Dave Thompson 🇨🇦

We need to remove Nazis and extremists from Canada's military.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#cdnpoli #never51 #elbowsup

Denmark responded to 1973 oil crisis by reducing car-dependency. Let's do that now. - Streetsblog Chicago "The government had to introduce car-free Sundays. And then people realized that the car-free Sunday was the best day of the week."

FYI the 1970s oil crisis was the impetus for Copenhagen turning into a cycling city

March 8 is #InternationalWomensDay .

Women’s rights are human rights. When women thrive, our families, communities, and province thrive too.

Today and every day, we must keep standing up for the rights, dignity, and opportunities of all British Columbians.

#BCndp #womensday #humanrights #feminism

Happy International Women’s Day!

Today, we celebrate the girls and women who advocate for, design, program and steward the public spaces of our communities. Our cities are better for your care and leadership.

Image: CC Province of BC #IWD2026

Two people on bikes riding towards camera, and on person on a mobility scooter away from camera on Fort St (2 way) protected bike and roll lane.

Person on bicycle passing person on mobility scooter on Pandora protected bike and roll lane.

On a short visit to downtown #VictoriaBC today, I saw three people riding mobility scooters on the protected bike and roll lanes. Only got photos of two. You don't have to ride a bicycle to use 'bike lanes'! #yyj #pwd #bcpoli

My take on the proposed RTA changes. I appreciate @ravikahlon.bsky.social being open to creating the opportunity and @christineboyle.bsky.social for willingness to carry the findings forward into these proposed changes. #bcpoli #housing

Important that the City provides safer choices. Some people are OK riding bikes in traffic - myself included. The protected facilities are for others who are not OK with it.

Pandora bike lanes to be fast tracked after update from Victoria staff Cyclists using the corridor along the Shelbourne and Pandora might see more safety improvements after fast tracking bike lanes in the area received initial approval.

Cyclists using the corridor along Shelbourne and Pandora might see more safety improvements after fast tracking bike lanes in the area received initial approval.

We can't commit the City to do anything; Council can't bind itself on future decisions.

That said, in this case staff understand Council direction is to proceed on both 1 and 2.

YAY! #yyjpoli - @davethompsonvic.bsky.social and @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social 's motion to prioritize the 'gap' in the Pandora street bike lanes to Oak bay junction and Shelbourne passed unanimously after Gardiners bid to defer failed.. (I bet we'll read about how awful this all is in the TC btw)

Dave Thompson Victoria I’ve been meeting with workers and business owners, youth and seniors, visitors and residents, front-line service providers and community organizations to discuss Victoria’s future, and what City Coun...

BC government has them and yes they can. davethompsonvictoria.ca/time-for-mor...

It's the clearest example we have of the triumph of base politics over good policy.

Before and after pictures of Garry Oak Meadow replaced by single detached mansions

Not a peep for this Garry Oak meadow, a few hundred metres from the famous 902 Foul Bay.

I am not involved in the staff-led process to determine it, and wouldn't want to interfere with their weighting of criteria, but I expect that regional interoperability is an important criterion.

E-Bikes and e-scooters in Kamloops.
#climateaction #sustainability #urbanism #transportation #YYJ

Sprawl costs: some surprising, and we all pay them.
#urbanism #yyj

"The wealthiest 0.01% of Canadian families (1,685 families) hold an average of $448.5 million, 4,041x the average wealth of a family in the bottom 50%" #TaxTheSuperRich #bcpoli #cdnpoli

Photo of promotional poster for movie cited

Photo of panel noted in post

Photo of (mainly female) local elected officials

Saw Prime Minister tonight: about NZ PM Jacinda Ardern. Truly excellent film, followed by a panel of strong progressive women leaders and a fun social. Thanks to Central Saanich Councillor Sarah Riddell and Sidney Councillor Terri O'Keeff for organizing it!
#yyj

Chart from post linked showing Victoria hosting vast majority of supportive housing and shelter spaces in capital region and other municipalities hosting little or none.

5. Other municipalities in this region have space for TT, declined to take it, and are failing to look after their own residents.
davethompsonvictoria.ca/is-your-muni...

3. The City of Victoria doesn't own lots of other vacant land where a TT could be moved to, like other municipalities do.
4. Operating a site is an even bigger issue, and BC Housing closed TT and announced that it is now finished with HEARTH in Victoria.
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A bit of context:
1. Tiny Town was clearly established as, and committed by the previous City Council to be, a temporary site.
2. TT's temporary use permit ran out and was extended 3 times by Council. We were prohibited by law from extending it further.
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The Plan:
1. Distract from Epstein files
2. Pocket bribes

Image of social media post stating "The trick is to remember that acknowledging existence and endorsing worth are not the same thing."

This is a hill to die on.

Also, Ockham.

Detail of chart from report linked in post

Chart from report linked in post

Update on regional sprawl: it was still going strong in 2024. Bad for affordability, regional traffic congestion, air pollution, GHG emissions and more.

BUT, that may be changing. More info: davethompsonvictoria.ca/leveraging-r...
#yyj #climateaction #affordability #sprawl

Conservative MP searches for ‘antifa’ in federal government, Canadian Armed Forces - National | Globalnews.ca Federal departments and the Canadian Armed Forces must answer by April how many members of anti-fascist groups work for the public service and the military.

Hand up if you're anti-fascist and proud of it. ✋

(Please expand your little witch-hunt to municipal and regional governments.)

globalnews.ca/news/1168850...
#cdnpoli #nevertrump #never51 #elbowsup #nevercons

Picture of a social/supportive housing project in the Yaletown community in downtown Vancouver. Text says “if we don’t build housing to solve homelessness, we don’t really want to solve homelessness.” Logo of the urban truth collective in the corner.

If we don’t build housing to solve homelessness, we don’t really want to solve homelessness. #UrbanTruth

Questions nobody asked since Robert Moses started bulldozing neighbourhoods.

Overdose advisory #yyj

Island Health issues overdose advisories for CRD, Nanaimo and Cowichan Valley Island Health has issued overdose advisories for large swaths of Vancouver Island, including the Capital Regional District, the Cowichan Valley, and the Nanaimo area.

Island Health has issued overdose advisories for large swaths of Vancouver Island, including the Capital Regional District, the Cowichan Valley, and the Nanaimo area.

Esquimalt to begin phase two of bike lane and road work project this summer Phase one of the Esquimalt Road All Ages and Abilities Bike Lanes and Underground Utilities Project is nearly complete, spanning between Lampson Street and Dominion Road.

Good to see safety improvements throughout the region.
victoriabuzz.com/2026/02/esqu... #yyj #safety