Alex Hemingway

Cartoon worm, man accuses women of being “anti-Car “…

I don’t hate cars. Like most North American males I was raised to think cars are cool, and as a design nerd, few objects are more eye-catching.

I hate surrendering our streets, our cities and our lives to them.

Car dependence isn’t freedom.

Great cartoon by @robcowan.bsky.social #CarDependency

Programs on the chopping block as B.C. charities face funding crisis Many who work in B.C.’s non-profit industry say they’re grappling with a decline in donations paired with a growing demand for their services – forcing them to make challenging financial decisions.

In 2 decades experience, @iglikaivanova.bsky.social has never seen the nonprofit sector in such crisis.

“There've been downturns and the financial crisis, but I feel like what’s happening to the nonprofit sector now is different. People who used to donate are now clients.”

Budget 2025 should bolster employee ownership to strengthen Canada’s economy Budget 2025 is an opportunity to make employee ownership permanent and boost productivity by extending and expanding the capital gains exemption for EOTs.

If we're to create a new Canadian economy as called for by Prime Minister Carney, employees deserve more than inspiration—they deserve a greater ownership stake and voice in the companies where they work say Simon Pek, Lorin Bussan and @1alexhemingway.bsky.social.

Photo of a countertop with a laptop, a bowl of muffin mix and a recipe book. In the background is a window with solar panels visible outside.

Nerdy Sunday! Getting ready for the Fall legislative sitting by baking zucchini muffins and watching a recording of a #Housing webinar from @1alexhemingway.bsky.social from the new @bcpolicy.bsky.social.

bcpolicy.ca/2025/10/03/s... #BCPoli #AffordableHousing

Budget 2025 should bolster employee ownership to strengthen Canada’s economy Budget 2025 offers Canada a chance to make employee ownership permanent by extending tax incentives for employee ownership trusts and worker co-ops. Doing so would boost productivity, reduce inequality, and secure business succession, while keeping jobs and decision-making local. A modest investment promises significant economic and social dividends.

If we're to create a new Canadian economy as called for by Prime Minister Carney, employees deserve more than inspiration—they deserve a greater ownership stake and voice in the companies where they work say Simon Pek, Lorin Bussan and @1alexhemingway.bsky.social.

Opinion: B.C. has a revenue problem, not a spending problem Experience from early 2000s shows that underfunding public services and failing to address poverty leads to higher economic and social costs

Everyone's talking about BC's "spending problem" but here's what they're not telling you: we're spending the SAME share of GDP as 1998, but collecting far less revenue. BC's deficit isn't about overspending. My analysis: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

#bcpoli

Great episode, as always.
Canada would be well-advised to accommodate EU elevators codes (and other elements of the building code). Especially in today’s age where we are looking to diversify trade relations and tying ourselves exclusively to the US market has become particularly problematic.

Disappointed to see the reactionary UBCM call for repeal of single stair building legalization in BC.

Nearly the entire world builds single stair buildings safely and has been for decades. There’s tons of data. The idea they are inherently dangerous has absolutely no merit to it.

The shortage of housing supply, needed public investment in non-market homes and municipal roadblocks are some of the issues plaguing BC’s housing crisis.

Join @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and Sarah Ellis in a webinar to identify where urgent action is needed.
Oct 1, noon PT
bcpolicy.ca/events

To realize the Right to Housing we need an effective right to build housing.
Unfortunately that's not universally understood. E.g. the City of Vancouver has called on the province to declare housing as a human right, but at the same time it continues to severely restrict the building of housing.

Imagine turning a detached home into a 6-story micro tower.

I know so many friend groups who dreamed of living this way over the years.

With zoning changes, design accommodations and single staircase rules, they could have it.

Join me for @bcpolicy.bsky.social's housing webinar next week.

The housing crisis *is* solvable.

Register here: bcpolicy.ca/events/

It's the official launch of BC Policy Solutions!

Join us for an evening of celebration, community building & hear how we’re working to create true, sustainable change in our province.

October 16, 5:30-8:00 PM
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main St, Vancouver
Light refreshments
RSVP party.bcpolicy.ca

Ahhh look at our lineup! 🎤💥

💙 We're so excited to host Compass Card Comedy night next Wednesday, a comedy show FOR transit riders BY transit riders. 💙

Don't forget to grab your tickets! (www.showpass.com/com...)

Opinion: The next policies B.C. government must pursue to deliver more homes | Urbanized Vancouver’s housing crisis isn’t going away. We need a provincial government that treats housing as a top priority.

