Nicholas Rae
@nickrae.bsky.social
Community Planning Masters Student
Vancouver + Vancouver Island
❤ housing policy
Is it a public transit trip if it doesn't include a BC Ferry?
Vancouver + Vancouver Island
❤ housing policy
Is it a public transit trip if it doesn't include a BC Ferry?
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Events should be a part of everyday policing and shouldn't have any extra costs for organizers, especially for small and medium events. The city actually then gives a much larger portion of their budget to police if community grants go strait into event policing (or back to the city by site booking)
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Events should be a part of everyday policing and shouldn't have any extra costs for organizers, especially for small and medium events. The city actually then gives a much larger portion of their budget to police if community grants go strait into event policing (or back to the city by site booking)
this is the kind of energy we need from unions right now. Businesses are run by workers, and they have a right to fight for their work. ✊
Huge solidarity to @unifor.org local 88.
1,100 workers making EV delivery vans, laid off by GM.
Now they're saying, enough!
If GM comes for the machines, they'll occupy the plant.
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1,100 workers making EV delivery vans, laid off by GM.
Now they're saying, enough!
If GM comes for the machines, they'll occupy the plant.
1/
Union threatens to seize Cami auto plant if GM removes machinery
Mike Van Boekel, chairperson of Unifor Local 88, said they are also prepared to fight the company in court.
lfpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
this is the kind of energy we need from unions right now. Businesses are run by workers, and they have a right to fight for their work. ✊
This is why this budget sucks, it just continues this system where community groups and events can't survive due to cut funding and increasing police fees
HALF OUR GRANT GOES BACK TO THE CITY IN POLICE COSTS
— Vancouver Folk Festival
— Vancouver Folk Festival
246: folk fest president. Advocating for increased funding for arts. Arts is a necessity. Festivals under threat. Many have folded. We bring in millions of dollars to economy. We bring joy in world of despair. Half of our grants just go back to city in police costs.
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is why this budget sucks, it just continues this system where community groups and events can't survive due to cut funding and increasing police fees
The fact that evo pays for parking is crazy! Same as mobi! Neither should have to pay for parking, because they lower car use overall! That's a good thing!
Speaker 10 VP of Evo. Opposes increases to parking rates. 43% increase over a decade. Will increase Evo rates that people rely on. 1/4 million people use Evo. Car share reduces congestion. Cost of living already too high. Added costs disproportionately affects people who use car share.
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The fact that evo pays for parking is crazy! Same as mobi! Neither should have to pay for parking, because they lower car use overall! That's a good thing!
there should be a law that the children of politicians can not be politicians. no more nepo-babies act
Christine Pelosi, daughter of Nancy Pelosi, has announced she’s running for the California State Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
there should be a law that the children of politicians can not be politicians. no more nepo-babies act
I've signed up because I'm a renter who's rent is going up anyway this year. I want to see increased services in this city, not austerity.
"Vancouver doesn’t have to be this way. Vancouver will be badly damaged in ways that will take years to repair if this awful plan goes through." - @seanorr.bsky.social
Your voice matters. Sign up to speak to City Council against Ken Sim's reckless cuts: vancouver.ca/your-governm...
#vanpoli
Your voice matters. Sign up to speak to City Council against Ken Sim's reckless cuts: vancouver.ca/your-governm...
#vanpoli
Request to speak at a Council meeting
Request to speak at a Council meeting
vancouver.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I've signed up because I'm a renter who's rent is going up anyway this year. I want to see increased services in this city, not austerity.
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Ken Sim hopes you don't see this screenshot from the City's 2026 Budget Feedback report.
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ken Sim hopes you don't see this screenshot from the City's 2026 Budget Feedback report.
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
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No cuts until the next election.
This is crazy city management. If you have an election mandate for cuts, then fine, but tagging this on now - seemingly on a whim - is trumpian in it's wanton destruction.
This is crazy city management. If you have an election mandate for cuts, then fine, but tagging this on now - seemingly on a whim - is trumpian in it's wanton destruction.
"The arts, culture and community services department is to lose 12 per cent, or $6 million."
Planning and Environment also facing deep cuts. Hundreds of jobs are on the chopping block.
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu... #vanpoli #StopTheCuts #EvictKenSim
Planning and Environment also facing deep cuts. Hundreds of jobs are on the chopping block.
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu... #vanpoli #StopTheCuts #EvictKenSim
Leaked memo says Vancouver's 'back to basics' budget will mean slashing 400 jobs
Draft budget contemplates cuts in 12 of 20 areas, and spending freezes in two. Five departments will get spending boosts. Read more.
vancouversun.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
No cuts until the next election.
