Khelsilem
@khelsilem.bsky.social
Posting live from Squamish Nation territory (Vancouver, BC). Posts are my opinion, which is subject to change based on new information.
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Congratulations to the Squamish Nation on securing additional protections for Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Aysáy̓ch.
I’m grateful that protection and management of cultural sites and other significant areas will rest with the Squamish Nation.
I’m grateful that protection and management of cultural sites and other significant areas will rest with the Squamish Nation.
ICYMI: Squamish Nation regains 20,000 hectares of ancestral land
Two decades of planning and negotiations result in an historic land use agreement with the province.
www.squamishchief.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Congratulations to the Squamish Nation on securing additional protections for Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Aysáy̓ch.
I’m grateful that protection and management of cultural sites and other significant areas will rest with the Squamish Nation.
I’m grateful that protection and management of cultural sites and other significant areas will rest with the Squamish Nation.
The Squamish Nation statement on the passing of Bill 15:
May 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The Squamish Nation statement on the passing of Bill 15:
The Squamish Nation opposed Bill 15's approach and assault on First Nations' rights. Bill 15 should be challenged in court for breaking the Province’s laws to consult and cooperate with FNs in developing legislation in alignment with UNDRIP.
NEW - The BC Government has passed Bill 15 by a vote of 47-46 with speaker Raj Chouhan being forced to break a tie. The bill is opposed by FN leaders, municipalities across the province and major business organize nation. #bcpoli
May 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The Squamish Nation opposed Bill 15's approach and assault on First Nations' rights. Bill 15 should be challenged in court for breaking the Province’s laws to consult and cooperate with FNs in developing legislation in alignment with UNDRIP.
The passing of Bill 15 is both disappointing and damaging to the BC NDP’s relationship with First Nations.
Many of us thought the era of relying on the courts to defend and protect our rights was over, but the government is foolishly bringing us backwards.
They should be held accountable.
Many of us thought the era of relying on the courts to defend and protect our rights was over, but the government is foolishly bringing us backwards.
They should be held accountable.
May 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The passing of Bill 15 is both disappointing and damaging to the BC NDP’s relationship with First Nations.
Many of us thought the era of relying on the courts to defend and protect our rights was over, but the government is foolishly bringing us backwards.
They should be held accountable.
Many of us thought the era of relying on the courts to defend and protect our rights was over, but the government is foolishly bringing us backwards.
They should be held accountable.
Civil servants sometimes complain about their superiors in this manner because they were once in charge, but now political leaders are reclaiming control.
Political leadership should strive to raise standards in the work of the public service to drive the best possible decisions.
Political leadership should strive to raise standards in the work of the public service to drive the best possible decisions.
Much like politics, reporting in Canada suffers from reporters’ lack of business and management experience. What Carney’s doing seems like applying a few different Andy Grove concepts including in process inspection and task based maturity. Which you’d expect at this stage with a new team.
May 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Civil servants sometimes complain about their superiors in this manner because they were once in charge, but now political leaders are reclaiming control.
Political leadership should strive to raise standards in the work of the public service to drive the best possible decisions.
Political leadership should strive to raise standards in the work of the public service to drive the best possible decisions.
The Province has committed to "Support inclusive regional governance by advancing FN participation in regional district boards." (1.11 UNDRIP Action Plan).
How will the Minister of Municipal Affairs @ravikahlon.bsky.social uphold this commitment with Metro Vancouver?
www.biv.com/news/economy...
How will the Minister of Municipal Affairs @ravikahlon.bsky.social uphold this commitment with Metro Vancouver?
www.biv.com/news/economy...
Metro Vancouver board trims pay, calls on province for governance changes
Elected officials say they need the provincial government to step up to the new governance review committee table and pass legislation to change the board structure.
www.biv.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The Province has committed to "Support inclusive regional governance by advancing FN participation in regional district boards." (1.11 UNDRIP Action Plan).
How will the Minister of Municipal Affairs @ravikahlon.bsky.social uphold this commitment with Metro Vancouver?
www.biv.com/news/economy...
How will the Minister of Municipal Affairs @ravikahlon.bsky.social uphold this commitment with Metro Vancouver?
www.biv.com/news/economy...
Landlords set rents at what people are willing to pay. Politicians can influence whether housing is abundant, forcing landlords to compete for renters.
Politicians don’t raise rents. Landlords do. Not everything is political.
May 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Landlords set rents at what people are willing to pay. Politicians can influence whether housing is abundant, forcing landlords to compete for renters.
How many characters in news stories were spent framing the problem at the feet of Gregor Robertson vs. Jason Kenny or Rich Coleman during those years, political figures who had levers to influence the regional housing prices and rents?
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.
May 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
How many characters in news stories were spent framing the problem at the feet of Gregor Robertson vs. Jason Kenny or Rich Coleman during those years, political figures who had levers to influence the regional housing prices and rents?
Federal governments can massively impact the demand for housing in Canada, concentrated in Canada's largest cities.
b) Kenney - for forcing through study permit changes in 2014, that added a half million people to the rental market. Disproportionately concentrated in Vancouver.
May 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Federal governments can massively impact the demand for housing in Canada, concentrated in Canada's largest cities.
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 6:14 PM
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.
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.)
