The Subdivision Bylaw
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One of the various ways our city gov. protects "estates" from the pesky intrusion of modestly sized or affordable housing.
This policy document needs to go. Now.
If we can allow 40' to 50' min lots for our apartment zones,
we can do that everywhere.
'It's a great feeling': Surrey's Vaisakhi parade went from a quaint affair to one of the largest outside India vancouversun.com/news/surrey-...
I think they made the tent too big.
Supply curve S1 has zoned capacity Q1 at price P1; but if we upzone to S2, we can get Q1 at price P2<P1.
Lesson: if we want low-price housing, we need zoned capacity Q(∞) to be a lot bigger than the target quantity (where supply intersects demand).
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Screenshot. What looks to be an AI generated image of people panning for gold above a description of an “online learning” event about the 1858 gold rush
Hey @royalbcmuseum.bsky.social - why are you using an AI generated image when you have a wealth of digitized images and paintings from the gold rush that you could use?
@wazaroff.bsky.social - what’s your position on this proposal?
Sorry I can't stop thinking about this. This needs to be treated like a massive scandal because it is. The government made a major decision about someone's life using a machine (who has the data?) that was *completely wrong*. How often has this happened and not been caught? Who made this choice?
Free dental care in Vancouver's DTES from April to August, from Vancouver College of Dental Hygiene students and UGM
"The Mansion Test"
Ask your city council and planners:
"is it easier to get a building permit for modest middle income housing, or for a 10,000 sf 'mansion'? "
Development permit? Neighbour review? Affordability requirements? Design Guidelines? Density fees?
Lanefab x HAVAN
To be fair, there was an SRO there that burned down, and the new social housing would deliver fewer rooms than those lost to the fire, but, yeah - this was a tricky rezoning.
NEW: Canada’s richest 1 per cent have nearly as much wealth as its poorest 80 per cent combined.
www.readthemaple.com/canadas-rich...
"the richest 1 per cent in Canada hold nearly $1.25 trillion in wealth."
this is the problem we must urgently address
we have work to do.
@JesseBrown Not seeing this obvious point made elsewhere, so here goes: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers referenced Oct 7th, a day when Jewish men, women and children were brutalized, burned alive, raped and kidnapped, then she immediately said "my heart is with the people of Palestine." This was a heartless and hateful statement. Quote Radheyan Simonpillai @JustSayRad · Mar 4 Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers is returning her TFCA award best supporting performance in a Canadian film, following the organization's decision to censor her acceptance speech during Monday night's gala. Here are excerpts from Elle-Máijá's email to the TFCA, shared with permission.
If you subscribe or listen to 'Canadaland' (the biggest "progressive" podcast in the country) please know that it's founder Jesse Brown is actively attacking Indigenous women who speak out against Israel's genocide
Dan Fumano is the GOAT
The Province has still not approve this training facility. Westbank was there but didn't take interviews. Chief Rai tapped Westbank founder Ian Gillespie on the shoulder and said, "Thanks for working with us."
once again, this is a violation of the police act
the VPD are lawless
are you following
ALSO:
The BC Human Rights Code exists to protect people from discrimination and exclusion.
I’m appalled that the BC Conservatives support repealing protections for people based on race, gender and ability.
In British Columbia, human rights should never be up for debate.
The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
Holy shit 👀 archive.is/GUweE#select... #TumblerRidge
This should destroy ANY company.
The wealthiest 1% of families in Canada owned 22.7% of wealth in 2023, up from 19.3% in 1999, seeing a total increase of $3 trillion over that period.
Find our new report modelling of extreme wealth inequality from @c4tf.bsky.social and @bcpolicy.bsky.social:
bcpolicy.ca/2026/02/11/tax-the-rich/
This technology already exists and is widely used. It doesn't involve 'government surveillance' and would not allow ICE or any other government agency to stop individual cars.
Just say you think thousands of kids dying every year is worth it so you can speed!
www.autoweek.com/news/a615322...
A display inside a grocery store that looks like it supports a school but in fact is part of a NIMBY campaign against the school.
The Olympic Village Save-On Foods has come out in support of the NIMBYs opposed to the long-promised but unbuilt Olympic Village Elementary School.
Development fees don't "come out of the land" if you're an existing family redeveloping your home into a multigenerational plex.
City and Metro fees just add straight into the cost.
Not Russia, not China but the US today. Sickening.
Government announces that the status quo is fine; deaths to continue indefinitely
What were the results? We don't know because the Minister didn't release any report or findings with her statement.
Ministry of Health STATEMENT Minister's statement on status of the decriminalization pilot program VICTORIA - Josie Osborne, Minister of Health, has released the following statement on the status of the decriminalization pilot program: "The toxic-drug crisis continues to take lives and cause tremendous pain across British Columbia. Families, communities, first responders and service providers are all feeling the impact. This is a deeply complex public-health emergency, and there is no single solution that can fix it. From the beginning, we have been determined to explore every option and use every tool available to save lives and support people who are struggling. "In 2023, we launched a pilot program to decriminalize people who use drugs. We did this with the support of advocates, service providers, police and members of the legislative assembly. The intention was clear: to make it easier for people struggling with addiction to reach out for help without fear of being criminalized. Despite the hard work and good intentions behind the pilot, it has not delivered the results we hoped for. For that reason, we will not be asking the federal government to renew the exemption. "This does not mean the work ends here. We remain focused on strengthening the approaches that are helping people get timely, appropriate care. Our priority is, and always has been, to make sure people can get help when and where they need it. We continue to believe that addiction is a health issue, not a criminal justice issue. "We are building a more complete and comprehensive system of mental-health and addictions care in B.C., including prevention, treatment and recovery, harm reduction and after-care. We have opened hundreds of new treatment and recovery beds, significantly reduced wait times for withdrawal management and prevented tens of thousands of overdose deaths through services such as Take Home Naloxone and overdose-prevention sites. "At the same time, we are supporting police i…
The premier was pretty unequivocal the other week but here's Health Minister Josie Osborne confirming BC will not ask the federal government to renew the provincial decriminalization pilot
I note that the only validator quote in the press release is from the BC RCMP's deputy commissioner #bcpoli