This is crazy city management. If you have an election mandate for cuts, then fine, but tagging this on now - seemingly on a whim - is trumpian in it's wanton destruction.
This is crazy city management. If you have an election mandate for cuts, then fine, but tagging this on now - seemingly on a whim - is trumpian in it's wanton destruction.
I filled in "other" with above 5% increase, which is not captured here, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
NEW: City Budget survey results are out. By a more than two-to-one margin over any other scenario, Vancouver residents wanted a tax rate that maintained public services.
Zero means zero consideration of public feedback.
ABC's cuts are as anti-democratic as they are harmful.
Zero means zero consideration of public feedback.
ABC's cuts are as anti-democratic as they are harmful.
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I filled in "other" with above 5% increase, which is not captured here, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
My dream is to live in a bike orientated development
Bike Oriented Development (BOD)
Accessible (with elevator)
Ground floor could be commercial or live/work
Accessible (with elevator)
Ground floor could be commercial or live/work
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My dream is to live in a bike orientated development
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
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Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
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When we have to beg to keep public lands, tax those with the least just to keep wealthy landowners happiest, only magnify the voices of those who want to freeze time & do nothing - you can’t tell me that planning isn’t abysmally broken.
You don’t need a plan to say we need homes & schools.
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You don’t need a plan to say we need homes & schools.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
When we have to beg to keep public lands, tax those with the least just to keep wealthy landowners happiest, only magnify the voices of those who want to freeze time & do nothing - you can’t tell me that planning isn’t abysmally broken.
You don’t need a plan to say we need homes & schools.
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You don’t need a plan to say we need homes & schools.
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The reason why there are no republican major cities is because when you live close to everyone you realize everyone is a human being and we all support each other to make this place work. Your office job has a bodega or coffee shop at the bottom. You see each other on transit. It creates compassion.
November 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The reason why there are no republican major cities is because when you live close to everyone you realize everyone is a human being and we all support each other to make this place work. Your office job has a bodega or coffee shop at the bottom. You see each other on transit. It creates compassion.
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Great article on the bottlenecks to building better apartments in Canada. If you ask a random Canadian on the street they will tell you they want shorter high-rises, taller low-rises, and more livable apartments with cross-ventilation. Yet politicians and policymakers force the opposite.
“The era of shoebox condos is over” in the Globe and Mail today - a feature on single stair: ”Yet with features such as sprinklers, smoke-sealed doors and more reliable fire alarm systems, mid-size apartment buildings can be just as safe...”
www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
The era of the shoebox condo is over. Here’s how Canada can build livable apartments
Canada needs livable apartments to help fix the housing crisis. To do that, it must change the rulebook for both condos and rentals
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Great article on the bottlenecks to building better apartments in Canada. If you ask a random Canadian on the street they will tell you they want shorter high-rises, taller low-rises, and more livable apartments with cross-ventilation. Yet politicians and policymakers force the opposite.
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Every single day, I'm told that home prices have to stay high since seniors rely on that equity to fund their retirement.
The evidence that this is true, however, is remarkably thin. Yet it's something that's nearly universally treated as true.
The evidence that this is true, however, is remarkably thin. Yet it's something that's nearly universally treated as true.
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Every single day, I'm told that home prices have to stay high since seniors rely on that equity to fund their retirement.
The evidence that this is true, however, is remarkably thin. Yet it's something that's nearly universally treated as true.
The evidence that this is true, however, is remarkably thin. Yet it's something that's nearly universally treated as true.
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This chart always makes me think about how we made the streets "safer" by making sure no one goes outside ever, especially kids
once again posting The Chart
October 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This chart always makes me think about how we made the streets "safer" by making sure no one goes outside ever, especially kids
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Built atop a reclaimed tailings pond near the town of “Logan Lake,” the project’s 39,000 solar panels span the equivalent of around 80 football fields, capturing enough sunlight to power 2,400 homes annually.
By Zoë Yunker, co-published with @thenarwhal.ca ☀️
indiginews.com/features/ins...
By Zoë Yunker, co-published with @thenarwhal.ca ☀️
indiginews.com/features/ins...
Inside Nlaka’pamux Nation’s quest to build 'B.C.’s' first major solar project
As the province fast-tracks development, the Southern Interior tribal council has lessons to share on how to build for the future
indiginews.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Built atop a reclaimed tailings pond near the town of “Logan Lake,” the project’s 39,000 solar panels span the equivalent of around 80 football fields, capturing enough sunlight to power 2,400 homes annually.
By Zoë Yunker, co-published with @thenarwhal.ca ☀️
indiginews.com/features/ins...
By Zoë Yunker, co-published with @thenarwhal.ca ☀️
indiginews.com/features/ins...
