Deny Sullivan
@denysullivan.bsky.social
I make charts. Blogs @ deny.substack.com
Halifax
Halifax
Change in dwellings 2016-2021. The peninsula cannot be allowed to stay stagnant. Not while the outer suburbs boom
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Change in dwellings 2016-2021. The peninsula cannot be allowed to stay stagnant. Not while the outer suburbs boom
Not to jump ahead, but IMO the way to do this is to cap the CAP, limit the gap between taxable and market assessments at some dollar value, like $200,000 to start, and then you could scale that down if you want. Hits all the high value properties while limiting impacts on low value homes
Janet Steele working on a motion to ask Nova Scotia to phase out assessment cap
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
Janet Steele working on a motion to ask Nova Scotia to phase out assessment cap - Halifax Examiner
Steele spoke about her upcoming motion during council's budget committee meeting on Friday.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Not to jump ahead, but IMO the way to do this is to cap the CAP, limit the gap between taxable and market assessments at some dollar value, like $200,000 to start, and then you could scale that down if you want. Hits all the high value properties while limiting impacts on low value homes
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Janet Steele working on a motion to ask Nova Scotia to phase out assessment cap
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
Janet Steele working on a motion to ask Nova Scotia to phase out assessment cap - Halifax Examiner
Steele spoke about her upcoming motion during council's budget committee meeting on Friday.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Janet Steele working on a motion to ask Nova Scotia to phase out assessment cap
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
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The posting to policy pipeline lives and gives me hope.
Cc @denysullivan.bsky.social @landofsticks.bsky.social
Cc @denysullivan.bsky.social @landofsticks.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The posting to policy pipeline lives and gives me hope.
Cc @denysullivan.bsky.social @landofsticks.bsky.social
Cc @denysullivan.bsky.social @landofsticks.bsky.social
That’s some induced pedestrian demand @andyfillmorehfx.bsky.social, we could do this more than twice a year
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
That’s some induced pedestrian demand @andyfillmorehfx.bsky.social, we could do this more than twice a year
Leading candidate for worst budget article this season.
- Unnamed person about to lose home
- no mention of CAP
- mention of new buyers struggling with assessments but again without mentioning the CAP that drives unfair taxation of young families
globalnews.ca/news/1153504...
- Unnamed person about to lose home
- no mention of CAP
- mention of new buyers struggling with assessments but again without mentioning the CAP that drives unfair taxation of young families
globalnews.ca/news/1153504...
‘May have to lose my house’: Concern as Halifax considers double-digit property tax hike | Globalnews.ca
Halifax councillors say they're getting an earful from residents who are concerned about a possible double-digit hike in property taxes in the next budget.
globalnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Leading candidate for worst budget article this season.
- Unnamed person about to lose home
- no mention of CAP
- mention of new buyers struggling with assessments but again without mentioning the CAP that drives unfair taxation of young families
globalnews.ca/news/1153504...
- Unnamed person about to lose home
- no mention of CAP
- mention of new buyers struggling with assessments but again without mentioning the CAP that drives unfair taxation of young families
globalnews.ca/news/1153504...
This is nonsensical @thechronicleherald.bsky.social, if anything having more renters in apartments means fewer capped properties, and more property tax revenue. Also, no mention of the cap??
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is nonsensical @thechronicleherald.bsky.social, if anything having more renters in apartments means fewer capped properties, and more property tax revenue. Also, no mention of the cap??
Blogging about CBU again
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CBU's needs a bailout
In cash, quotas, or in cuts — CBU faces a cash crunch
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Blogging about CBU again
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"We can't pedestrianize Bedford Row"
Bedford Row back in the day:
Bedford Row back in the day:
November 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"We can't pedestrianize Bedford Row"
Bedford Row back in the day:
Bedford Row back in the day:
It's always blanket rezoning when it's really undoing blanket low-density zoning
The NIMBYs that won Calgary's municipal election last month are going to roll back last year's new zoning by-law.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Push to repeal blanket rezoning in Calgary takes next step Monday | CBC News
Six councillors and Calgary's mayor have sponsored a motion to repeal blanket rezoning, a policy that has proved divisive since it was passed by the last council. The executive committee will hear the...
www.cbc.ca
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's always blanket rezoning when it's really undoing blanket low-density zoning
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I did a comparable map for the Halifax peninsula out of curiosity
November 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I did a comparable map for the Halifax peninsula out of curiosity
Change dot org petition to have articles mention the existence of the CAP. Tax bills for 80% of property owners rose 1.5% last year, not 5.2%
Halifax property tax bills projected to increase by 10.5 per cent
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Halifax property tax bills projected to increase by 10.5 per cent
Budget direction drafted by city staff shows a $88.9 million increase
www.saltwire.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Change dot org petition to have articles mention the existence of the CAP. Tax bills for 80% of property owners rose 1.5% last year, not 5.2%
I’m in the Grand Parade this week — about an early look at how the HAF reforms are panning out
New paper is out today!
On the front @denysullivan.bsky.social looks at the Housing Accelertor Fund and explains how council made the housing crisis worse.
