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Jul. 24, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: What should the question be?

We’ll post the possibilities. Here is the suggestion of Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart (previously a Liberal MLA), as reported by…

Jul. 23, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: "The whole system will crash"

[Coquitlam Mayor Richard] Stewart warns that the region is already at a tipping point. If the referendum on road pricing…

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Jul. 22, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: The Easy Question?

Following from the argument below – “The Soft Strategy” – what question could be put on the ballot that has…

Jul. 19, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: The Soft Strategy

I’ve been wondering why there hasn’t been more conversation and coverage about the Translink funding referendum, given the stakes…

Jul. 18, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: Hoist, Meet Petard

Here’s another angle. If the referendum fails, the conclusion will presumably be that the voters of Metro Vancouver do not…

Jul. 17, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: Ladner's 13 reasons ….

… why a TransLink funding referendum would be wrong . Here. My favourite: 3. Because a referendum is a costly,…

Jul. 15, 2013 / Gordon Price

Ladner on the Referendum: Seriously, why not?

Peter Ladner does a guest column in Metro: There has been a lot of misguided commentary about the proposed referendum…

Jul. 12, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: The War on Transit

Are rural-dominated legislatures fighting a war on transit that they can win by default? It looks that way in the…

Jul. 10, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: And So It Begins

From Ken Ohrn … @News1130Radio tweeted this: QUESTION: Should money be taken from community services to fund transit instead? Tweet…

Jul. 08, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: Colour me skeptical

From News1130: With fewer than 500 days to put it together, is it even possible for all parties to agree…

Jun. 27, 2013 / Gordon Price

Transit Referendum: Should there be one?

The Mayors’ Council thinks not. Referenda are tools without context and would be divisive to the region… [and] making complex…

Jun. 24, 2013 / Gordon Price

The Referendum: Mobilizing Opposition

It’s just a matter of time before the awfulness of the proposed referendum (for any new source of revenue for…

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Jun. 20, 2013 / Gordon Price

"The ‘driving boom’ is over"

Robert Steuteville in Better! Cities & Towns explores what ‘peak car’ means for urban places, transportation, and policy: Per capita driving (in…

Jun. 19, 2013 / Gordon Price

TransLink Referendum: Can It win? What do we need to know?

I’ve been conducting a very informal (and too limited) poll to ascertain whether the referendum on TransLink funding options, required…

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