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There was a mayor in Dawson City , who, during a citizenship ceremony once said, “Canadians are born all over the world. It just sometimes takes them a bit of time to get here.”
Now, every time a new citizen announces they have become Canadian, someone always quotes that.
And I nearly always cry.
Now, every time a new citizen announces they have become Canadian, someone always quotes that.
And I nearly always cry.
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
There was a mayor in Dawson City , who, during a citizenship ceremony once said, “Canadians are born all over the world. It just sometimes takes them a bit of time to get here.”
Now, every time a new citizen announces they have become Canadian, someone always quotes that.
And I nearly always cry.
Now, every time a new citizen announces they have become Canadian, someone always quotes that.
And I nearly always cry.
ABC claimed that this sort of thing wouldn't be happening - a reduction of arts and culture funding and services. It was abundantly clear that would not be possible, and the cuts are starting, far ahead of the actual budget vote. I'm not looking forward to what's next
Deeply disappointed to see @cityofvancouver.bsky.social terminated the All Souls Nights at Mountainview Cemetery.
This event has been a tradition for us for the last 6 years, and the event has been going for 20.
I’ll quote the statement from
nightforallsouls.com
In a thread:
This event has been a tradition for us for the last 6 years, and the event has been going for 20.
I’ll quote the statement from
nightforallsouls.com
In a thread:
Home - Night for All Souls
nightforallsouls.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
ABC claimed that this sort of thing wouldn't be happening - a reduction of arts and culture funding and services. It was abundantly clear that would not be possible, and the cuts are starting, far ahead of the actual budget vote. I'm not looking forward to what's next
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The brazen audacity of these clowns astounds me
@seanorr.bsky.social
@lucymaloney.bsky.social
@ptfry.bsky.social
Please get a coalition going now! Between you, ten council candidates, one mayoral candidate. A unified front against ABC and its spawn. You can iron out differences later, on council.
@seanorr.bsky.social
@lucymaloney.bsky.social
@ptfry.bsky.social
Please get a coalition going now! Between you, ten council candidates, one mayoral candidate. A unified front against ABC and its spawn. You can iron out differences later, on council.
Should city councillors have to live in the communities they represent?
It’s not required in BC
It’s kind of funny cuz they can’t even vote for themselves
This corker of a story by @isabellazavarise.bsky.social is one you should watch and not just read 👀
It’s not required in BC
It’s kind of funny cuz they can’t even vote for themselves
This corker of a story by @isabellazavarise.bsky.social is one you should watch and not just read 👀
Vancouver councillor defends attendance record after selling local home, buying property in Okanagan
A Vancouver city councillor is defending his attendance record after selling his local home and buying a property in the Okanagan.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The brazen audacity of these clowns astounds me
@seanorr.bsky.social
@lucymaloney.bsky.social
@ptfry.bsky.social
Please get a coalition going now! Between you, ten council candidates, one mayoral candidate. A unified front against ABC and its spawn. You can iron out differences later, on council.
@seanorr.bsky.social
@lucymaloney.bsky.social
@ptfry.bsky.social
Please get a coalition going now! Between you, ten council candidates, one mayoral candidate. A unified front against ABC and its spawn. You can iron out differences later, on council.
Once again I am asking the BC government to raise my taxes (to build more trains and housing and also less LNG)
This is INSANE! We get free healthcare and we're paying less income tax than people in South Carolina!!
October 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Once again I am asking the BC government to raise my taxes (to build more trains and housing and also less LNG)
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Oak Bay mayor Kevin Murdoch says he hasn’t decided to seek a third term as mayor.
“My focus now is on advancing key initiatives.”
We have a team of reporters and researchers trying to figure out what those initiatives are. So far, nothing. But stay tuned.
“My focus now is on advancing key initiatives.”
We have a team of reporters and researchers trying to figure out what those initiatives are. So far, nothing. But stay tuned.
October 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Oak Bay mayor Kevin Murdoch says he hasn’t decided to seek a third term as mayor.
“My focus now is on advancing key initiatives.”
We have a team of reporters and researchers trying to figure out what those initiatives are. So far, nothing. But stay tuned.
“My focus now is on advancing key initiatives.”
We have a team of reporters and researchers trying to figure out what those initiatives are. So far, nothing. But stay tuned.
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So how about this: instead of the entire establishment trying to browbeat "woke" college kids into shutting up about racism & sexism, why don't they browbeat the older, wealthier, more powerful NIMBYs in their midst to shut the fuck up about "neighborhood character"?
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
So how about this: instead of the entire establishment trying to browbeat "woke" college kids into shutting up about racism & sexism, why don't they browbeat the older, wealthier, more powerful NIMBYs in their midst to shut the fuck up about "neighborhood character"?