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May. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

How Can the Province Support a 3.5 Billion Dollar Sinking Massey Bridge?

. One of the great things about the readership of Price Tags is that the readers are a well-educated bunch who…
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May. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Premier Still Says the Massey Bridge is Good for you-The Right Work or Doing the Work Right?

Sandor Gyarmati in the Delta Optimist reports that the Premier knows what is good for you and the Massey Bridge will…
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Apr. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"Show Courage, Please U-Turn on the Massey Bridge Decision"

Another cogent letter in the Richmond News written by Andy Hobbs questions the expenditure of $3.5 billion dollars (now forecast to…
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Apr. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge-If We Had 3.5 Billion Dollars…

The Province published an opinion piece by Eric Doherty, Bob Chitrenky, Harold Steves and Peter McCartney that provides one more flip…
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Mar. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Feds Not Funding Massey Bridge. Province Not Matching Metro Vancouver Transit.

The Federal government’s budget came down last week and it was called “Building a Strong Middle Class”. With that sentiment,…
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Mar. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Rowhouses, Townhouses without Land Assembly Future Vision of Mayor

Jen St. Denis in Metro News reports on the Mayor of Vancouver’s speech to the Urban Land Institute. Unlike  real estate…
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Nov. 25, 2016 / Gordon Price

Mysteries of the Referendum Requirement

A helpful clarification on the referendum requirement from Bill Holmes:   In (a Kickstart) post, you stated that “according to the…
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Nov. 24, 2016 / Gordon Price

Kickstart- November 24

By Gord Price Finally: The total cost of the first phase of the plan is $2 billion, with $370 million…
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Jun. 17, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Feds and Province Pony Up for Public Transit Infrastructure-

  The Prime Minister was in town yesterday, and announced that the federal government would be providing $460 million dollars…
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May. 26, 2016 / Gordon Price

Give us transit so long as we don’t have to pay for it

From The Sun: Two-thirds of Metro Vancouver residents are calling for immediate transit improvements, saying better mass transit could help resolve…
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Feb. 10, 2016 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Words: Do CACs add to the cost of housing?

From Ken Ohrn: . Another piece of the discussion about housing prices in Vancouver. The City of Vancouver hired consultants…
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Nov. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

Quote: Ken Hardie on Surrey light rail

From Business in Vancouver: “We will certainly respect Surrey’s decision about the kind of technology it wants,” Ken Hardie, one…
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Nov. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

Why don't provincial politicians care about Metro?

It’s clear the Liberal government doesn’t really care much about Metro Vancouver, the City in particular.  Even as their policies…
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Nov. 05, 2015 / Gordon Price

Contrasting Cities: Seattle vs Vancouver

Good news out of the Emerald City – from the Seattle Times: . … the biggest winners in Tuesday’s election…

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