Rachelforherkeys
@rachelmaxcy.bsky.social
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I just spoke in favour of the school...at almost 12:30 am.
Seriously: wtf are we doing as a city? How did our planning system become so dysfunctional that this is what it takes to approve a public elementary school?
This is the sort of thing that should cause some real soul-searching at city hall.
Seriously: wtf are we doing as a city? How did our planning system become so dysfunctional that this is what it takes to approve a public elementary school?
This is the sort of thing that should cause some real soul-searching at city hall.
It's currently 11:30 PM on a Thursday night and there are people in Vancouver City Hall trying to NIMBY a highschool that's like 15 years overdue
February 13, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I just spoke in favour of the school...at almost 12:30 am.
Seriously: wtf are we doing as a city? How did our planning system become so dysfunctional that this is what it takes to approve a public elementary school?
This is the sort of thing that should cause some real soul-searching at city hall.
Seriously: wtf are we doing as a city? How did our planning system become so dysfunctional that this is what it takes to approve a public elementary school?
This is the sort of thing that should cause some real soul-searching at city hall.
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OneCity has its first mayoral candidate for their primary: William Azaroff, the CEO of Brightside Community Homes Foundation, and board member of The Tyee, VIFF, and a bunch of other community endeavours.
His campaign video launch, here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DRKifvH...
His campaign video launch, here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DRKifvH...
William on Instagram: "My name is William Azaroff, and I’m proud to be seeking the mayoral nomination with @onecityvancouver
I’m a community housing leader and city builder who knows how to bring peo...
5 likes, 0 comments - williamforvancouver on November 17, 2025: "My name is William Azaroff, and I’m proud to be seeking the mayoral nomination with @onecityvancouver
I’m a community housing leader a...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
OneCity has its first mayoral candidate for their primary: William Azaroff, the CEO of Brightside Community Homes Foundation, and board member of The Tyee, VIFF, and a bunch of other community endeavours.
His campaign video launch, here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DRKifvH...
His campaign video launch, here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DRKifvH...
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Happy to share I’ve signed a book contract to publish “If I Don’t Return,” letters to my sons from Desert Storm. Book will publish in early 2026.
September 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Happy to share I’ve signed a book contract to publish “If I Don’t Return,” letters to my sons from Desert Storm. Book will publish in early 2026.
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Gaza is being destroyed brick by brick.
Western leaders remain silent as families starve.
But across Canada, Grandmothers Against Genocide, a powerful grassroots movement, is standing up against the darkness.
youtu.be/T4yqJq5S3As?...
Western leaders remain silent as families starve.
But across Canada, Grandmothers Against Genocide, a powerful grassroots movement, is standing up against the darkness.
youtu.be/T4yqJq5S3As?...
GRANDMOTHERS AGAINST GENOCIDE
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
youtu.be
September 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Gaza is being destroyed brick by brick.
Western leaders remain silent as families starve.
But across Canada, Grandmothers Against Genocide, a powerful grassroots movement, is standing up against the darkness.
youtu.be/T4yqJq5S3As?...
Western leaders remain silent as families starve.
But across Canada, Grandmothers Against Genocide, a powerful grassroots movement, is standing up against the darkness.
youtu.be/T4yqJq5S3As?...
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Gregor Robertson has a fantastic legacy in certain parts of his mayorship.
Housing is very much not one of them.
Housing is very much not one of them.
May 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Gregor Robertson has a fantastic legacy in certain parts of his mayorship.
Housing is very much not one of them.
Housing is very much not one of them.
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Who was most responsible for Vancouver's housing rents + prices by 2018?
(a) Fed Minister Diane Finley
(b) Fed Minister Jason Kenney
(c) Prov Minister Rich Coleman
(d) Mayor Gregor Robertson
(Reminder: Vancouver represented only 25% of the population of the Metro Vancouver region in 2018.)
(a) Fed Minister Diane Finley
(b) Fed Minister Jason Kenney
(c) Prov Minister Rich Coleman
(d) Mayor Gregor Robertson
(Reminder: Vancouver represented only 25% of the population of the Metro Vancouver region in 2018.)
May 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Who was most responsible for Vancouver's housing rents + prices by 2018?
