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.
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📍 Vancouver, unceded Coast Salish land
【EN/FR/廣東話/中文】
Views here are my own and do not represent my employer.
Indeed. And I think the porcelain one was in the "Dean of the House" office, so the longest serving MP. For a while that was Bill Blaikie who wasn't allowed to use it, if I recall correctly.
May 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Indeed. And I think the porcelain one was in the "Dean of the House" office, so the longest serving MP. For a while that was Bill Blaikie who wasn't allowed to use it, if I recall correctly.
I guess one challenge is that we don't all use AECOs the same way, as an example.
May 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I guess one challenge is that we don't all use AECOs the same way, as an example.
Yikes Stephen. Isn't Part 3 just simpler?
May 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Yikes Stephen. Isn't Part 3 just simpler?
The new thing I'm hearing is that EU has better "post market surveillance" than North America, hence why we can't adopt their standards.
May 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The new thing I'm hearing is that EU has better "post market surveillance" than North America, hence why we can't adopt their standards.
There's never a stair *only* for emergency use - the theory is that one stair is redundant. Fire services arrive, designate one stair as the fire stair after investigation, somehow this is communicated to occupants.
May 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
There's never a stair *only* for emergency use - the theory is that one stair is redundant. Fire services arrive, designate one stair as the fire stair after investigation, somehow this is communicated to occupants.
And because it is in Part 3, it doesn't apply to Part 9
May 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
And because it is in Part 3, it doesn't apply to Part 9
...though an escalator wouldn't accommodate a wheelchair. In other places we omit "escalator" and "inclined moving walk" as accessible paths of travel (3.8.3.2) though that may be because of occupancy type differences.
But - because 3.8 is our main zone for accessibility, I'm going to pin it there
But - because 3.8 is our main zone for accessibility, I'm going to pin it there
May 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
...though an escalator wouldn't accommodate a wheelchair. In other places we omit "escalator" and "inclined moving walk" as accessible paths of travel (3.8.3.2) though that may be because of occupancy type differences.
But - because 3.8 is our main zone for accessibility, I'm going to pin it there
But - because 3.8 is our main zone for accessibility, I'm going to pin it there
We may do it differently by requiring accessible paths of travel in Part 3 (cf. 3.3.1.7, 3.8.2.3) but we sometimes allow vertical travel to be "a ramp, a passenger elevator, a platform-equipped passenger-elevating device, an escalator, or an inclined moving walk"...
May 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
We may do it differently by requiring accessible paths of travel in Part 3 (cf. 3.3.1.7, 3.8.2.3) but we sometimes allow vertical travel to be "a ramp, a passenger elevator, a platform-equipped passenger-elevating device, an escalator, or an inclined moving walk"...
well, now you've got me because i don't know the building code inside out ;) i'm looking, because I know we changed it to 3 storeys in 2023 and i'm not sure where or how
May 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
well, now you've got me because i don't know the building code inside out ;) i'm looking, because I know we changed it to 3 storeys in 2023 and i'm not sure where or how
Ours has a similar rule but for 3 storeys. The code itself isn't perfectly harmonized yet, btw - that will be the 2030 code
May 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Ours has a similar rule but for 3 storeys. The code itself isn't perfectly harmonized yet, btw - that will be the 2030 code
Wasn't this the point of the beard?
April 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Wasn't this the point of the beard?
It's been warm for us too, which was a bit surprising. Had the fan on to help.
April 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It's been warm for us too, which was a bit surprising. Had the fan on to help.
This is my memory of SEPTA as well
April 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is my memory of SEPTA as well
Or even like two or more booths for voting? They wouldn't begin ID verification until the person before had deposited their ballot.
April 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Or even like two or more booths for voting? They wouldn't begin ID verification until the person before had deposited their ballot.
I feel like it's the first time I've ever seen it like that, and as tedious as it was.
April 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I feel like it's the first time I've ever seen it like that, and as tedious as it was.
Yep, but I guess I didn't give up this time. At least I was in the door by 920, just had to sit and wait since they only allowed one person to approach the desk at a time.
April 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Yep, but I guess I didn't give up this time. At least I was in the door by 920, just had to sit and wait since they only allowed one person to approach the desk at a time.
Yesterday it was 1.5 hours and I gave up not getting near the door. Today I went at 815, was done at 945
April 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Yesterday it was 1.5 hours and I gave up not getting near the door. Today I went at 815, was done at 945
I enjoyed greatly leaving the front door and seeing the line at the station I could not use.
April 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I enjoyed greatly leaving the front door and seeing the line at the station I could not use.
This was a great irony as I had to go to Thurlow and Davie to vote.
April 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This was a great irony as I had to go to Thurlow and Davie to vote.