Russil Wvong
@russilwvong.bsky.social
Canadian. Interested in housing, public safety, climate, international politics. Federal Liberal riding chair for Vancouver Kingsway. We need more housing. Daily blog: morehousing.ca.
January 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Joseph Heath, a political philosopher at the University of Toronto, on radicalism vs. reformism: www.academia.edu/89468776/Whe...
January 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Joseph Heath, a political philosopher at the University of Toronto, on radicalism vs. reformism: www.academia.edu/89468776/Whe...
Maybe? BC is pushing hard to build more housing, and a big reason is that David Eby is impatient. (I've talked to a lot of politicians who are much more passive or fatalistic about high housing costs.) From a January 2022 interview: morehousing.ca/david-eby
January 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Maybe? BC is pushing hard to build more housing, and a big reason is that David Eby is impatient. (I've talked to a lot of politicians who are much more passive or fatalistic about high housing costs.) From a January 2022 interview: morehousing.ca/david-eby
I'd suggest that the answer is no - going nuclear makes you an intolerable threat, and therefore a target. Gene Sharp suggests an alternative: careful advance preparation for WWII-style resistance. www.nybooks.com/articles/198...
January 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I'd suggest that the answer is no - going nuclear makes you an intolerable threat, and therefore a target. Gene Sharp suggests an alternative: careful advance preparation for WWII-style resistance. www.nybooks.com/articles/198...
Alberta and national unity - some thoughts after the 2019 election. russilwvong.com/blog...
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18/18
September 13, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Alberta and national unity - some thoughts after the 2019 election. russilwvong.com/blog...
18/18
18/18
No government lasts forever. Post-Covid, incumbents everywhere are unpopular. Remote work has driven up total demand for residential space; housing shortages spilled over from the biggest cities to smaller ones; housing costs are way up. People are miserable and angry.
14/18
14/18
September 13, 2024 at 4:04 PM
No government lasts forever. Post-Covid, incumbents everywhere are unpopular. Remote work has driven up total demand for residential space; housing shortages spilled over from the biggest cities to smaller ones; housing costs are way up. People are miserable and angry.
14/18
14/18
Because the revenue is divided up equally and returned as a dividend, most households come out ahead, **even if they can't make any changes at all** - they can't switch to a smaller vehicle, cut marginal trips, or take transit. While those who can, now have the incentive.
8/18
8/18
September 13, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Because the revenue is divided up equally and returned as a dividend, most households come out ahead, **even if they can't make any changes at all** - they can't switch to a smaller vehicle, cut marginal trips, or take transit. While those who can, now have the incentive.
8/18
8/18
The Trudeau-Notley compromise: a thread.
Canada's a major oil/gas producer, with world's 2nd largest oil reserves. As climate change worsens, we face increasing pressure from allies and trading partners to cut CO2 emissions. If we don't act, exports are at risk: see KXL.
1/18
Canada's a major oil/gas producer, with world's 2nd largest oil reserves. As climate change worsens, we face increasing pressure from allies and trading partners to cut CO2 emissions. If we don't act, exports are at risk: see KXL.
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September 13, 2024 at 4:02 PM
The Trudeau-Notley compromise: a thread.
Canada's a major oil/gas producer, with world's 2nd largest oil reserves. As climate change worsens, we face increasing pressure from allies and trading partners to cut CO2 emissions. If we don't act, exports are at risk: see KXL.
1/18
Canada's a major oil/gas producer, with world's 2nd largest oil reserves. As climate change worsens, we face increasing pressure from allies and trading partners to cut CO2 emissions. If we don't act, exports are at risk: see KXL.
1/18
Note that the city's current 10-year targets are only planning to meet about half the need. morehousing.ca/vanco...
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6/7
July 27, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Note that the city's current 10-year targets are only planning to meet about half the need. morehousing.ca/vanco...
6/7
6/7
We can't snap our fingers and have 1/3 more housing. And we can't go back 10 years in a time machine and change the city's policies so that we have 1/3 more housing today. But we can change policies now, so in 10 years we'll have 1/3 more housing than on our current path.
5/7
5/7
July 27, 2024 at 4:01 PM
We can't snap our fingers and have 1/3 more housing. And we can't go back 10 years in a time machine and change the city's policies so that we have 1/3 more housing today. But we can change policies now, so in 10 years we'll have 1/3 more housing than on our current path.
5/7
5/7
With 10% more housing, rents would be roughly 20% lower.
For city of Vancouver, we only have about 3/4 of the housing we need, resulting in rents 2X higher. With 1/3 more housing, rents would be roughly halved. doodles.mountainmath...
4/7
For city of Vancouver, we only have about 3/4 of the housing we need, resulting in rents 2X higher. With 1/3 more housing, rents would be roughly halved. doodles.mountainmath...
4/7
July 27, 2024 at 4:01 PM
With 10% more housing, rents would be roughly 20% lower.
For city of Vancouver, we only have about 3/4 of the housing we need, resulting in rents 2X higher. With 1/3 more housing, rents would be roughly halved. doodles.mountainmath...
4/7
For city of Vancouver, we only have about 3/4 of the housing we need, resulting in rents 2X higher. With 1/3 more housing, rents would be roughly halved. doodles.mountainmath...
4/7
Thread: how more housing brings down rents.
High rents and prices in Vancouver are a barrier keeping people in the rest of Canada out.
If we had more housing and rents came down, more people would just move here, driving up rents again. True or false?
1/7
High rents and prices in Vancouver are a barrier keeping people in the rest of Canada out.
If we had more housing and rents came down, more people would just move here, driving up rents again. True or false?
1/7
July 27, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Thread: how more housing brings down rents.
High rents and prices in Vancouver are a barrier keeping people in the rest of Canada out.
If we had more housing and rents came down, more people would just move here, driving up rents again. True or false?
1/7
High rents and prices in Vancouver are a barrier keeping people in the rest of Canada out.
If we had more housing and rents came down, more people would just move here, driving up rents again. True or false?
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