RIP Housing Accelerator Fund, 2023-2026.

Hard same

the last thing you see before your buses get sped up 18%

Ottawa clawed back only a piddling amount from Toronto, and now this. All mouth and no trouser

If the mayor’s framing is true this marks the end of the HAF as a way to encourage zoning change In a meaningful way. Feds just completely caved

Actual political slush fund

Are you fucking kidding me

cackling at the artificially zoomed in photo of Kareem Allam. who the hell do they have putting these graphics together

Is that even a picture of you?

No practical effect other than a really well branded cross endorsement. I think it’s a smart tactic: it helps simplify things for members choosing from a dozen candidates. But of course everyone is free to vote however they wish

It’s a nomination slate. Not uncommon in big contested nominations. The BCA has slates in its nomination contest.

+2 is well below where i'd hope a new NDP leader would be - the traditional position of the NDP leader is, very personally popular but doesn't win votes because of strategic voting

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We must hold him to it

remember in 2024 when people had to BEG the city to fund two public toilets and had to point out that nobody likes to see shit all over the sidewalks and it took weeks for the city to "find" some money like it was a fiver stuck under the couch cushions
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Municipalities can’t run deficits by law so their finance departments are super super conservative

My greater point is below but i did want to note separately that the NPA won the byelection and elected the biggest contingent in the general ;)

Under both scenarios 1 and 2, parties cannot campaign for each other - this is a serious breach of elections financing rules.

Voters may reward parties that help them navigate the system but elections law forbids parties from effectively doing it.

Under the existing deal, there exists the possibility of consolidation around a progressive slate with a majority, and the total number of candidates is far below what existed in 2022.

2. 3-3-3 with an independent mayor

There is no downballot advantage conferred. However, under the modern fundraising rules, that mayor is limited to a spend of around 220k. They are far outspent by ABC, who saturate the market with $2 million of negative messages, and Ken Sim wins the election.

..among those three. A more efficient ABC vote allows ABC to win the majority of seats despite not winning a majority of voters.

This is a plausible scenario, on account of us being ~1000 votes away from the NPA winning the 2018 elxn this way despite none of their candidates getting above like 45k

Let's consider two alternative scenarios:

1. 3-3-3 with a partisan mayor

Media understand that the partisan mayor is the leader of the opposition, and treat them as such. The partisan mayor wins on a change mandate and elects all three of their councillors. BUT, that change vote is concentrated...

Anyway, good news, when Ken sim asks William Azaroff how he’s going to pay for his ambitious city building agenda, William has a very easy answer. It’s time to fucking build

Zero means zero cost $120 million. We gutted the city so deep they thought about ripping out the damn change tables for -nothing-

The infrastructure deficit is roughly $500M per year. This is maddening

$119.14 is what you need to give per month to max out every year. One cent more and you're a LAWBREAKER

15 for 10 is less than ideal but I'd argue that a deal that produced a true slate of <10 (3-3-3) would be MORE confusing given:

1. Elections BC rules stipulating that parties cannot share resources, e.g. do joint advertising or leafleting

2. The truly different visions offered by the 3 parties

15 for 10 is the same ratio as 3 for 2 in the by-election. And 5+1 is a council majority - OneCity, at least, is contesting for that majority.

Great night! Thanks to everyone for being there.