Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a majority government after his Liberal Party won a special election, giving him the ability to push ahead faster with an agenda centered on expanding energy exports and reducing Canada’s reliance on the US
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @bloomberg.com
"She is from British Columbia but moved to Texas in 2021 when she married her American husband.
The family was driving home from a baby shower when they were stopped at a border patrol checkpoint. She and Ayla, who has autism, were fingerprinted and detained..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Opinion: The BIG David Anderson Podcast debuts with Canada’s longest serving federal environment minister who discusses current events and a career with the federal Liberals spanning five decades.
www.hilltimes.com/2026/04/13/d...
Thank you to his loved ones and Musqueam nation members for supporting his work and message.
Nuts’a’maat and Namaste great elder.
I’ve taken his message and rattle with me around the province of BC for over a decade and last year shook it in the Yukon.
Shane Pointe taught me to slow down, make thoughtful decisions, and we also talked a lot about leadership.
At my first Housing Central conference in 2013 he humbled me in front of everyone by giving me his turtle shell rattle and a message that ‘turtles have a home wherever they go - and so should all people.’ His plea turned my job into a mission that we still must complete.
My condolences to everybody who knew, loved, and learned from Shane Pointe. He made a tremendous impact on the housing sector and me personally. I think about him regularly because of the wisdom of his words and his belief in all of us.
www.musqueam.bc.ca/remembering-...
ANOTHER Conservative MP has crossed the floor to the Liberals. Marilyn Gladu, who represents Sarnia. This...is an interesting one.
Funding changes in BC Budget 2026 have halted work to create thousands of units of new affordable housing.
Today, BCNPHA and sector leaders spoke to media, calling on government to change course and continue support for our critical work.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/NpOo50YBtG3
Woah!! NPR Planet Money did a podcast episode from Vancouver reporting on Senakw:
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The model matters here: federal dollars + provincial operating funding + non-profit delivery. Non-profits provide permanent affordability in a way the private market doesn't. Affordability, accountability, multi-lateral agreements. #housing #canpoli
"2026 B.C. budget turns its back on housing and communities will pay the price" as told by @jfatkey.bsky.social, Margaret Pfoh, + @thomarmstrong.bsky.social via @vancouversun.bsky.social
#bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
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"Delaying housing does not save money; it shifts costs to other parts of the system, where they are far more expensive."
Read this new commentary from community housing sector leaders Jill Atkey, Margaret Pfoh and Thom Armstrong.
https://ow.ly/61Go50YvB3Z
While economists and advocates have long argued that social assistance rates across Canada are not even enough to keep people out of poverty, new research has found they are often not enough to keep people out of homelessness, Molly Hayes reports:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
@timhwang 15 hours ago this kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most american cities
Recommended oped here by George Abbott: Lessons to be learned from B.C.'s colonial past
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New from me at TVO, on last week's FAO report on homelessness (spoiler: it's bleak)
Federal - NDP MP for Nunavut, Lori Idlout, has crossed the floor to the Liberals
Interesting #BCPOLI update from former Premier and CKNW host Christy Clark.
She posted on LinkedIn today about the launch of the new Christy Clark Show and here’s the trailer.
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BREAKING - NDP MP Lori Idlout has crossed the floor to the Liberals, as per a statement from NDP Leader Don Davies.
The core of the Carney brand is not populism or charisma.
It is competence.
Canadians tend to see him as a serious, systems-oriented leader who can manage complexity and navigate uncertainty. In today’s political climate, that kind of brand has real value.
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Mark Carney interviews with Tyler Brule at Monocle while in Tokyo.
The discussion looks back at the two months since the Davos speech, what the international reception has been, and what relationship development for Canada has followed in a range of sectors and countries.
youtu.be/j2gyqs-AN8A?...
#TransLink confirms its new 40-ft-long trolley buses from Europe will have an extra 3rd door, situated at the rear.
Metro Vancouver's first regular-sized bus with 3 doors.
New 60-ft-long articulated trolley buses could also have 4 doors. #vanpoli #vanre
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Fantastic news!
A historic Maillardville corner in South Coquitlam will soon be transformed into non-market rental homes.
City council approved rezoning at 1013 and 1025 Brunette Ave., creating new affordable housing while honouring the community’s francophone heritage.
https://ow.ly/evh850Yqzya
I didn’t know that. Can Canada’s parliament also add people to the line of succession to the Canadian Crown?
Welcome to Pacific Time!
CARNEY: "There's a Japanese proverb that articulates the opportunity ahead of us in these difficult times globally: After the rain, the ground grows firmer ... Today we are taking our first steps on firmer ground together."
It's amazing people will claim "Canada and the USA have the same culture" and then on something as fundamental as "do you trust your fellow citizens to be good" we are further apart than any other two countries
