It's my birthday and it's been a great year! Ran for mayor. Building housing. Fighting for renters & ending the overdose crisis. Preaching again. Grateful for the people alongside and an honour to build community. Here's to another year of advancing progressive policies ♥️
We’re pausing supportive housing during a homelessness emergency and rising numbers. Legal experts say it may violate rights by targeting a politically inconvenient, vulnerable group. This isn’t leadership. It’s a policy failure putting lives at risk and it may end up in court.
Ten years today since the opioid crisis was declared a public health emergency in BC. Over 18,000 lives lost. We remember, we grieve and we won’t stop calling on our elected officials to implement and scale the solutions that save lives 💔
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Thanks Bill! Lovely well wishes. I'm a Jays fan but good luck with your MLB season 😇
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We can’t normalize the shocking # of people experiencing homelessness in Vancouver or the extreme increase every year. Under City leadership, we are blocking the housing we need. Build housing, raise incomes, fund supports or admit this is a policy choice.
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Pet bans in rentals aren’t neutral. They disproportionately impact low-income renters and is an equity issue that can lead to homelessness (for people and pets). Proud of this collaboration from our org and SPCA. Lift the ban.
On the grim ten year anniversary of the opioid crisis in BC, where more than 18,000 lives have been lost, I’m honoured to offer a reflection in solidarity with Moms Stop The Harm, in remembrance of those we’ve lost. And we won’t stop remembering and advocating for overdose prevention.
Opera connects us. Contrary to recent criticism.
A beautiful moment reconnecting with Lucia, singing in La Bohème with Vancouver Opera. We met 15 years ago when she was singing Maria in West Side Story when I worked there. Now I’m on the Board. Go see her! www.vancouveropera.ca/whats-on/la-...
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Parks, pools and community centres are what make our cities wonderful. We’ve got to start acting like it and make these important safety and maintenance investments.
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Collaboration matters given the complexities in the DTES. But we know the solutions: housing, higher incomes and access to supports & voluntary treatment. Poverty is not a moral failure. It’s a policy choice. And until we grasp that, we’ll keep managing crisis, not ending it.
Supportive housing voted down in Vancouver. Again. Not surprised. But it's hard to understand how anyone stands behind a vote against something we know improves and even saves lives. I believe those voting 'no' know this. Which makes the politicization of it harder to accept.
Vancouver’s toxic drug supply is a public health risk. This PSA matters for World Cup visitors and it matters just as much for people who live here every day.
Vancouver loves our pools. I just wish we proved it by prioritizing maintenance and actually building the ones we promise in the communities we promise.
Save Sunrise Market! Access to affordable, healthy food is getting harder for people.
Food is a human right. We need to start supporting community solutions and public investment. Not every basic need should be left to the market.
As Vancouver gears up for the World Cup, what happens to people with nowhere safe to go? @amandajaneburrows.bsky.social joins us to talk about why Vancouver is adding enforcement while Seattle is adding shelter — and why community-led solutions are being ignored: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h...
I did a radio interview in response to Seattle's proactive approach to the World Cup and homelessness compared to the lack of clear human rights plan in Vancouver.
Vancouver adds enforcement. Seattle adds shelter.
People need safe places to go when the World Cup descends on us. We have community-led solutions to make these games safer for everyone but our town's leadership just keeps ignoring them.
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Vancouver loves our community centres & it's alarming how many are in poor condition.
We’re facing a $1B repair bill and I have ZERO confidence this investment will happen under Ken Sim. Keeping public spaces safe is public safety. We need leadership that acts like it.
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If we’re going to host the world, we need to show up for our own community first.
The lack of a clear human rights plans should alarm everyone. People’s safety can’t be an afterthought. Without that we have to ask, who is this event really for?
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Important piece from community housing leaders. It’s a gut punch to hear so many community projects are paused. We need housing people can actually afford and building them is how we end homelessness.
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More money for cops, less for lifeguards. This is alarming. Public safety should prevent harm. But under Ken Sim, this is what a 'zero means zero' budget looks like.
How does this make our city safer?
The actual burning question is what will the legacy of FIFA be in Vancouver?
Expo '86 and Olympics reshaped Vancouver. They also caused rising real estate prices and homelessness. If we’re going to host the world again, we should make sure the legacy includes housing people too.
As we approach a grim 10yr anniversary of BC's overdose crisis being declared a public health emergency, there is still no end in sight. Overdoses and deaths due to toxic drugs continue to persist. Time to implement the Four Pillars approach with real investment in prevention and treatment.
Proud to serve on the SFU and Vancity Community Fdn advisory helping create a Climate Resilience Roadmap for nonprofits.
After the heat dome we know preparedness saves lives. Nonprofits are often the first place people turn. Climate action is human rights work. Equity must be at the centre
Talkers in the Seawest lounge.