BC Political Discussion: Election 2020 and Beyond - Page 31

s211 · #**601** Posted **Jul 21, 2022, 9:17 PM**

I'd have to think that any political opponent of Eby will just have to point to his time with Pivot Legal, and tie that with all the DTES problems. Guilty by association; an enabler.

If my memory of Eby being former Pivot is correct. I might be wrong.

WarrenC12 · #**602** Posted **Jul 21, 2022, 9:21 PM**

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I'd have to think that any political opponent of Eby will just have to point to his time with Pivot Legal, and tie that with all the DTES problems. Guilty by association; an enabler.

If my memory of Eby being former Pivot is correct. I might be wrong.

A quick wikipedia search will show you he worked with Pivot from 2005-08. He was then with BCCLA from 2008-2012, notably around the Olympics.

I don't think he'll get painted any worse than Horgan or anybody else in the governing party with respect to the DTES.

Migrant_Coconut · #**603** Posted **Jul 21, 2022, 10:03 PM**

The Christy Clark administration is still toxic. Eby might not have fixed the housing crisis, but most voters sure won't turn to Falcon - who was in the the cabinet that started it - for any different solutions.

whatnext · #**604** Posted **Jul 21, 2022, 10:29 PM**

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A quick wikipedia search will show you he worked with Pivot from 2005-08. He was then with BCCLA from 2008-2012, notably around the Olympics.

I don't think he'll get painted any worse than Horgan or anybody else in the governing party with respect to the DTES.

Yes, right when he was most active as an anti-Olympic protestor with BCCLA. Will be interesting to see him squirm when the First Nations come calling for 2030 Olympics money.

Changing City · #**605** Posted **Jul 21, 2022, 10:57 PM**

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Yes, right when he was most active as an anti-Olympic protestor with BCCLA. Will be interesting to see him squirm when the First Nations come calling for 2030 Olympics money.

Strange, I don't recall him protesting the Olympics at all.

The BCCLA did provide legal observers to record anti-Olympics demonstrations, to ensure no laws were being broken by the authorities, and they opposed a law that could have forcibly removed the homeless from the city. In the light of the history of Expo '86 and the loss of low income housing, that doesn't seem unreasonable at all - it's what you'd expect the BCCLA to do.

Is that too subtle a difference for you to understand?

WarrenC12 · #**606** Posted **Jul 21, 2022, 11:06 PM**

Here's some context on the David Eby of 2010:

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https://www.vanmag.com/street-legal-david-eby

John Horgan's "dad energy" really helped him appeal to moderates. That, and governing with a pretty Left-Centre set of policies, rather than what some of the BC NDP would like.

We'll see if Eby can mimic either of those. They are far more important than his pre-politician past IMO.

chowhou · #**607** Posted **Jul 21, 2022, 11:08 PM**

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Yes, right when he was most active as an anti-Olympic protestor with BCCLA. Will be interesting to see him squirm when the First Nations come calling for 2030 Olympics money.

The BCCLA under Eby was never anti-olympics. The Eby wasn't even with PIVOT when the olympics were approved in 2003. The BCCLA's concern was that the city/province would clear out the homeless and protestors to sanitize the event. The maximum uncharitability might be they were anti-police, but at no point were they trying to stop the olympics.

Just ask Eby himself:

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Feared police crackdown absent during Games

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A legal observer program set up to monitor the rights of the poor reports no violations, according to David Eby, the executive director of the BC Civil Liberties Association.

The program's 250 trained individuals have been on the streets day and night, on the lookout for police brutality, displacement of the poor or suppression of free speech or the right to protest, but so far they have nothing significant to report, said Eby.

"We haven't seen the excesses we were worried about, the signs being taken away, people not being able to march or leaflet. Those things haven't materialized the way we were concerned they would," said Eby.
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- Source: CBC news, Feb 23, 2010

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John Horgan's "dad energy" really helped him appeal to moderates. That, and governing with a pretty Left-Centre set of policies, rather than what some of the BC NDP would like.

We'll see if Eby can mimic either of those. They are far more important than his pre-politician past IMO.

Eby definitely has a bit of an awkward loser nerd vibe to me that I think he has to shake. Link (CAUTION: Extreme cringe alert)

Sheba · #**608** Posted **Aug 12, 2022, 2:52 AM**

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Provincial Budget 2023 Consultation: https://www.leg.bc.ca/content-committees/Pages/Finance-Budget-Consultation.aspx

I'm skimming through the report issued today. From near the beginning: During the consultation period, the Committee heard 306 presentations, received 372 submissions, and 861 responses to an online survey.

So less than 1/10th the population bothered to reply. I guess that makes my comments to them carry more weight than if more people made an effort (it didn't take long to skim through their info sheets and fill in the survey). Yay me for making an effort!

Sheba · #**609** Posted **Sep 27, 2022, 5:42 PM**

B.C. Liberals could become B.C. United party in rebranding push

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The B.C. United party wants your vote. Never heard of them? You’re not alone.

That’s the name being floated by the B.C. Liberals as part of leader Kevin Falcon’s quest to rebrand and revitalize the party.

