Today, I would like to address the issue of transit along the Broadway corridor. As we all know, Mayor Gregor Robertson and his Vision Vancouver colleagues are promoting a subway down Broadway out to UBC. That’s pretty much all we hear from them these days — let’s build a subway down Broadway, the developers want…
Heading to 12th and Cambie Together!
Hello friends, I’m so excited to be part of the best COPE team I’ve ever been part of! Sunday, September 7th, COPE nominated the strongest, most diverse group of candidates in its history. Thank you so much for helping put me on the team. Without your help, it would never have happened. Here are the…
Let’s Not Let the City be Railroaded Again – Tim Louis on Expropriation of Arbutus Corridor
It’s not often that I agree with our current mayor, but when Gregor Robertson recently accused the Canadian Pacific (CP) of “bullying tactics” in its efforts to force the city to pay well above market for the long contested Arbutus Corridor, bulldozing some of the community gardens that city residents have nurtured along the…
Longtime City activist Tim Louis ready for November 2014 election – calls for expropriation of Arbutus Corridor
These are the highlights of my speech this morning. Friends and the media joined me at the Arbutus Corridor as I announced my bid for a COPE nomination to run for City Council in Vancouver’s November municipal election. I will be running for a nomination at COPE’s Nominating Conference Sunday Sept. 7th. — I am here…
Vision’s Vision is Getting Blurry
In politics, as in our personal lives, sometimes we need to revise our expectations. Other times, we have to admit we are wrong; we are required to concede that we simply did not do enough. In the case of Vision Vancouver’s highly touted and infinitely flexible promise to end homelessness, it appears that a rather…
Resurrecting the Downtown Historic Railway
Great analysis below is courtesy of my friend Peter Finch, who is an advocate for (and very informed about) streetcars. Vancouver’s Vision-dominated city council recently produced a report on the Downtown Historic Railway, declaring it “too old to work on a safe and viable basis,” and adding that “ridership was ….low” (attrib. Geoff…
Please support Audrey Siegl’s AWALASKENIS II Journey of Truth & Unity Caravan to Ottawa!
Hello friends. Please consider sending a donation and positive thoughts to Audrey Siegl as she prepares for her important journey. She’s asked me to share her statement and contact info below, and I am asking you to do the same. Thank you. I am rejoining my AWALASKENIS II Journey of Truth & Unity Caravan to…