kevin
@kevinharding.ca
Public policy nerd, co-op believer, photographer, wannabe polyglot. I talk a lot about co-ops, policy, laws, legislation, economies, and more.
📍 Vancouver, unceded Coast Salish land
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Views here are my own and do not represent my employer.
📍 Vancouver, unceded Coast Salish land
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Views here are my own and do not represent my employer.
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social Downtown Bear!
May 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social Downtown Bear!
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social there is a specific Throne in the Senate chamber for the monarch; the speaker doesn't use it. If I recall correctly, there's also a reserved toilet in Centre Block.
May 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social there is a specific Throne in the Senate chamber for the monarch; the speaker doesn't use it. If I recall correctly, there's also a reserved toilet in Centre Block.
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Man I remember when 350 was our hope and aim. Just blew straight past that
April 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Man I remember when 350 was our hope and aim. Just blew straight past that
@donoteat.bsky.social I felt it urgent to inform you that the IBC is not, indeed, used in Canada.
April 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
@donoteat.bsky.social I felt it urgent to inform you that the IBC is not, indeed, used in Canada.
What the heck is this analysis
A remarkable take: the entire economy should be reshaped to protect everyone in the home they currently occupy. Sorry, immigrants, anyone who needs to move to a city, or anyone who would like to move out of their parents’ house. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
April 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What the heck is this analysis
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Congrats to Vancouver's two new city councilors.
Land use policy is the single more powerful lever big city governments have.
Today it's still being used to ban apartments on the vast majority of land with highly destructive effects.
www.sightline.org/2024/10/09/v...
Land use policy is the single more powerful lever big city governments have.
Today it's still being used to ban apartments on the vast majority of land with highly destructive effects.
www.sightline.org/2024/10/09/v...
![In Vancouver, apartments are still not allowed on more than three quarters of the city's residential land. Here are 7 ways the apartment ban is hurting renters and perpetuating the housing.
We could house more people, but zoning doesn't allow this [pointing to an outline of an apartment building].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n7qcwqv6rmfnjhlf3lfqojec/bafkreihmty2aysvf43pjaepouesqyl5jvqz6b7zuhrborbrpoe6bkt5bcm@jpeg)
April 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Congrats to Vancouver's two new city councilors.
Land use policy is the single more powerful lever big city governments have.
Today it's still being used to ban apartments on the vast majority of land with highly destructive effects.
www.sightline.org/2024/10/09/v...
Land use policy is the single more powerful lever big city governments have.
Today it's still being used to ban apartments on the vast majority of land with highly destructive effects.
www.sightline.org/2024/10/09/v...
Huge congrats to @seanorr.bsky.social abd @lucymaloney.bsky.social. Felt nice after the queue yesterday to see the results.
April 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Huge congrats to @seanorr.bsky.social abd @lucymaloney.bsky.social. Felt nice after the queue yesterday to see the results.
Fascinating
April 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Fascinating
Oh my goodness
This makes sense. Their villainy is lazy. Nothing they do is well thought out, or thought out at all. Trump intuits some absurdity and his lackeys half-ass it into reality.
April 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Oh my goodness
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this is an exhibit at the african american museum in dc
and this is why donald trump wants to destroy it
STOP. HIM.
and this is why donald trump wants to destroy it
STOP. HIM.
March 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
this is an exhibit at the african american museum in dc
and this is why donald trump wants to destroy it
STOP. HIM.
and this is why donald trump wants to destroy it
STOP. HIM.
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As the election campaign gets underway today, here's a little something that I wrote for @thelineca.bsky.social last year about being exhausted by the democratic process, and the risks of cynicism and worse.
www.readtheline.ca/p/james-mcle...
www.readtheline.ca/p/james-mcle...
James McLeod: A lesson from Newfoundland's history: We can never take a break from democracy
I keep thinking about the idea of a “Rest from democracy” and how seductive that idea feels. I used to love elections, now the thought of one fills me with dread.
www.readtheline.ca
March 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
As the election campaign gets underway today, here's a little something that I wrote for @thelineca.bsky.social last year about being exhausted by the democratic process, and the risks of cynicism and worse.
www.readtheline.ca/p/james-mcle...
www.readtheline.ca/p/james-mcle...