What are your thoughts on the new cabinet under Prime Minister Mark Carney?
May 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
What are your thoughts on the new cabinet under Prime Minister Mark Carney?
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British Columbia's chief coroner has just announced an inquest to publicly review the circumstances that led to Tatyanna Harrison's 2022 death
Some background here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Some background here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Advocates, families call for coroner's inquest into deaths of Indigenous women, girl | CBC News
The families of two young Indigenous women and an Indigenous girl whose bodies were separately discovered across Metro Vancouver in disturbing circumstances are calling for B.C.'s minister of public s...
www.cbc.ca
May 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
British Columbia's chief coroner has just announced an inquest to publicly review the circumstances that led to Tatyanna Harrison's 2022 death
Some background here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Some background here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Business: We would like to open up shop in this empty storefront.
City: Not so fast, first we convene a kangaroo court in a several month long process to determine if you are deemed worthy, then we will laden you with months of permit wait time, and after renovations you will wait for inspections.
City: Not so fast, first we convene a kangaroo court in a several month long process to determine if you are deemed worthy, then we will laden you with months of permit wait time, and after renovations you will wait for inspections.
May 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Business: We would like to open up shop in this empty storefront.
City: Not so fast, first we convene a kangaroo court in a several month long process to determine if you are deemed worthy, then we will laden you with months of permit wait time, and after renovations you will wait for inspections.
City: Not so fast, first we convene a kangaroo court in a several month long process to determine if you are deemed worthy, then we will laden you with months of permit wait time, and after renovations you will wait for inspections.
What polls do people trust regarding the federal polling we've seen? There are so many different companies that I often forget which have the best or worst track record.
April 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
What polls do people trust regarding the federal polling we've seen? There are so many different companies that I often forget which have the best or worst track record.
First Nations will improve the city by making more transit-oriented and car-lite dense neighbourhoods, with significant public and park space included!
Thank you to the Vancouver City Council for the unanimous support.
Thank you to the Vancouver City Council for the unanimous support.
Today, Vancouver City Council approved the ʔəy̓alməxʷ/Iy̓álmexw/Jericho Lands ODP, taking the next step in transforming the ʔəy̓alməxʷ/Iy̓álmexw/Jericho Lands into a complete, sustainable community blanketed in Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh culture and design:
vancouver.ca/news-calenda...
vancouver.ca/news-calenda...
ʔəy̓alməxʷ/Iy̓álmexw/Jericho Lands takes next steps with Official Development Plan
Today, following a public hearing, Vancouver City Council approved the ʔəy̓alməxʷ/Iy̓álmexw/Jericho Lands Official Development Plan (ODP)
vancouver.ca
April 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
First Nations will improve the city by making more transit-oriented and car-lite dense neighbourhoods, with significant public and park space included!
Thank you to the Vancouver City Council for the unanimous support.
Thank you to the Vancouver City Council for the unanimous support.
It might just be me, but this looks like a pretty cool neighbourhood in a city! #JerichoLands
April 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It might just be me, but this looks like a pretty cool neighbourhood in a city! #JerichoLands
Maddening.
A good opportunity to review the ridiculousness of Vancouver land use regulations. (And this is an example of an improved process.) Vancouver ostensibly wants more low-rise rentals, so they designated some areas (mostly busy roads) where they might consider this. But they did not zone for it.
April 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Maddening.
I voted for Sean Orr so congratulations for a stunning win!
April 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I voted for Sean Orr so congratulations for a stunning win!
It's incredible how outclassed the federal NDP under Jagmeet Singh is by the federal Liberals, AGAIN, on housing policy and ambition.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney unveils signature housing plan he says will double pace of home building in Canada | CBC News
Liberal Leader Mark Carney unveiled his signature housing policy Monday, promising to double the number of homes built annually in Canada to nearly 500,000.
www.cbc.ca
April 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It's incredible how outclassed the federal NDP under Jagmeet Singh is by the federal Liberals, AGAIN, on housing policy and ambition.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
If I submitted a proposal for a session for 2025 Housing Central Conference, what would you be interested in me presenting on that would be the most impactful?
March 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
If I submitted a proposal for a session for 2025 Housing Central Conference, what would you be interested in me presenting on that would be the most impactful?
What are your Vancouver by-election predictions?
March 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
What are your Vancouver by-election predictions?
All realistic political options across municipal, provincial, and federal parties support towers near rapid transit, so alleged backlashes seem like a massively overstated prediction.
It’ll take 30 years to build out the Broadway Plan, and that’s really going to cause revolutions in the suburbs? 🤔
It’ll take 30 years to build out the Broadway Plan, and that’s really going to cause revolutions in the suburbs? 🤔
Two pieces of recent news (expansion of bike spaces in Paris, positive reviews about congestion pricing in New York) have reminded me of how important it is for successful city policy to get visible wins for the public. Something the Broadway Plan isn't doing and why that matters
March 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
All realistic political options across municipal, provincial, and federal parties support towers near rapid transit, so alleged backlashes seem like a massively overstated prediction.
It’ll take 30 years to build out the Broadway Plan, and that’s really going to cause revolutions in the suburbs? 🤔
It’ll take 30 years to build out the Broadway Plan, and that’s really going to cause revolutions in the suburbs? 🤔