On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social updates on Community Council & Advisory Ctee meetings. Public hearings = scheduled, homlessness = bad.
On the front @denysullivan.bsky.social looks at the Housing Accelertor Fund and explains how council made the housing crisis worse.
On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social updates on Community Council & Advisory Ctee meetings. Public hearings = scheduled, homlessness = bad.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I’m in the Grand Parade this week — about an early look at how the HAF reforms are panning out
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Unintentionally[?] brutal review IMO.
Nov. 4 is the first year anniversary of this Halifax regional council meeting.
I have been trying since December to get an interview with Mayor Andy Fillmore. Three tries with no luck. But I wrote about reporting on Fillmore and some of his motions:
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/arts-and-cul...
I have been trying since December to get an interview with Mayor Andy Fillmore. Three tries with no luck. But I wrote about reporting on Fillmore and some of his motions:
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/arts-and-cul...
Going through the motions of Andy Fillmore's first year as Halifax's mayor - Halifax Examiner
While I wait for a face-to-face interview with Fillmore, here are thoughts on the last year of reporting on City Hall.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Unintentionally[?] brutal review IMO.
Good write up of Mayor Fillmore’s first year. And “good” as in it highlights the mayor’s lack of action on HRMs big issues of housing, transportation and austerity
Nov. 4 is the first year anniversary of this Halifax regional council meeting.
I have been trying since December to get an interview with Mayor Andy Fillmore. Three tries with no luck. But I wrote about reporting on Fillmore and some of his motions:
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/arts-and-cul...
I have been trying since December to get an interview with Mayor Andy Fillmore. Three tries with no luck. But I wrote about reporting on Fillmore and some of his motions:
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/arts-and-cul...
Going through the motions of Andy Fillmore's first year as Halifax's mayor - Halifax Examiner
While I wait for a face-to-face interview with Fillmore, here are thoughts on the last year of reporting on City Hall.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Good write up of Mayor Fillmore’s first year. And “good” as in it highlights the mayor’s lack of action on HRMs big issues of housing, transportation and austerity
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Much more housing should be permitted in Halifax's South End specifically
Oh The Urbanity: "Show me a city with a legally protected mansion district near downtown and I'll show you a city that hasn't really taken the housing crisis seriously."
Halifax:
Halifax:
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Much more housing should be permitted in Halifax's South End specifically
So much of the housing crisis stems from politicians choosing to block housing and cause huge economic and societal damage in order to avoid “an ugly change” for rich people
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
So much of the housing crisis stems from politicians choosing to block housing and cause huge economic and societal damage in order to avoid “an ugly change” for rich people
Interesting piece on the stories behind CBU's international student boom
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Lobsters & Logarithms/Aragoste e logaritmi
The New Kids on the Dock/Nuove facce giovani in porto (la versione italiana segue quella in inglese)
substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Interesting piece on the stories behind CBU's international student boom
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Why not property taxes?
Don Drummond out with a paper calling for a tax shift to improve Canada's productivity: reductions in income tax offset by returning the GST to 7% (pdf)
www.policyschool.ca/wp-content/u...
www.policyschool.ca/wp-content/u...
www.policyschool.ca
October 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Why not property taxes?
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Hey. Hi. Hello.
In this Halloween Special , I continue HFX By Bike's annual tradition of trying to genuinely scare you using nothing but spreadsheets and graphs.
This year it's all about the city's taxes and why it feels like Halifax can never get ahead.
youtu.be/l8kCed6o4Bc
In this Halloween Special , I continue HFX By Bike's annual tradition of trying to genuinely scare you using nothing but spreadsheets and graphs.
This year it's all about the city's taxes and why it feels like Halifax can never get ahead.
youtu.be/l8kCed6o4Bc
Built To Fail
YouTube video by HFX by Bike
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October 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hey. Hi. Hello.
In this Halloween Special , I continue HFX By Bike's annual tradition of trying to genuinely scare you using nothing but spreadsheets and graphs.
This year it's all about the city's taxes and why it feels like Halifax can never get ahead.
youtu.be/l8kCed6o4Bc
In this Halloween Special , I continue HFX By Bike's annual tradition of trying to genuinely scare you using nothing but spreadsheets and graphs.
This year it's all about the city's taxes and why it feels like Halifax can never get ahead.
youtu.be/l8kCed6o4Bc
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Do young people face higher shelter costs than their older compatriots? @lausterna.bsky.social and I look into this question and the underlying mechanisms that can lead to age disparities in shelter costs.
Age Disparity in Shelter Cost per Room – Mountain Doodles
Housing sometimes feels like a generational issue – because it is.
doodles.mountainmath.ca
October 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Do young people face higher shelter costs than their older compatriots? @lausterna.bsky.social and I look into this question and the underlying mechanisms that can lead to age disparities in shelter costs.
Not Just Bikes on the Ocean! 😬
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This Train Just Keeps Getting Worse 😢 (VIA Rail "The Ocean")
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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October 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Not Just Bikes on the Ocean! 😬
youtu.be/c2MGauUIUNc?...
youtu.be/c2MGauUIUNc?...
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