Vancouver Civic Election 2022 - Page 35

whatnext · #**681** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 5:46 AM**

Congrats to SSP’s own bc2mb.

mezzanine · #**682** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 5:49 AM**

hasta la vista melissa

Klazu · #**683** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 5:51 AM**

18.78% turnout in Burnaby. Can such figure be real??? Incredibly low figure and lowest in the region?

whatnext · #**684** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 5:52 AM**

Ken Sim seems a lot more engaging and fun in his victory speech. Good to see. He was also very gracious to Stewart and all others who ran.

Migrant_Coconut · #**685** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 5:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by mezzanine

hasta la vista melissa

It's kind of nuts how the NPA's more or less disappeared overnight. Guess that's what you get for going full PPC.

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Originally Posted by Klazu

18.78% turnout in Burnaby. Can such figure be real??? Incredibly low figure and lowest in the region?

Nobody's running for mayor against Mike Hurley; guess everybody figured there's no need to vote when the result is inevitable.

chowhou · #**686** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 5:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

18.78% turnout in Burnaby. Can such figure be real??? Incredibly low figure and lowest in the region?

Acclamated mayor. Why bother voting when you're not even voting for the throne? Dumb way of thinking, but a lot of people probably don't see a point voting if they're not voting for mayor.

whatnext · #**687** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 5:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

18.78% turnout in Burnaby. Can such figure be real??? Incredibly low figure and lowest in the region?

Mayor by acclamation. Without a vote for the top of a ticket there’s not much motivation. The Greens in Vancouver should take note.

Still, not a good trend for democracy.

Klazu · #**688** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 6:04 AM**

Very strange logic indeed since the mayor is only a single vote on the council, which is actually the thing that matters in municipal matters. Very surprised not to see One Burnaby do better in election as they had a very sensible and defined program.

Klazu · #**689** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 6:18 AM**

Colleen Hardwick was SO sour in her CTV interview. What a bad loser, especially considering how nicely Sim spoke of her in his victory speech.

chowhou · #**690** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 6:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Colleen Hardwick was SO sour in her CTV interview. What a bad loser, especially considering how nicely Sim spoke of her in his victory speech.

Link? Call me spite driven, but I'm a little giddy to watch her fall.

Klazu · #**691** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 6:34 AM**

Is there any idea of ABC Vancouver's position on view cones or shadowing policies? Just imagine what could be achieved with a super majority in those areas...

GMD · #**692** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 6:38 AM**

From a Tri-cities perspective, I'd classify this election as good news, solid councils in Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam carry on unchanged, while Port Moody hopefully returns to that column as well, getting a fresh start with five new faces in the seven mayor/councillor positions.

Migrant_Coconut · #**693** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 6:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Is there any idea of ABC Vancouver's position on view cones or shadowing policies? Just imagine what could be achieved with a super majority in those areas...

Remember that last time in 2018, Ken Sim's big plan to increase housing supply was cutting basement suites and laneways in half, and he wanted more consultation of local homeowners. I don't expect him or his party to revisit either policy.

Sheba · #**694** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 6:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by chowhou

Acclamated mayor. Why bother voting when you're not even voting for the throne? Dumb way of thinking, but a lot of people probably don't see a point voting if they're not voting for mayor.

I did advance voting.

We also voted to add to parks in each quadrant of Burnaby - no surprise that each got over 90% yes vote.

chowhou · #**695** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 6:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Remember that last time in 2018, Ken Sim's big plan to increase housing supply was cutting basement suites and laneways in half, and he wanted more consultation of local homeowners. I don't expect him or his party to revisit either policy.

To be fair, that was under the NPA banner. ABC policy makes no mention of that. Here's hoping for sunny ways.

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We also voted to add to parks in each quadrant of Burnaby - no surprise that each got over 90% yes vote.

North West Burnaby definitely has a criminally low amount of parks.

Changing City · #**696** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 7:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Remember that last time in 2018, Ken Sim's big plan to increase housing supply was cutting basement suites and laneways in half, and he wanted more consultation of local homeowners. I don't expect him or his party to revisit either policy.

I think the ABC platform says that they're going to speed up permits by a significant amount, which doesn't suggest much, if any, consultation on simple projects. And they suggest pre-approved laneway designs that could get almost instant approval. Whether those are realistic or achievable, given the different context of every project remains to be seen, but it is certainly different from the 2018 platform.

chowhou · #**697** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 7:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

I think the ABC platform says that they're going to speed up permits by a significant amount, which doesn't suggest much, if any, consultation on simple projects. And they suggest pre-approved laneway designs that could get almost instant approval. Whether those are realistic or achievable, given the different context of every project remains to be seen, but it is certainly different from the 2018 platform.

Oh, Ginger Gosnell-Meyers on CBC said pre-approved designs were bad because, "You need to have an approval process to make sure any indigenous archeological sites are not disturbed".

I, for one, would love to see mini-Vancouver Special laneway houses all over the city.

officedweller · #**698** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 7:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Congrats to SSP’s own bc2mb.

Congrats!

... and Nate Pachal was elected Mayor of Langley City.

EastVanMark · #**699** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 7:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by FarmerHaight

. It's time to give Stewart a stronger mandate with an aligned council that will actually support his motions.

No it isn’t. Off to the scrap heap where he and his band belong.

Only good one thing he ever came up with was the idea of a ward system for the city which wasn’t really his idea anyways. Good riddance

Klazu · #**700** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 7:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Congrats to SSP’s own bc2mb.

I did not realize the connection there, although it is all publicly available. I think this forum's dreams around view cone relaxation just got a little more real... maybe?

https://abcvancouver.ca/team/peter-meiszner/