Dean Tester (@deantester) 's Twitter Profile
Dean Tester

@deantester

Canadian #YIMBY fighting to make housing affordable. Co-founder of @AffordableOtt. Digital marketer at @testerdigital.

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Scott Aitchison (@scottaaitchison) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Apartments with two or more bedrooms are charged from $55,012 to $80,218 in development taxes by Toronto. Justin Trudeau rewards cities that make it more expensive to build with millions of dollars that he says will speed up housing construction. Trudeau - not worth the cost!

David Hill (@davidhillward3) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yesterday I highlighted my concerns with the perpetuation of the communal shelter system across the city when we have proven models like Matthew House Ottawa house and Multifaith Housing Initiative that offer dignified lodging to asylum seekers and new Canadians. davidhillbarrhaven.ca/post/barrhaven…

Namya @ Supafast (@namyakhann) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Self-esteem doesn't come from six-pack abs, but from hitting the gym daily. Patience doesn't come from getting things on the first try, but through trying again and again. Confidence doesn't come from shouting affirmations but from the boring work you do when no one's watching.

Dean Tester (@deantester) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How do the NDP plan to pay for $125 BILLION in new spending? There's no costing in this document, so I did some math for them. The City of Toronto estimates the cost per affordable unit is about $500K. This plan to build 250,000 affordable units would cost approximately $125

Alex Beheshti (@beheshtialex) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Whatever you think about the fesability of this plan regarding the amount of money and the number of units, which Dr. Mike P. Moffatt 🇨🇦🏅🏅 and I covered in his podcast a while back now, the thing I take issue with here is how many times are the Ontario NDP going to recycle this policy and

Grant Dingwall (@grantaddingwall) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One day history books will study the summer of 2024 and the electoral implosion that is BC UNITED. This morning I'll add a small contribution: As the BC Conservatives started to eat into BC UNITED & pull away, someone at BC UNITED thought: "The real problem here is our colours!"

One day history books will study the summer of 2024 and the electoral implosion that is BC UNITED. This morning I'll add a small contribution:

As the BC Conservatives started to eat into BC UNITED & pull away, someone at BC UNITED thought: "The real problem here is our colours!"
Eric Lombardi (@ericdlombardi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A group of housing developers has pledged to cut prices in new homes one-to-one with every dollar in tax reductions. What they highlight here is incredible. A 6x increase in taxes in 15 years. Higher taxes than on Alcohol and Cigarettes. This is unsustainable.

A group of housing developers has pledged to cut prices in new homes one-to-one with every dollar in tax reductions. 

What they highlight here is incredible. 

A 6x increase in taxes in 15 years. Higher taxes than on Alcohol and Cigarettes. 

This is unsustainable.
Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@acoyne) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It isn’t a “news ban.” They were told they were “stealing content.” They were told that if they kept doing so they’d have to pay a penalty. So they stopped. They weren’t stealing content, of course. They were sending people to our pages, a valuable service they provided us for

Dean Tester (@deantester) 's Twitter Profile Photo

CBC and Charlie Angus should be ashamed for pushing this "bot farm" story. This is the worst and laziest kind of rage farming. What do you think Poilievre's team gains from having bots tweeting an identical message a hundred times about a rally in Kirkland Lake? Poilievre's

Dean Tester (@deantester) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Mark Sutcliffe begging the federal and provincial government to clean up his mess. As Mayor, he's: - passed the biggest tax hike in Ottawa history on new housing - planning two more massive tax hikes on new housing - rejected up to $200M in funding from the federal government

Alex Beheshti (@beheshtialex) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If folks thought the last 2 years were a ride with housing, the next 2 years are going to be on a whole other level. After hiking DCs 47% this year alone, further tax rises on new homes will absolutely make the development sector crumble - potentially irrevocably. We need to

If folks thought the last 2 years were a ride with housing, the next 2 years are going to be on a whole other level.

After hiking DCs 47% this year alone, further tax rises on new homes will absolutely make the development sector crumble - potentially irrevocably. 

We need to
Dean Tester (@deantester) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Your daily reminder that Mark Sutcliffe has: - driven tens of thousands of taxpayers out of the city, especially young families, by blocking housing in Ottawa, costing the city millions annually - launched the biggest tax hike in Ottawa history on new housing - which ironically

Jas Johal (@jasjohalbc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There’s no doubt a promised $5.4 billion provincial tax cut would attract attention, I just didn’t think BCU’s plan would resonate so deeply with the citizens of Indonesia. Looks like a bot farm is working overtime to torque the response. #bcpoli #vanpoli

Dean Tester (@deantester) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I've only chatted with Gavin a couple of times, but he's a very thoughtful guy with a long history with the BC Liberals. If people like Gavin are moving to the Conservative Party of BC Party, they are in great shape to defeat the NDP and win the next election.

Dean Tester (@deantester) 's Twitter Profile Photo

No serious political party would ever do something this stupid. But I guess when you're projected to win zero seats... anything is worth a shot? FWIW, this type of bot engagement destroys your page's algorithm and makes it almost impossible to recover. Don't do this. Ever.

Dean Tester (@deantester) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The biggest source of misinformation in Canadian politics? Jagmeet Singh. 370,000 affordable homes were not “sold off to developers.”The rent went up. He’s telling you how many rentals had prices go up. Jagmeet is the progressive Donald Trump. This is nutty.

Grant Dingwall (@grantaddingwall) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just got my weekly Canadian political ads report from Facebook's ads library. The last 3 campaigns the Liberal Party has dominated digital. That's over. Here's some quick notes 🧵: 1) Conservative Party spent $27k LAST WEEK on fb ads between the party page and Pierre Poilievre's.