They do and they will reward parties that help them navigate it.

This kind of logic would work in a proportional system but that's not the world OneCity is living in.

I can see why OneCity sees it that way. IMO that's not how most voters will look at it, though.

Byelections are not good guides for general elections. We'd be talking about Mayor Bremner if they were.

More fundamentally, the three progressive parties need to quickly decide who they are running against. If it's each other, they're definitely going to lose.

B.C. municipalities had a combined $3.1-billion surplus last year. Why the caution? | CBC News That includes surpluses of $583 million in Vancouver, $305 million in Surrey and $432 million in Burnaby — which continues to have the largest financial reserves of any city in the province, at $1.9 b...

I've done this story a few times — B.C. municipalities are very fiscally conservative, avoiding large debt and putting surpluses immediately into reserves they can't touch.

For the most part it's a good news story!

But politicians like to hide that for their own spin.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The City of Vancouver has just announced they had a $530 million surplus last year.

It follows a $860 million surplus the year before, and years of $300+ surpluses.

It's the annual reminder that when local politicians say times are tough, they're usually being misleading to suit their agendas.

It's a collective action problem. They have solutions with or without a dominant actor, but those solutions require cooperation.

2008 Vancouver municipal election - Wikipedia

If you want a template, look to 2008. Vision and COPE ran 10 council candidates and one mayoral candidate combined. The story was similar for Park and School Boards—including a space for a Green candidate for Park Board. In the event, they won a commanding majority.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Va...

Along with a clear message, voters need clear guidance linking that vision to voting decisions when the ballot is as complex as Vancouver's. A network of 3 parties with 3 mayoral candidates and up to 15 candidates competing for 10 seats and one mayor's chair offers neither.

Vancouver's progressive parties unite with goal of defeating Ken Sim and ABC Hoping for a better chance at defeating Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC Vancouver party, three progressive parties are working together.

Spoke with @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social about the limits of the new agreement among Vancouver's progressive parties. It's a good first step compared with where they were, but far from where they need to be if they intend to win seats in this year's election. vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/04/15/v...

You don't need to agree on everything to work together in politics, but you do need to agree on who you're working with, and who you're working against.

2008 Vancouver municipal election - Wikipedia

If you want a template, look to 2008. Vision and COPE ran 10 council candidates and one mayoral candidate combined. The story was similar for Park and School Boards—including a space for a Green candidate for Park Board. In the event, they won a commanding majority.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Va...

Along with a clear message, voters need clear guidance linking that vision to voting decisions when the ballot is as complex as Vancouver's. A network of 3 parties with 3 mayoral candidates and up to 15 candidates competing for 10 seats and one mayor's chair offers neither.

Vancouver's progressive parties unite with goal of defeating Ken Sim and ABC Hoping for a better chance at defeating Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC Vancouver party, three progressive parties are working together.

Spoke with @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social about the limits of the new agreement among Vancouver's progressive parties. It's a good first step compared with where they were, but far from where they need to be if they intend to win seats in this year's election. vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/04/15/v...

Joel Connelly: 1948-2026 - NPI's Cascadia Advocate Joel was a legendary journalist and columnist who helped build the Northwest Progressive Institute into the influential organization it is today. After many decades of employment with Hearst at the Se...

Sad news RT www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2026/...

Any former head coach will tell you, there's nothing more foreboding than a vote of confidence from the team's GM.

Conservatives say Poilievre’s leadership is secure after Liberals land majority MPs cite high number of votes received in last election as proof they can still win with him at the helm

People are asking a lot of questions clearly answered by the Conservative caucus members' tee-shirts. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Canadian Energy Firms to Pay Debt, Shareholders Amid Price Surge Canadian oil and gas drillers say they are shoring up their balance sheets or boosting payments to shareholders rather than raising output in response to a surge in prices caused by the war in Iran.

If one were looking to make this case…

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

It’s fairly telling of the order of things that Canada almost immediately defaulted to the government taking a financial hit to provide gas price relief, without paying for it through a windfall tax even being floated as a serious possibility.

Adam asks a fair question here that has been bandied about.

Let me offer two arguments against a windfall tax that I would wager FIN officials would make when advising cabinet on what to do. I'll also offer my own assessment of the two arguments.

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Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

Is Pope Leo XIV the right person to lead the Catholic Church? We asked four evangelicals at a megachurch outside of Nashville.

ChatGPT: you’re right you’re so much smarter than him. He’s so schlubby and you’re so suave. Columbo will never catch you.

AI Use Appears to Have a "Boiling Frog" Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns A new study claims to offer the first causal link between AI dependency and cognitive erosion. Researchers warn of long-term implications.

NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty.

"People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.”

futurism.com/artificial-i...

For Toronto, more sprawl or a green future? Federal government will decide this spring about fate of land in Pickering

My piece on the Pickering lands: This 37km2 can feed Toronto and connect it with nature. We need to build more in our cities, and protect the real value of rural areas.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

1/2 Rewriting history: A pardon and a vacatur are not the same thing. A pardon says “you’re forgiven,” but the conviction still exists on your record. Vacatur says “this conviction is void,” as if it never legally happened. @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social

Trump Threatens to Fire Powell if He Does Not Resign From Fed

Breaking NYT:

Trump is now threatening to fire Jerome Powell if he does not resign from the Federal Reserve.

Powell's term as Fed chair officially ends on May 15, but he can stay on as a governor until 2028 and has said he would not leave until the criminal investigation is over.

Iran’s Regime Has Changed—for the Worse The U.S.-Israeli attack fast-tracked the ascent of hard-liners and apocalyptic religious followers, raising doubts about a lasting peace.

Great job everybody. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Literally no one has said that in this thread. I'm saying some independence is better than the no independence that would come from banning floor crossing.