At least some people aren’t waiting for provincial leadership to start advocating for transit funding:
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Forum with Karen Fung on BC’s Transit Funding Referendum
November 26, 7pm
Karen has been obsessed with transit and the role they can and do play in communities and neighbourhoods since 2007. For the past four years, she’s been involved in public transit-related projects and advocacy with the Vancouver Public Space Network, a grassroots non-profit doing outreach and education on Vancouver’s public spaces. She works on civic technology projects that make the urban experience more enjoyable, inclusive, and sustainable.
Karen will talk at Forum about how transit makes Vancouver livable, what decisions about transportation are on the horizon, who’s making them, what’s at stake and the growing coalition of citizens, advocates and business owners making sure we get it right, in an engaging and enlightening discussion about the complex systems that make cities go (or stop).
Tickets are $12. Register here to get your seat at Denim & Steel, a web-consulting firm in Mt. Pleasant – 7pm on Tuesday, November 26.
I do not doubt the many benefits of additional subways, especially to UBC !
I think though we have to show MORE economic benefits of a $3B to $5B investment besides “livability”. I think we have to advance better ECONOMIC arguments such as an ROI on the $s invested through more research, higher property taxes, more investment, more JOBS, higher GDP !!
Left leaning politicians / socialists always have great ideas how others fund their own better life.
The issue is taxation and the degree of how much government is “enough”. BC has pretty high taxes compared to other parts of Canada. The NDP ruined this province in the 90’s. Animosity to that runs deep. I think the BC Liberals need to see more ECONOMIC arguments, and better MetroVan governance. It seems to me that 26 municipalities, many with left-leaning councilors or mayors, is too many. How about: 1 ?
Maybe that is the core issue of why the BC Liberals balk at the required funding ? They don’t trust the local politicians ?