(a) Fed Minister Diane Finley
(b) Fed Minister Jason Kenney
(c) Prov Minister Rich Coleman
(d) Mayor Gregor Robertson
(Reminder: Vancouver represented only 25% of the population of the Metro Vancouver region in 2018.)
(a) Fed Minister Diane Finley
(b) Fed Minister Jason Kenney
(c) Prov Minister Rich Coleman
(d) Mayor Gregor Robertson
(Reminder: Vancouver represented only 25% of the population of the Metro Vancouver region in 2018.)
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Choosing ex-Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson as housing minister over @beynate.bsky.social might be smart, if only because Robertson saw the front lines of the patient zero of Canada's housing crisis. This is also why picking Robertson is so easy to attack it's almost unbelievable Carney did this.
May 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Choosing ex-Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson as housing minister over @beynate.bsky.social might be smart, if only because Robertson saw the front lines of the patient zero of Canada's housing crisis. This is also why picking Robertson is so easy to attack it's almost unbelievable Carney did this.
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Here’s my story on Gregor Robertson becoming Canada’s Housing Minister, and everything old becoming new again.
and yes it was very important to start with a simpsons reference
and yes it was very important to start with a simpsons reference
May 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Here’s my story on Gregor Robertson becoming Canada’s Housing Minister, and everything old becoming new again.
and yes it was very important to start with a simpsons reference
and yes it was very important to start with a simpsons reference
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Gregor Robertson at housing is an epic troll. Full points to Carney for that one. Funny bit.
May 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Gregor Robertson at housing is an epic troll. Full points to Carney for that one. Funny bit.
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sometimes i think about when Gregor Robertson defended vancouver’s record on housing and claimed that “our food trucks are globally revered”
for the record when i told people where i was from last year nobody broke down screaming “the food trucks!”
for the record when i told people where i was from last year nobody broke down screaming “the food trucks!”
May 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
sometimes i think about when Gregor Robertson defended vancouver’s record on housing and claimed that “our food trucks are globally revered”
for the record when i told people where i was from last year nobody broke down screaming “the food trucks!”
for the record when i told people where i was from last year nobody broke down screaming “the food trucks!”
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I mean sure.
But also, when Robertson became mayor, the median selling price for an east side home was $600,000.
Today it's $1.8 million.
Folks were angry that working class people couldn't afford to buy in Vancouver anymore, and didn't like that politicians didn't take responsibility.
But also, when Robertson became mayor, the median selling price for an east side home was $600,000.
Today it's $1.8 million.
Folks were angry that working class people couldn't afford to buy in Vancouver anymore, and didn't like that politicians didn't take responsibility.
There is valid criticism of the Vancouver City Council from 2008 to 2018, but it often lacks perspective on the overall context of a left-of-centre City Council w/ a Conservative-run fed & prov government, & regional counterparts who never carried their weight in social housing for the region.
this chart of social housing starts in metro is illustrative of exactly that
May 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I mean sure.
But also, when Robertson became mayor, the median selling price for an east side home was $600,000.
Today it's $1.8 million.
Folks were angry that working class people couldn't afford to buy in Vancouver anymore, and didn't like that politicians didn't take responsibility.
But also, when Robertson became mayor, the median selling price for an east side home was $600,000.
Today it's $1.8 million.
Folks were angry that working class people couldn't afford to buy in Vancouver anymore, and didn't like that politicians didn't take responsibility.
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Pierre Poilievre lost his seat and yet he refuses to leave the 19 room mansion that comes with a chef and groundskeepers - all paid for by the taxpayer.
It is for the leader of the opposition "who is in Parliament."
A grifter is going to grift.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ZH...
It is for the leader of the opposition "who is in Parliament."
A grifter is going to grift.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ZH...
Pierre Poilievre's 19 Room Mansion - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (Otawa edition)
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Pierre Poilievre lost his seat and yet he refuses to leave the 19 room mansion that comes with a chef and groundskeepers - all paid for by the taxpayer.
It is for the leader of the opposition "who is in Parliament."
A grifter is going to grift.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ZH...
It is for the leader of the opposition "who is in Parliament."
