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Nov. 09, 2018 / Colin Stein

SFU: Want More Skytrain? Do the Numbers (Part II)

Yesterday’s post about the Vancouver Sun op-ed by Alex Boston scraped the surface of what could comprise an effective business case for…
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Nov. 08, 2018 / Colin Stein

SFU: Want More Skytrain? Do the Numbers (Part I)

This week, Alex Boston, the Executive Director of the Renewable Cities program at SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue,…
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Nov. 07, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Province Introduces Bill To Stop Mansion Cropping on Farmland

The Provincial government finally is tightening  up the loopholes that have emboldened developers to snap up provincially protected farmland, pave…
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Nov. 05, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Will Richmond City Council Scale Back Mansion Cropping on Best Farmland In Canada?

Tuesday November 6 is a the mid-term election day in the USA but it is also a big day for…
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Nov. 02, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Friday File: U.S. Republican Ad Uses British Seaside Town as an Example of American Bad Governance

You would think that there is enough talent around to create ads of generic dank towns when you are an…
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Nov. 01, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Where the Buck Stops — McCallum’s Surrey Skytrain

Despite the Mayor’s Council and its 10-year transportation plan that’s been around for a while now, along with a bunch…
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Oct. 30, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Change in Council means McMansioning of Richmond Farmland May be Over

There are big changes happening in the City of Richmond where the eight Council incumbents all ran again for office.…
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Oct. 29, 2018 / Colin Stein

#CouncilSoEast: Vancouver’s Other Representation Problem

A number of political narratives were scrambled by Vancouver’s electorate on October 20th. Of note was the carefully curated story,…
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Oct. 29, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Mayor McCallum’s Surrey Skytrain

Like 15 other Metro Vancouver munis, the City of Surrey has a new Mayor — Doug McCallum. He’s also an…
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Oct. 26, 2018 / Gordon Price

Sightline’s Summary of Our Election

This is a good chance to introduce Mike Andersen – the Sightline Institute’s new writer on municipal policy, with a focus…
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Oct. 25, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Real Estate, Foreign Money and the Price of Housing

Bloomberg Businessweek has written about Vancouver being one of the first cities to receive “one of the largest financial flows of…
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Oct. 23, 2018 / Gordon Price

Daily Durning: The Sightline Case for PR

Durning: Here are some compelling arguments from the Sightline Institute in Seattle for proportional representation.  Some fearmongers claim that ProRep…
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Oct. 23, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

The Axis of Urbanism — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

Vancouver has scattered itself across a broad spectrum, two-dimensional no less, on its approach to housing. It’s now carved in…
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Oct. 22, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

It’s Over, Sim Concedes — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

Having evidently found no compelling evidence of hanky-panky, blunders or malfeasance — the NPA concedes the mayor’s chair to Kennedy…

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