It’s been the best piece of public policy in years: more tax on what we want less of; less tax on what we want more of.
Yes, the carbon tax - on which a short-term political price must be paid, for long-term benefits. How often do you see politicians taking that kind of risk?
Gordon Campbell’s courage [...]
Here’s a nice use of technology by Dan Froidevaux, a UBC and Langara Digital Arts grad, to interview some of the candidates for mayor. It’s for VancouverIAM - a very useful aggregator of articles, blogs and videos on this fair city.
http://www.vancouveriam.com/videos/dc148eb0ba17 - Robertson
http://www.vancouveriam.com/videos/bbd7c7fcad1b - DeGenova
http://www.vancouveriam.com/videos/31c42f97214f - Ladner
[QUESTION: Does anyone know how to embed non-YouTube or Google videos into WordPress [...]
Given the messy state of municipal politics, wouldn’t it be better to replace councils with appointed boards of business people who know how to run things efficiently and effectively?
Oh, wait a minute ….
Allan McEachern
Ian Mulgrew pens a fine memoriam to the recently departed Chief Justice of B.C., in today’s Sun.
Among Allan McEachern’s many significant decisions was the 1984 injunction prohibiting street prostitution in the West End. Actually, it was the idea of Attorney-General Brian Smith to request a civil injunction from the B.C. court, thereby circumventing the federal Criminal Code, to deal [...]
You have to be impressed with a city councillor who can actually write a book: in this case, Clive Doucet, the author of Urban Melt Down: Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual.
You can meet him for yourself next Sunday, January 13, 7 pm-9 pm, at the Coal Harbour Community Centre. And you can help [...]
Lorin, a PT reader, reminds us:
Metro Vancouver is getting to the end of public meetings on the new regional growth strategy (there are a few more in January). I noticed they’ve extended the comment period from January 15 to January 31.
http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/growth/strategy-review.htm
I have seen almost no commentary or analysis in the blogosphere. But perhaps I’m not looking in [...]
Peter Berkeley, the bike guy from Brisbane, is in a good mood these days. Here’s why:
“Kevin Rudd (the newly elected PM of Oz) is my local federal member, and Shayne Sutton (in red) who is my local city councillor and switched on to the value of cycling, worked for Kevin years ago and is good friends.
“The photo [...]
After the GVRD announced a change of name to Metro Vancouver, editors assigned reporters to another story on that old chestnut: the amalgamation of the region’s municipalities into a megacity, a la Toronto and Montreal.
Jeff Nagel at Black Press did the most comprehensive piece here.
This region now has a spiffy new name – Metro Vancouver [...]
Given the person, the place and policy, this is an extraordinary statement :
“It’s a very major matter that threatens Canadian unity,” said Lougheed, who seldom speaks out on public policy matters.
While Ottawa, Alberta and the oil industry have historically clashed, Lougheed predicted that the bubbling battle “will be 10 times greater than in the past” [...]
Read this story - Road Kill: Why are we so worried about terrorism when so many more people are dying on our highways? - and then ask yourself:
Why will the Provincial and Federal governments not legislate against the use of cell phones while driving?
Not allow the use of photo radar?
Not limit the horsepower of vehicles?
These actions will [...]
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