The provincial housing reforms haven't done nearly enough in the City of Vancouver, the epicentre of the housing crisis.

The appointment of Christine Boyle as the new housing minister is a chance for a reset. Read more in my op-ed on the DailyHive:

dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc...

Love this! @verosioufi.bsky.social of @bcpolicy.bsky.social looks at how to adopt winning ideas from the Mamdani NYC campaign to BC 👇

Amazon and Uber workers unionize — How BC labour laws enabled historic organizing wins and what comes next
 In July 2025, Uber drivers in Victoria and Amazon warehouse workers in Delta won union certification. This is a historic organizing win for workers long considered “unorganizable” in two of the most notoriously anti-union corporations in the world.

BC made labour history with two breakthrough union certifications and the restoration of card-check.

Victoria Uber drivers are the 1st platform workers in Canada to unionize and Delta Amazon warehouse workers are the 2nd to unionize in Canada and 3rd in North America.
bcpolicy.ca/uber-amazon

This is the idea we presented to the BC legislature’s Special Committee on Democratic and Electoral Reform:
**deliberative mini-publics**

Check out the video for a quick tl;dr on what mini-publics are, and head to bcpolicy.ca/mini-publics to learn more.

#electoralreform #bcpoli #canpoli #vanpoli

City planning is so ridiculous. In one policy they’ll make it hard to build small, modest studio and 1-bedroom homes because they want more “family-sized” homes. Then with the next policy they limit the number of bedrooms for multiplexes, while ignoring the room count for McMansions.

This is great. On all points. Especially appreciate the recognition that Vancouver’s multiplex policy falls significantly below provincial SSMUH expectations and other municipalities have far less restrictive implementations despite demand for housing being higher in Vancouver.

Democratic and electoral reform: the case for deliberative mini-publics Our recommendations to the provincial legislature’s Special Committee on Democratic and Electoral Reform.

The BC Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform was an engagement model that set a global standard and has been studied & replicated worldwide.

Senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social told a legislature committee such a model could strengthen democratic engagement in BC.
bcpolicy.ca/mini-pub...

This video is everything. This is how how we keep people moving in growing cities. It is a master class in messaging transit. At @movementyvr.bsky.social, we're doing our best to take this kind of messaging to places like Surrey that desperately need change.

Here Are the Next Big Steps to Fix the Housing Crisis | The Tyee Private developers aren’t going to do it alone. We need an explosion in public and non-profit housing.

Would also reduce the often substantial costs associated with rezoning for those those projects. Talked about it some here: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...

I make no bones about being a car guy and enjoying driving. But I resent being forced to drive everywhere for everything because of poor planning and chronically under funding public transit. Multi model forms of transportation is the best thing for everyone especially for those who need to drive!

The city has newer senior staff that get it like @jwhiteyvr.bsky.social, providing an opening to make change a reality.

But this isn't reflected in the reality of policy on the ground today. And it's unlikely to be without sustained pressure from outside. We can't wait years to end the ban.

Vancouver’s go-slow multiplex policy could blow a hole in provincial housing projections The long reign of exclusionary single-family zoning is being challenged in British Columbia—and none too soon amid a severe housing shortage. The BC government has unveiled major pieces of housing leg...

Vancouver plays games, using arcane restrictions to throttle housing creation in the wealthiest, lowest-density areas that use up most of the land, undermining provincial housing targets in the process.

It needs to stop. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Ending the apartment ban would ease housing shortages, lower costs for non-profit housing, reduce tenant displacement in existing apartment areas, open up quiet side streets to renters, bring down household transportation costs, decrease air and climate pollution, and lower infrastructure costs.

Image shows vast swaths of Vancouver land with single family homes, with a small area of density downtown. Caption: Vancouver, the image vs Vancouver, realty. Vancouver needs more housing!

It's plain as day

Vancouver Shows Just How Much it Costs to Ban Apartments | Sightline Institute Takeaways Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple. Editor’s note: This article was originally published by Policy Not...

It's a housing crisis. Why is Vancouver still banning apartments on the vast majority of residential land?

This suppresses both non-market and market housing creation, exporting the city's shortage to rest of the region and province.

BC should put its foot down. www.sightline.org/2024/10/09/v...

The Broadway Subway to Arbutus is not enough. With over 156,000 daily trips to UBC, we need SkyTrain all the way!

Extend SkyTrain to UBC NOW!

💌 Sign our petition to demand action from all levels of government.

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#ubc #ubcvancouver #vancouverbc #skytrainvancouver