Michael Schwandt

I was really grateful for another motion passed by Council last night, moved by Cllrs @lisadominato.bsky.social & @petermeiszner.bsky.social to ask the BC Government to amend the Vancouver Charter to give the City power to set maximum safe indoor temperatures in residential buildings and amend the +

The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.

“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”

Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com

💫 New panelist alert! We're thrilled to have @tomflood.bsky.social joining @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @thewaroncars.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY for Life After Cars in downtown Vancouver, hosted by the incredible @uytaelee.bsky.social.

A few tix still available!
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18 tickets left, Vancouver!

Getting to see some of this amazing downtown Vancouver bike infrastructure for myself. It's wonderful!

Youth Climate Corps makes its way into Budget 2025 — The Campaign for a Youth Climate Corps After many years of campaigning, we are relieved and heartened to see the Youth Climate Corps established in Budget 2025, with a commitment of $40 million over two years.

After years of campaigning, the Youth Climate Corps was included in the federal budget.

Mixed feelings: it's MUCH less than the $1 billion needed to create enough public jobs for young people all across the country to work toward a true just transition.

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it’s funny seeing canadian media present zohran as a “democratic socialist” like it’s some shocking thing and not just the left flank of the ndp

Can't stop thinking about the fact that the government is literally slashing public service jobs while bringing in AI for use in the public service.

They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.

Pretty gross!

Passport Canada, Canada Revenue Agency, Citizenship and Immigration Canada -- many of us have spent time on the phone or in offices with hardworking federal employees.

And the plan, apparently in large part, is to replace the good jobs of these human beings with AI slopbots? During a jobs crisis??

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Post-election budget could plunge Canada into another federal election - CCPA With so much on the line, the newly elected federal government has tabled a budget that, in many ways, could pass as a Conservative budget.

Or, for the textually inclined:

👏

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Post-election budget could plunge Canada into another federal election - CCPA With so much on the line, the newly elected federal government has tabled a budget that, in many ways, could pass as a Conservative budget.

Thanks for the rapid response episode, and for the fast work of the CCPA to process all of this.

Good to hear lots of folks noting that NDP MPs have a real chance to draw the line and show that there's a reason for them to be in Parliament. (Or not.)

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🎧 Diving into it:
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a man sitting on a couch with the words not at all written on the bottom ALT: a man sitting on a couch with the words not at all written on the bottom

Ha! At least a few numtots🙋‍♂️ surely saw that slogan and briefly had visions of glorious cycling-bus-rail connectivity. Alas...

A stop sign. Under the stop sign, another, red rectangular, sign is affixed. It says "Actually stop. Like, for real."

Someone in my neighborhood got FED. UP.

Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, elected mayor of New York City | CBC News Democrat Zohran Mamdani made history in New York Tuesday, elected as the city's first Muslim mayor, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an Independent, and Repubican Curtis Sliwa.

“His campaign promises included raising taxes on the richest New Yorkers and using the money to make city buses free and provide free, universal child care. He has also promised to freeze rent for people living in about one million rent-regulated apartments.”

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Zohran Mamdani: We have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the final time I utter his name.

'Despite a government that has signalled that health is not part of its crisis mandate, the idea that health care should also be a nation-building endeavour appears to be taking hold...And it is universal pharmacare that some believe could achieve that vaunted status."

Nope. (Not this time.)

"If a mine is a nation-building project, why not universal pharmacare?"

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What’s missing from the Carney government’s first federal budget Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget represents a shift in policy from Justin Trudeau as the Liberals bet that major investments in an economic transformation will pay off with much-neede...

'We need to make sacrifices [to your health] in order to make investments [in tax cuts].'

Nothing new on pharmacare or dental care.

New tax deductions (and even 'super-deductions') for corporations.

Tax breaks on planes and yachts over $250,000.

Etc.

#cdnpoli
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Pedestrian hit in serious traffic collision in Surrey The BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) transported a woman in critical condition to the hospital after she was hit by a vehicle in Surrey.

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“…the incident happened at King George Boulevard and 40 Avenue at around 6:12 p.m. on Monday.”

@visionzerovancouver.ca

The Worst Intersection in Vancouver winner (loser?) has been crowned 🏆👀

We asked you to nominate the worst intersection across the Lower Mainland and we put the top 32 against each other.

14,000 votes later, the Worst Intersection in Metro Vancouver has been chosen. Read more:

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Life After Cars Vision Zero Vancouver proudly presents Life After Cars live in Vancouver with The War on Cars hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear, and Vancouver City Councilor Lucy Maloney. Date: Saturday, Novemb…

We're so excited to be hosting @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear for a conversation about their new book, Life After Cars!

6:30pm, Sat Nov 8th, Downtown Vancouver

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Antwerp is an Effortlessly Cool City Toured Best by Bicycle It’s no wonder Antwerp now ranks among the top ten most bicycle-friendly cities in the world, according to the Copenhagenize Index.

“The city isn’t quite at Copenhagen or Amsterdam levels, but it’s closing in. Over 40 percent of locals commute by bike — about ten times the rate of a typical North American city — and you feel it immediately.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

Antwerp has come a long way since I worked there in 2019.

That's a *lot* of words to say 'baseball fast; business fast.'

Also, "...in both baseball and business, hard-hit balls produce disproportionate results" is *exactly* the kind of thing a generative AI chatbot would spit out if tortured for a baseball-business metaphor.

Competitive rocket fuel! 🤖

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

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