Canadian. Mother. Partner. Feminist. Lover of dogs, travel and sour beers. Thoughts and curse words all my own. She/Her.
Joined November 2011
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May 22
If Council is pre-zoning Villages to streamline market housing, it should also require staff to show how social, co-op, or non-market housing can realistically be delivered in each Village.
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Seems Vancouver is obsessed with car-free pedestrian space speak this week.
I’ve got a suggestion; Vine St.
W 4th Ave to 12th.
They’re keen on calling this “downtown Kitsilano” so, make it a pedestrian pathway. Already busy ped activity.
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Jun 13
This is seriously the cringiest collapse of a nation in real time.
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Armed police officers aren't the answer to underfunded schools. What students need is more counsellors, youth workers, mental health supports. Remember when there used to be school nurses? There's zero evidence cops make schools safer.
Jun 12
Keeping kids safe: School Liaison Officers play an important role in public safety by helping keep students safe and supporting healthy school communities.
SLOs help prevent bullying and violence, build positive relationships between youth and police, assist schools in responding to threats, and play a critical role in gang prevention and early intervention.
For many students, SLOs are trusted resources and mentors. For schools, they are an important bridge between educators, families, and law enforcement.
Your ABC Vancouver team understands the importance of this work. That's why one of ABC's first actions in office was to fully restore the SLO program.
Public safety starts early, and it's important that students, teachers, and families continue to have access to this program. ABC is the only party that supports fully funding the VPD, and we will always protect the Vancouver's School Liaison Officer program.
#publicsafety #vancouver #abcvancouver
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Jun 12
Victoria council has now passed a motion calling on the province to restore funding to the Community Housing Fund, which was abruptly defunded in the last budget.
cheknews.ca/victoria-adds-it…
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Jun 12
Such a thing is economically practical and socially crucial for Vancouver. Non market housing at scale please.
Jun 11
Paris looking to increase social housing to 40% of the building stock by 2035 (up from 25% today…)
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Jun 11
There are two types of dogs: those who love water and those who don't
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Jun 12
You reduce crime by eliminating poverty. The actual reason so called nice neighborhoods have lower crime rates is because people’s basic needs are being met. It is not because of police, alarm systems, or neighborhood associations. Poverty creates crime.
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Jun 11
“A developer who builds the wrong homes, for the wrong price, should bear the financial consequences.
Not only is that fair, it’s the foundation of competition in the housing market”
Great piece in the FP
Jun 11
Opinion: Ontario shouldn't bail out condo developers financialpost.com/opinion/on…
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I tried for 4 years on Vancouver City Council to focus on the lack of
data to support housing policy and targets to no avail. So much for evidence-based decision-making.
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LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
Mar 11
White, effectively hired by the UDI yet paid by taxpayers. He doesn’t represent citizens, neighbourhoods or DNA here. He is actually a masquerading planner carpet bombing COV with density. A Buildable City 🤡.
He needs sent packing along with Sim, ABC and their string pullers.
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Jun 11
I genuinely don’t get “restore frontline services so young people return.” Young people aren’t leaving Vancouver because of community centres. They’re leaving because rent is impossible, family-sized homes are scarce, and they don’t see a future here.
What service solves that?
Jun 11
Meet our team and hear our priorities.
Learn more at VancouverLiberals.com
#VancouverLiberals #Vancouver #VanPoli #TogetherWeCan
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Jun 11
How would the city be more affordable to live in under the @vanliberals?
Watched the policy videos, still don’t understand their plan.
Jun 10
“In contrast, Vancouver’s municipal Liberals launched less than a year ago with a clear purpose: to make Vancouver easier to build in, more affordable to live in, and better governed, explicitly for younger residents increasingly priced out of the city.
Vancouver Liberal leader Kareem Allam leveraged a familiar political brand but he paired it with a steady stream of policy proposals. Whether on housing, permitting, renaming Vancouver International Airport, or supporting a Gastown soccer stadium that could keep the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the city, that party has made a sustained effort to explain why it exists.”
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Jun 9
Having trouble brainstorming and want to use AI? Talk to your friend with adhd. We have so many ideas and never drink water.
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Jun 10
I am currently sipping from my Stanley, in athleisure.
First of all, how dare you?
Jun 9
Vancouver uniforms:
Yaletown - Lululemon
Kits - athleisure and a Stanley cup
Downtown - Patagonia
Coal Harbour - business casual with rich dog
Main Street - vintage jacket and tote bag
Commercial Drive - thrifted everything
UBC - hoodie, sweats, dead eyes
Surrey - puffer jacket and Air Forces
Richmond - Arc’teryx and car keys
North Van - hiking shoes, even at dinner
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3 Dec 2023
BC Legislature blames planning for high housing costs. Bill 44, 46, 47 pass in a rush. Bills eliminate city planning (automatic approval of market housing towers within all circles shown - overuling city approved area plans) effectively ending local planning democracy.
Why? To make housing more affordable they say.
But Vancouver has tripled the number of housing units in the city since 1970. No other centre city in all of North America has done nearly as much. If adding market housing lowered costs Vancouver should have North America's cheapest housing. Instead it has North America's most expensive.
Adding new density near transit is good for many reasons. Sadly making housing more affordable is not one of them.
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The City didn’t give me a whistleblower award or even thank you when I informed it of staff’s $13M error undercharging the 601 Beach purchaser.
Instead of correcting the error, real estate GM Amrolia moved quickly to have Council approve the wrongly discounted amount in-camera.
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ABC is attempting to make the empty homes tax exempt for every builder in the province not just big developers anymore. It's terrorism against the working class.
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