Petition: Broadway plan must protect renters from demoviction

Dear Mayor and Councillors, I am writing to urge you to amend the Broadway Plan to include real renter protections. The aging rental buildings in Broadway are one of the last pockets of affordability left in the City. This Broadway Plan provided an opportunity to renew these buildings in a manner that creates more affordable […]

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City of Vancouver ordered to disclose Airbnb data

We won! The City of Vancouver has been ordered to disclose the Airbnb licence database. This is a major victory for the residents of Vancouver adversely impacted by Airbnb operations in the city. The City of Vancouver publishes business licences data for all businesses operating in Vancouver. But until now, the City of Vancouver has […]

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Harper, not Trudeau, invited China’s People’s Liberation Army troops to Canada

The hashtag #TrudeauTreason is trending. Why? Because Conservatives are accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of inviting China’s People’s Liberation Army troops to train in Canada. But it wasn’t Trudeau’s Liberal government that invited Chinese forces to Canada. It was former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government that signed the Cooperation Plan Initiative between the PLA and […]

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More than half of all Vancouver Airbnb listings are illegal

More than half of all Vancouver Airbnb listings are illegal, according my latest analysis of the short-term rental platform data. Out of the 4315 active listings my scan picked up, 2894 fall under City of Vancouver short-term rental bylaws because they are available to be booked for less than 30 days at a time. Of […]

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Canadian government didn’t want to thank Taiwan. So, I did.

I wrote a letter to President Tsai Ing-wen and the people of Taiwan after Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne refused to thank Taiwan for the donation of half a million masks. And I received a response from the President Tsai Ing-wen’s office. Dear President Tsai Ing-wen and the people of Taiwan, You came to our […]

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BC: Ban all evictions during COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic

To: Hon. John Horgan, Premier of British Columbia, Hon. Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Whereas: British Columbia has declared a state of emergency in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as the number of cases and the death toll continue to climb Many businesses in cities and town across BC have […]

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10 times Kenney conned Canadians

Jason Kenney has a long history of conning Canadians. Here’s a list of 10 occasions when the man who wants to lead Alberta today has been caught breaching public trust during his political career. Jason Kenney lied to Canadian and convinced us we needed temporary foreign workers because of a growing “labour shortage,” which he […]

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