A grifter is going to grift.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ZH...
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In 2018, I asked Gregor Robertson four times if he bore any responsibility for Vancouver's housing crisis after being mayor for a decade.
Four times, he said no.
I wonder if he'll feel any responsibility going forward.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Four times, he said no.
I wonder if he'll feel any responsibility going forward.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Gregor Robertson doesn't accept blame for Vancouver's housing crisis
The outgoing mayor spoke with CBC's Justin McElroy in an exit interview on Friday, October 5.
www.cbc.ca
May 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In 2018, I asked Gregor Robertson four times if he bore any responsibility for Vancouver's housing crisis after being mayor for a decade.
Four times, he said no.
I wonder if he'll feel any responsibility going forward.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Four times, he said no.
I wonder if he'll feel any responsibility going forward.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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love how people who benefit when when the real estate market is hot get to be experts that say “it’s a buyers market now so why aren’t people buying?!?!?”
because globally everyone is holding on to their cash and locally nobody can afford a $2.7 million home, you muppet
because globally everyone is holding on to their cash and locally nobody can afford a $2.7 million home, you muppet
May 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
love how people who benefit when when the real estate market is hot get to be experts that say “it’s a buyers market now so why aren’t people buying?!?!?”
because globally everyone is holding on to their cash and locally nobody can afford a $2.7 million home, you muppet
because globally everyone is holding on to their cash and locally nobody can afford a $2.7 million home, you muppet
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Safeway. Broadway-Commercial. Towers.
After more than six years of speculation, the mother of all public hearings will hit Vancouver city council in one week.
After more than six years of speculation, the mother of all public hearings will hit Vancouver city council in one week.
May 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Safeway. Broadway-Commercial. Towers.
After more than six years of speculation, the mother of all public hearings will hit Vancouver city council in one week.
After more than six years of speculation, the mother of all public hearings will hit Vancouver city council in one week.
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it’s highly anticipated because you sat on the land for 17 years after getting a $211 million interest free loan
May 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
it’s highly anticipated because you sat on the land for 17 years after getting a $211 million interest free loan
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If you don't have dental insurance, depending on your age bracket you'll be able to apply for the Canadian Dental Care Plan in May.
Are you eligible?
www.canada.ca/en/services/...
When you can apply
www.canada.ca/en/services/...
#Canada
Are you eligible?
www.canada.ca/en/services/...
When you can apply
www.canada.ca/en/services/...
#Canada
April 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If you don't have dental insurance, depending on your age bracket you'll be able to apply for the Canadian Dental Care Plan in May.
Are you eligible?
www.canada.ca/en/services/...
When you can apply
www.canada.ca/en/services/...
#Canada
Are you eligible?
www.canada.ca/en/services/...
When you can apply
www.canada.ca/en/services/...
#Canada
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First polls in tonight's election about to close.
You can watch CBC's coverage...everywhere that CBC does stuff.
Our great team in Toronto will be leading the coverage until around 10-11pm tonight, and then we'll be taking the lead until 2am.
I'll post results here when I can.
expect all caps
You can watch CBC's coverage...everywhere that CBC does stuff.
Our great team in Toronto will be leading the coverage until around 10-11pm tonight, and then we'll be taking the lead until 2am.
I'll post results here when I can.
expect all caps
April 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
First polls in tonight's election about to close.
You can watch CBC's coverage...everywhere that CBC does stuff.
Our great team in Toronto will be leading the coverage until around 10-11pm tonight, and then we'll be taking the lead until 2am.
I'll post results here when I can.
expect all caps
You can watch CBC's coverage...everywhere that CBC does stuff.
Our great team in Toronto will be leading the coverage until around 10-11pm tonight, and then we'll be taking the lead until 2am.
I'll post results here when I can.
expect all caps
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if you are looking for other ways to offer support for those impacted by the Lapu Lapu Day Festival tragedy, there is a form linked here. can be as simple as joining a meal train: vanfilemergency.my.canva.site
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April 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
if you are looking for other ways to offer support for those impacted by the Lapu Lapu Day Festival tragedy, there is a form linked here. can be as simple as joining a meal train: vanfilemergency.my.canva.site