Brendan Dawe
@dawe.bsky.social
Your friendly neighbourhood Vancouverite
Housing abundance enthusiast. Planning & Real Estate Consultant.
Vive le Canada. Elbows Up
Housing abundance enthusiast. Planning & Real Estate Consultant.
Vive le Canada. Elbows Up
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sigh it’s the fuckin’ hotel union again
February 13, 2026 at 9:51 PM
sigh it’s the fuckin’ hotel union again
Who is “Take Back Vancouver”
February 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Who is “Take Back Vancouver”
On the one hand the city of Vancouver ought to not plan itself so as to require so many public hearings for site by site decision making
On the other hand, maybe a city of three quarters of a million people ought not have to give everybody who shows up time to speak every time it makes a decision
On the other hand, maybe a city of three quarters of a million people ought not have to give everybody who shows up time to speak every time it makes a decision
February 13, 2026 at 8:14 PM
On the one hand the city of Vancouver ought to not plan itself so as to require so many public hearings for site by site decision making
On the other hand, maybe a city of three quarters of a million people ought not have to give everybody who shows up time to speak every time it makes a decision
On the other hand, maybe a city of three quarters of a million people ought not have to give everybody who shows up time to speak every time it makes a decision
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If you want to read about how a public hearing is going in Vancouver, the city provides a bespoke service exclusively to a few dozen X users.
But last night, they seemed to give up providing any final update at all.
But last night, they seemed to give up providing any final update at all.
February 13, 2026 at 7:48 PM
If you want to read about how a public hearing is going in Vancouver, the city provides a bespoke service exclusively to a few dozen X users.
But last night, they seemed to give up providing any final update at all.
But last night, they seemed to give up providing any final update at all.
A harder line on Epstein-associates from a business owned by the Emir of Dubai than than many vaunted institutions
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/int...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/int...
DP World ousts chairman after depths of Epstein ties revealed
The global logistics giant said in a regulatory filing that chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem had resigned
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:18 PM
A harder line on Epstein-associates from a business owned by the Emir of Dubai than than many vaunted institutions
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/int...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/int...
Do Not Visit the United States if It Can Be Helped
Unlike most travel boycotts, which tend to fizzle over time, Canadians show no sign of relenting on a national movement that cost the U.S. $4.5 billion in 2025.
Canadian Car Visits To U.S. Fall 27% In January—As Trump Slump Hits One-Year Milestone
Unlike most travel boycotts, which tend to fizzle over time, Canadians show no sign of relenting on a national movement that cost the U.S. $4.5 billion in 2025.
www.forbes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Do Not Visit the United States if It Can Be Helped
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also gosh I appreciate how this highlights that it's taken 9 months for the city to approve 1 storey of a school www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
February 13, 2026 at 4:06 AM
also gosh I appreciate how this highlights that it's taken 9 months for the city to approve 1 storey of a school www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I try to keep my strong opinions on architecture few in number but one of them is that Travertine is a stupid building material
February 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I try to keep my strong opinions on architecture few in number but one of them is that Travertine is a stupid building material
My local UPS Store appears to have pledged allegiance to Reza Pahlavi
February 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
My local UPS Store appears to have pledged allegiance to Reza Pahlavi
Oh hey it’s the hovercraft
February 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Oh hey it’s the hovercraft
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I’ve spoken with hundreds of @onecityvancouver.bsky.social members over the last few months. One sentiment comes up again and again:
Somewhere in the last ten years, people stopped believing Vancouver could actually build anything anymore. 🧵
Somewhere in the last ten years, people stopped believing Vancouver could actually build anything anymore. 🧵
February 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I’ve spoken with hundreds of @onecityvancouver.bsky.social members over the last few months. One sentiment comes up again and again:
Somewhere in the last ten years, people stopped believing Vancouver could actually build anything anymore. 🧵
Somewhere in the last ten years, people stopped believing Vancouver could actually build anything anymore. 🧵
That the economics profession has not erected a little guild for themselves is one of the more commendable things about them
As an aside, I was delighted to learn, from the president of the board of the Association des économistes québécois, that up here there is no actual test to determine qualifications or mastery in economics - no rule or law limiting who can call themselves economists. Come on up and be one too!
Oren Cass calling himself “chief economist” of anything is wild. And not in a no true Scotsman way. He’s literally not an economist! It’s like me dubbing myself the attending physician at Resnikoff Consulting LLC.