“B.C. United is a fresh alternative that expresses the party’s long-standing commitment to unity across a broad coalition of party members, as well as highlighting British Columbia front and centre in the name choice,” the party said in a press release this morning.

The rebranding was a key plank of Falcon’s leadership campaign and comes on the heels of the B.C. Liberals’ poor showing in the 2020 election, which resulted in its lowest seat count in three decades. The former B.C. Liberal cabinet minister became leader in February and won a seat in the Vancouver-Quilchena riding during the April 30 byelection.

Falcon wants to rebrand the party to remove any perception of ties to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal Liberals and reflect the party’s status as a big-tent coalition of federal Liberals and Conservatives.

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Now that the potential new name has been revealed, all 45,000 party members will be asked by the end of the year to vote on whether to rebrand or stick with the status quo.

However some in the party are only willing to vote for a rebranding if it happens after the next general election — set for October 2024 but which could be called earlier by the B.C. NDP government — to avoid confusing the electorate.

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Falcon told Postmedia in June he has no plans to court the B.C. Conservatives to form a coalition like Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party which merged Alberta’s Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties.

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chowhou · #**610** Posted **Sep 27, 2022, 6:05 PM**

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B.C. Liberals could become B.C. United party in rebranding push

Are we a soccer league now?

https://www.dcunited.com/

Waiting for the NDP -> "Orange FC" rebranding.

whatnext · #**611** Posted **Sep 27, 2022, 10:12 PM**

BC United is totally lame.

Migrant_Coconut · #**612** Posted **Sep 27, 2022, 10:40 PM**

Now would be an excellent time for the NDP to come up with a "Don't Fly United" campaign.

Tvisforme · #**613** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 6:48 PM**

David Eby announced his housing proposals today; some of the highlights:

Anti-flipping tax in first two years after purchase;
Single-familiy homes can be redeveloped w/higher density up to three units;
Secondary suites legal across BC;
Strata rules regarding rentals to be removed, age restrictions removed (except for senior-only)

Rob Shaw - Twitter - NDP leadership candidate @Dave_Eby has dropped his housing platform

whatnext · #**614** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 8:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tvisforme

David Eby announced his housing proposals today; some of the highlights:

Anti-flipping tax in first two years after purchase;
Single-familiy homes can be redeveloped w/higher density up to three units;
Secondary suites legal across BC;
Strata rules regarding rentals to be removed, age restrictions removed (except for senior-only)

Rob Shaw - Twitter - NDP leadership candidate @Dave_Eby has dropped his housing platform

Removing rental restrictions in condos is stupid. Everybody I know who lives in a condo says the biggest problems their stratas have is with renters. If Eby wants to encourage rentals force municipalities to use the "rental only" zoning powers they were given and give tax incentives to purpose built rentals.

Anti-flipping tax sounds good but unless there's real enforcement it is worthless.

WarrenC12 · #**615** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 8:15 PM**

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Removing rental restrictions in condos is stupid. Everybody I know who lives in a condo says the biggest problems their stratas have is with renters. If Eby wants to encourage rentals force municipalities to use the "rental only" zoning powers they were given and give tax incentives to purpose built rentals.

Anti-flipping tax sounds good but unless there's real enforcement it is worthless.

Rental restrictions are stupid... they crush your property values.

Any resident can be bad. Our building's problem renters have been because of absentee landlords. A few fines bring them around though.

chowhou · #**616** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 8:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Removing rental restrictions in condos is stupid. Everybody I know who lives in a condo says the biggest problems their stratas have is with renters. If Eby wants to encourage rentals force municipalities to use the "rental only" zoning powers they were given and give tax incentives to purpose built rentals.

Anti-flipping tax sounds good but unless there's real enforcement it is worthless.

Everyone I know that lives in a condo says their biggest problem is their strata.

hollywoodnorth · #**617** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 9:16 PM**

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Rental restrictions are stupid... they crush your property values.

Any resident can be bad. Our building's problem renters have been because of absentee landlords. A few fines bring them around though.

agreed. its weak (ir absent/over seas) landlords that often allow renters to "run wild"

whatnext · #**618** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 11:18 PM**

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Rental restrictions are stupid... they crush your property values.

Fine, your opinion, but it should be up to the strata's owners if they want to make that trade-off. They should be homes not investments, that's one of the reasons prices have been driven up. You want to invest in housing - then buy into a REIT.

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Any resident can be bad. Our building's problem renters have been because of absentee landlords. A few fines bring them around though.

And how much wear and tear does a building suffer in the meantime?

chowhou · #**619** Posted **Sep 29, 2022, 12:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Fine, your opinion, but it should be up to the strata's owners if they want to make that trade-off. They should be homes not investments, that's one of the reasons prices have been driven up. You want to invest in housing - then buy into a REIT.

What do you think REITs hold...?

whatnext · #**620** Posted **Sep 29, 2022, 1:58 AM**

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What do you think REITs hold...?

Purpose built rental apartments. They’re not snapping up individual units in a condominium.