Public hearing goes March 10 for Vancouver’s first-ever ‘official development plan’ Vancouver Plan will be rescinded in place of new plan directed by provincial government legislation

www.nsnews.com/economy-law-... #vanre #ItsSpeculationStupid #donorsfirst #vanpoli #bcpoli

Demand, not red tape, stalls development, Hurley says. Burnaby mayor says lack of demand (not regulations) holding back builds (Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun) A blockbuster article by Douglas Todd is in the Vancouver Sun today. Subscribers can read the whole article at this link: Here below are a few excerpts. This is highly relevant as Vancouver races t…

cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/d... #vanre #aitsSpeculationStupid #upzoning #densitydonewrong #donorsfirst #metrovan #vanpoli

Ma: “Why have this incursion into this last panoramic view that is so important to folks, especially those who live on the east side of Vancouver, where you don't have ready access to the seawall?"

A: COV prioritizes #donorsfirst #ItsSpeculationstupid #privatizeviews #monetizepublicviews

Vancouver residents push back on plan they say will obscure rare mountain view Proposed towers that would obstruct views from Trout Lake put city’s ‘view cones’ policy in spotlight

Subscribers: www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/... #vanre #troutlake #viewcones #eatvan #densityforwhom #donorsfirst #vanpoli

The $150+ million black hole: How Vancouver ‘lost’ a fortune (and why that’s just the tip of the iceberg) (Auditor General reports) If you lose a receipt for a $50 lunch, it’s an error. If you lose the paper trail for a $20 million land deal, it’s a choice.

cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/t... #vanre #donorsfirst #vanpoli

There's a growing backlash against the outsized, 'boxy' apartment blocks being built in B.C. "They’re untenable.," says one mayor. 'They don’t fit in with neighbourhoods. I know there are lot of upset people out there, and rightly so."

Have seen many of these, blocking sunlight entirely. Setbacks needed vancouversun.com/business/dou... #vanre #ItsSpeculationStupid #donorsfirst #vanpoli #bcpoli

“In December… Lot’s of important votes that seemed to fly under the radar….a bailout for developers because of a dip in asking rents. Developers say they can’t get anything off the ground, so we let them redefine below market rental (BMR) percentages…” #vanre #donorsfirst #AbolishABC #vanpoli

Vancouver residents hate their homes but love their ‘hoods Data shows that residents lean unto community amenities as housing units increase in price and decease in size, something the City of Vancouver’s Broadway Plan doesn’t account for

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Sadly consecutive Govts from Vision to ABC/Sim ignore & exclude neighborhood input & concerns, to prioritize RECartel #donorsfirst & investors #vanre #broadwayplan #communitynotcommodity #vanpoli

Precarious leases & policies since Vision,on Dev's private lands or turfed for moar "market" hsg. City + BC Govt never prioritized permanent social hsg, evictions & #homelessness soared.

The Mainlander, 2023 themainlander.com/2023/11/07/p... #vanre #donorsfirst #TMH #housingcrisis #vanpoli #bcpoli

Corrupted by #donorsfirst & far too many RE planners/staffers who know nothing other than upzoning for spec

ABC #DeveloperParty councillors & Mayor Ken refuse to protect renters in the West End #VanRE #DonorsFirst

“Tenant policies afforded to the Broadway Plan would have afforded West End residents the same protections,” Sean Orr on Pete Fry's motion ABC voted against

Tell your renter friends

#vanpoli

PS- Not a “left or right” partisan issue but one that crosses party lines at all 3 levels. Elected Govt officials are foxes profiteering from the public henhouse #donorsfirst far too long

The problem has been that Cdn Govt @ all 3 levels has been incentivizing & prioritizing speculative investors & developers' financialization for 2 decades, not incentivizing & building housing that locals want and can afford #vanre #tore #cdnre #ItsSpeculationStupid #donorsfirst #cdnpoli

Vancouver City Council to consider property tax break for new rental housing | Urbanized A property tax break to help boost new rental housing construction will be considered by Vancouver City Council.

The grift that keeps on giving. To RECartel that never trickles down dailyhive.com/vancouver/va... #vanre #donorsfirst #vanpoli

Vancouver's opulent CURV tower gets away with switching out of below-market housing Douglas Todd: Developers behind the city's tallest tower are getting out of their vow to include below-market apartments in their design.

vancouversun.com/opinion/colu... #vanre #donorsfirst #RECartel #housingcrisis #vanpoli

Safeway redevelopment at Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain nears City decision | Urbanized This spring, Vancouver City Council will vote on the Safeway redevelopment proposal of 1780 East Broadway at SkyTrain Commercial-Broadway Station.

dailyhive.com/vancouver/17... “The proposed height and density exceed the Plan, but staff are supportive due to the emerging context given Transit-Oriented Area policies." #vanre #eastvan #grandviewwoodlands #Fugly #Westbank #donorsfirst #vanpoli

The Snookering of False Creek South | The Tyee My global gem of a community has been abused and betrayed by city hall machinations.

