would probably be closer to the Maus in terms of weight.

See, while the Ratte was going to be used in Europe, we are Canada. We have vast tracts of open land that right now are being patrolled by natives in orange jumpsuits, because without the Arrow, we don't even have air power suitable to the job.

Now, I', not going to in any way insult the Canadian Rangers, as they are insanely capable. What I am saying is create a regular unit of them and give the Mammoth Tanks.

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The Holy Bolter

A gyrojet with a high-explosive dual purpose warhead.

The gyrojet basically turns it into a tiny rocket. Manufacturing the ammunition was difficult, and one of the main reasons it was not adopted.

High explosive dual purpose has a slightly delayed charge an a hard tip to penetrate before exploding, so all of the explosion goes into the material. We already use this.

Minifacturing has improved dramatically, so we could probably automate all of it. Hell, each unit could have their own bolt foundry which they keep at HQ.

Now, it would not make sense to replace the average service rifle with it, unless we get 8ft generically engineered super soldiers with powered armour, but anti-material weapons have not really kept up with modern armour. So, it could provide section-level anti-material. Or maybe swap out the HEDP for a proximity flechette round.

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Increase required points for immigration, but have a logarithmic scale to adds points based off the number of times they say sorry, to pro-social things, (like open doors), or offer someone else the right of way, during their immigration tests and interviews.

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Bring Back Empire Day

The British Empire is the most moral institution in Human history, and deserves to be celebrated.

And, you might ask, what about relationship with the Yanks?

They can join in. Who do you think taught them how Democracy works, or to place so much faith in freedom.

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End Exclusivity Agreements

You know when you sign in to your favourite streaming service, and the show you want is not there? There's a good chance it's because they signed an exclusivity deal.

One of the most important parts of Capitalism is competition. Because of their exclusive content, none of the streaming services have to compete, they never have to improve, and in truth, they are all pretty terrible.

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The requirement to use any non-concealable fire arm:

2 years of military service, (including reserve).

Marksmanship test (on the specific fire arm).

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North West Passage

Nuclear icebreakers, hovercraft icebreakers, way stations, northern airbases

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Depussification of the military

Return all physical standards, allow soldiers to act like Blood Angels, no more genderqueer bullshit.

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Heinlein Was Right

Service Guarantees Citizenship

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CAN-DU Attitude

Canada solved all of the problems with nuclear power in the 1960's. CANDU reactors cannot meltdown, cannot go critical, and use natural uranium, and so weaponization is even off the table.

Canada has some of the largest uranium deposits in the world, along with the Canadian Shield, and most of the world's fresh water, (also important for nuclear power plants.

Make Canada Nuclear Again.

Hell, why stop at uranium? We have even more thorium, and so LFTRs are the next step.

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All grocery stores are required to have a men's checkout.

Only men are allowed to shop here.

If the cashier asked them about their day, the customer gets $10 off of their bill, (will be corrected into L/s/d once the change has been complete).

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bring back the Avro Arrow.

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Return Canada to the pre-Decimilization UK currency.

L/s/d (Libra/Solidus/Denarius)

1 pound = 1 pound of sterling silver.

1 penny = 1/240 pound.

1 shilling = 12 pence.

1 pound = 20 shillings.

This was the most trusted currency in the world.

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Single transferrable vote.

For every election, Canadians can number candidates from 1-5.

For each Riding, start by placing their vote for their number 1 candidate.

This is done is phases. In each phase, take the candidate with the lowest number of votes, and move them to their number 2's.

Keep going until there are two candidates left, and then pick the candidate with the most votes.

This means that you can pick 4 small parties before placing your vote in the major parties.