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E&P - The Voice of America is facing an unprecedented crisis. Journalists have been cut off from their newsrooms—emails shut down, phones disconnected, and no way to reach editors—leaving many in a state of uncertainty. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/voic...
Voice of America turmoil through the eyes of veteran VOA journalist Steve Herman - Editor and Publisher
Voice of America (VOA), the U.S. government-funded international broadcaster, is facing an unprecedented crisis. Journalists have been cut off from their newsrooms—emails shut down, phones disconnecte...
www.editorandpublisher.com
March 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
E&P - The Voice of America is facing an unprecedented crisis. Journalists have been cut off from their newsrooms—emails shut down, phones disconnected, and no way to reach editors—leaving many in a state of uncertainty. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/voic...
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March 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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It's often joked that in America giving a shit about people you don't personally know is a radical idea but then these psychos literally don't give a shit about their own families. They will feed them into the wood chipper of the state if it means a person they don't know is also harmed.
March 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It's often joked that in America giving a shit about people you don't personally know is a radical idea but then these psychos literally don't give a shit about their own families. They will feed them into the wood chipper of the state if it means a person they don't know is also harmed.
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Tomorrow. Don't miss it!
March 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Tomorrow. Don't miss it!
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So I’m getting started reading Values by Mark Carney and I want to share some shots of how this book starts because it makes me blink in surprise.
If you haven’t read it, I think you might want to, because this is what Canada’s new prime minister was thinking about five years ago.
If you haven’t read it, I think you might want to, because this is what Canada’s new prime minister was thinking about five years ago.
March 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So I’m getting started reading Values by Mark Carney and I want to share some shots of how this book starts because it makes me blink in surprise.
If you haven’t read it, I think you might want to, because this is what Canada’s new prime minister was thinking about five years ago.
If you haven’t read it, I think you might want to, because this is what Canada’s new prime minister was thinking about five years ago.
If the SCOTUS allows Trump to deport people, without any due process or action of law, explicitly on the argument that Article II authority allows him unlimited powers for national security, there are many, many, many problems ahead.
Holy crap. The DOJ is arguing that the President can unilaterally deport anyone he wants without ANY statutory authority, just on his inherent authority as President over national security.
That is a terrifying claim to make and not one that has ever been recognized before in US history.
That is a terrifying claim to make and not one that has ever been recognized before in US history.
March 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
If the SCOTUS allows Trump to deport people, without any due process or action of law, explicitly on the argument that Article II authority allows him unlimited powers for national security, there are many, many, many problems ahead.
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You can't spell TARIFFS without FFS...and other gems from the trade war.
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March 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
You can't spell TARIFFS without FFS...and other gems from the trade war.
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Sure hope Doug is happy about cancelling his tariffs to meet this guy.
March 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Sure hope Doug is happy about cancelling his tariffs to meet this guy.
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This allows Trump to empose endless tariffs and explicitly ceded the House's ability to intervene after a set number of days.
It's an Enabling Act for abuse.
It's an Enabling Act for abuse.
The House just voted that “each day for the remainder of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act.” A day is not a day. Lewis Carroll, George Orwell, and Franz Kafka must all be chuckling — or weeping.
March 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This allows Trump to empose endless tariffs and explicitly ceded the House's ability to intervene after a set number of days.
It's an Enabling Act for abuse.
It's an Enabling Act for abuse.
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A reminder that, prior to today, that only 0.6% of American manufactured goods exported to Canada were tariffed at all.
March 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A reminder that, prior to today, that only 0.6% of American manufactured goods exported to Canada were tariffed at all.
Trump and Musk do a front-lawn-of-the-White-House live ad for Tesla.
WaPo: it "stretched the bounds of what is ethical"
WaPo: it "stretched the bounds of what is ethical"
I haven't been able to bring myself to read much of the Times or Post since the election. The framing of these stories illustrates why. Headlines this bad just shut me down as a potential reader.
March 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Trump and Musk do a front-lawn-of-the-White-House live ad for Tesla.
WaPo: it "stretched the bounds of what is ethical"
WaPo: it "stretched the bounds of what is ethical"
While great satire, this is false.
Trump has ordered that the Kennedy Center be enshrouded in massive red, black and white banners with only his image.
Remind you of anything?
Remind you of anything?
March 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
While great satire, this is false.