Renger: The Snookering of False Creek South v. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... CoV staff keep “reimagining” (read: upzoning), to sell off mixed income affordable hsg on prime land, to the highest bidders #Vanre #ItsSpeculationStupid #FalaeCreekSouth #demovictions #donorsfirst #vanpoli

Sadly, Carney endorsing Vision’s Gregor (booted out) & Wade Grant (not elected), as well as meeting Rennie and RECartel shows an inability to read the room or just plain complicity #NeverGregor #housingcrisis #donorsfirst #vanre #cdnpoli

ABC Sim only cares about #RECartel #donorsfirst not the community at large nor any community amenities #AbolishABC #vanpoli

Social housing units converted into rentals in future Vancouver tower | Urbanized Brivia Group is removing the social housing component of its future Curv tower in Vancouver, replacing it with more rental housing.

Moar #baitandswitch - Vancouver City Council has approved the developer's request to alter the public benefits strategy
associated with the project, specifically the affordable housing component dailyhive.com/vancouver/cu... #vanre #socialhousing #donorsfirst #AbolishABC #SimCity #vanpoli

Who’s who of Vancouver real estate attended Mark Carney fundraiser Also: a luxury car dealer, local politicians, First Nations leaders and even the deposed B.C. Housing/Atira duo.

Who’s who of Vancouver real estate attended Mark Carney fundraiser bobmackin.substack.com/p/whos-who-o... #vanre #donorsfirst #RECartel #housingcrisis #cdnpoli

Terry Hui’s Hole in Vancouver’s Heart | The Tyee Why did the billionaire stall Expo lands completion for decades, leaving a void where there could be homes? A Tyee deep dive.

Meggs: Terry Hui's Hole in Vancouver's Heart via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03... Concord still owes B.C. a final payment for the land — estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars…

A major waterfront park has never been built. #vanre #RECartel #donorsfirst #vanpoli

Here’s the perfect way to differentiate Democratic priorities vs #CORPservative GOP priorities which alway serve their corporate and billionaire donors:
#FamiliesFirst

For congressional Repubs it’s:
#DonorsFirst
For #MAGA it’s:
#MyFamilyFirstWhoCaresAboutYours

Vancouver & our Govts at all 3 levels don't care about local small biz and residents, only RECartel & speculators #vanre #SimCity #BCNDP #ItsSpeculationStupid #donorsfirst #moar #vanpoli #bcpoli

Metro Vancouver has become a 'resort' that squeezes out locals, says major real-estate player "How can our kids compete to buy real estate?" asks Ross McCredie, CEO of Sutton Group.

Too busy profiting off it, to notice 🙄 vancouversun.com/opinion/colu... #vanre #Vancouver #Whistler #metrovan #housingcrisis #ItsSpeculationStupid #donorsfirst #vanpoli #bcpoli

BC government confirms new UBC SkyTrain to be a key priority | Urbanized The outlined priorities for the BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit include advancing the UBC SkyTrain extension.

BC gov't confirms #UBCSkyTrain extension to be a key priority - "expected to cost $40M, with...[fed gov't] covering $14M" (guaranteed to be way over budget as w/ all other infra) dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc... #vanre #BroadwaySubway #ItsSpeculationStupid #JerichoLands #donorsfirst #vanpoli #bcpoli

#AbolishABC zero Fs about heritage, residents & affordability, 100% #donorsfirst #densitydonewrong

Federal Liberals quietly return to hosting fundraisers in private residences, breaking 2017 promise Liberals criticized Poilievre for the same practice after IJF investigation last March

theijf.org/liberal-priv... #FAIL #donorsfirst #cashforaccess #foreigninfluence #cdnpoli

Only speculation & #donorsfirst & lobbyists matter

“The infrastructure deficit in Canada is conservatively estimated to be as high as $270-billion. But that’s just to maintain what we already have. It does not account for what we need to be investing for the future.” #infrastructure #cdnpoli

No rate of change, no affordability requirements (to local incomes), just moar RECartel #donorsfirst grift & demovictions

"Compared with the old version, staff estimate that the plan’s 30-year timeline will see a greater increase of homes (to 41,500 from 30,000) and jobs (to 45,000 from 42,000)."