February 11, 2026 at 4:26 AM
That the economics profession has not erected a little guild for themselves is one of the more commendable things about them
Baby's sleeping quick time to do some rail crayoning
Since we're crayoning:
Here's a challenge.
Pick a metro area.
You can build 10 miles subway, 20 miles elevated rail, or 40 miles at grade (street, freeway, rail ROW) rail (or any suitably weighted combination.)
Where do you put it for max ridership?
How do you adjust the bus network to work with it?
Here's a challenge.
Pick a metro area.
You can build 10 miles subway, 20 miles elevated rail, or 40 miles at grade (street, freeway, rail ROW) rail (or any suitably weighted combination.)
Where do you put it for max ridership?
How do you adjust the bus network to work with it?
February 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Baby's sleeping quick time to do some rail crayoning
does anyone know where to find the ridership data for BC Transit in Victoria?
February 10, 2026 at 4:51 AM
does anyone know where to find the ridership data for BC Transit in Victoria?
Interestingly, I’m getting ads on Instagram paid for by the UniteHere union trying to portray the hotel shortage as the idea of rolls royce driving rich guy and in opposition to housing
February 9, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Interestingly, I’m getting ads on Instagram paid for by the UniteHere union trying to portray the hotel shortage as the idea of rolls royce driving rich guy and in opposition to housing
Vancouver is much less car free than I would have guessed
The metro area with the most car-free households in 🇨🇦 is Montreal (18%), followed by Toronto (16%) and Winnipeg (14%).
Quebec City has more car-free than Vancouver!
Calgary and Edmonton have the least car-free households, but still get very respectable LRT ridership by North American standards.
Quebec City has more car-free than Vancouver!
Calgary and Edmonton have the least car-free households, but still get very respectable LRT ridership by North American standards.
February 8, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Vancouver is much less car free than I would have guessed
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There are only 2 real responses to housing scarcity. You can either build enough homes to accommodate everyone or start drawing up a list of “undesirable demographics” to exclude. I know which side I’m on.
February 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
There are only 2 real responses to housing scarcity. You can either build enough homes to accommodate everyone or start drawing up a list of “undesirable demographics” to exclude. I know which side I’m on.
The herons are starting to gather for Stanley Park nesting season
February 7, 2026 at 8:10 PM
The herons are starting to gather for Stanley Park nesting season
You’re supposed to go out and get a job and pay for food for the puppy *that you asked for*
“We keep asking for the food for the puppy that you’re giving us, and then (governments) just give us another puppy,” Cooper said. “What am I supposed to do with that? What we need to actually feed the puppy ... that’s just not attractive to decisionmakers.”
February 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM
You’re supposed to go out and get a job and pay for food for the puppy *that you asked for*
I can wait about 12-18 months
Parents can’t wait.
It’s time for Childcare By Right.
It’s time for Childcare By Right.
I did some digging through my development permit data for Vancouver, and... nearly 9 months to get a decision on whether to allow a daycare, cool cool cool cool cool gist.github.com/rgwood/38570...
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I can wait about 12-18 months
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I think many people following along the housing discourse know about Ontario Building Code rules preventing single stair and small elevators, but I think more Toronto YIMBYs and urbanists need to be aware of the absurd City of Toronto rules for garbage pickup that swallow the entire ground floor.
February 6, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I think many people following along the housing discourse know about Ontario Building Code rules preventing single stair and small elevators, but I think more Toronto YIMBYs and urbanists need to be aware of the absurd City of Toronto rules for garbage pickup that swallow the entire ground floor.
It being 2026 you can live in your own machine curated media environment that can help convince you that blowing up Canada is actually about creating 'bioregionalism', as shown by this old acquaintance of mine posting on facebook
February 6, 2026 at 3:09 AM
It being 2026 you can live in your own machine curated media environment that can help convince you that blowing up Canada is actually about creating 'bioregionalism', as shown by this old acquaintance of mine posting on facebook
February 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Every few months we get someone new to the housing discourse misinterpret some statistics and get mislead into believing it's not a housing shortage.
Fortunately that idea falls apart simply by asking why some markets seem to be immune to financialization.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Fortunately that idea falls apart simply by asking why some markets seem to be immune to financialization.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
February 5, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Every few months we get someone new to the housing discourse misinterpret some statistics and get mislead into believing it's not a housing shortage.
Fortunately that idea falls apart simply by asking why some markets seem to be immune to financialization.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Fortunately that idea falls apart simply by asking why some markets seem to be immune to financialization.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...