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- Let’s follow New Westminster’s lead on renovictions February 16, 2019
- UBC SkyTrain will haunt us for generations to come February 13, 2019
- The sky-high price of gullibility: the case against underground SkyTrain to UBC February 4, 2019
- Power + expense accounts = Moral drift January 31, 2019
- Imagining a different Vancouver with Kennedy Stewart January 11, 2019
- Here’s to a progressive and ferocious 2019! January 3, 2019
- 2018: A year of ups and downs for social justice December 20, 2018
- Canadians with dementia have the right to a peaceful death December 17, 2018
- Unanimous vote on Vancouver tenants’ rights is a game changer December 7, 2018
- Secure renters make for a better Vancouver November 28, 2018
Category Archives: Green Party
UBC SkyTrain will haunt us for generations to come
I am so disappointed that Vancouver city council voted by a margin of 9 to 2 to approve the SkyTrain extension from Arbutus all the way to UBC. Even the three Green councillors all voted in favour of this very … Continue reading
Posted in Broadway Corridor, City Hall, climate change, COPE, economy, fiscal responsibility, Green Party, LRT, Planning, Skytrain, sustainability, Transit, TransLink, transportation, UBC, Vancouver
Tagged Patrick Condon
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Here’s to a progressive and ferocious 2019!
Happy New Year, everyone! May your New Year’s resolutions be successful. In keeping with the season, here are a few of my wishes for 2019. Progress on the basic income front Last summer, the provincial government appointed a three-person panel … Continue reading
Posted in British Columbia, Canadian politics, City Hall, climate change, economy, Elections - British Columbia, Elections Canada, electoral reform, Green Party, NDP, proportional representation, social justice, sustainability, Vancouver
Tagged Andrew Weaver, guaranteed basic income, Kennedy Stewart
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Unanimous vote on Vancouver tenants’ rights is a game changer
On Tuesday, December 4, COPE Councillor Jean Swanson tenants’ protection motion finally came before city council for a vote. In the week leading up to the vote, more than 300 tenants spoke eloquently to council about the need for protection … Continue reading
Posted in affordable housing, British Columbia, City Hall, COPE, developers, gentrification, Green Party, homelessness, NDP, NPA, People Power, Planning, social justice, Vancouver, Vancouver election, Vision Vancouver
Tagged Jean Swanson, Relocation and Protection Policy, renoviction
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