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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: People Power
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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Secure renters make for a better Vancouver
COPE Councillor Jean Swanson’s motion [PDF] to give tenants protection from landlords during renovations was referred to committee at city hall November 27 so that members of the public would have an opportunity to speak to it. The motion proposes … Continue reading
Posted in affordable housing, British Columbia, City Hall, COPE, developers, economy, gentrification, Green Party, homelessness, NDP, NPA, People Power, Planning, Vancouver
Tagged Jean Swanson
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A no-brainer: Support pro rep!
One voting opportunity has just finished — our municipal election — and another is underway — the referendum on our provincial electoral system. Elections BC mailed voting packages to everyone on the voters list just a few days ago. The … Continue reading
Posted in British Columbia, Canadian politics, Elections - British Columbia, electoral reform, Green Party, NDP, People Power, proportional representation
Tagged Elections BC, first past the post, Law Commission of Canada, Mixed Member Proportional, referendum
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