A few hours ago, Vancouver’s city government posted the agenda to a council meeting next week in which this motion will be read: MOTION ON NOTICE Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source MOVER: Councillor Andrea Reimer SECONDER: Councillor WHEREAS the City of Vancouver is committed to bringing the community into City Hall by engaging [...]
Entries tagged as “vancouver politics”
Vancouver enters the age of the open city
Twittering the Vancouver Election
For those living in Vancouver, or interested in Vancouver politics, the CBC will be hosting a debate tomorrow between Vision Vancouver Mayoralty candidate Gregor Robertson and his NPA counterpart. For those listening in on or attending the debate, the CBC is interested in hearing your immediate thoughts and feedback via twitter – simply tag your [...]
David Beers on Vancouver Eating its Young
David Beers published a piece entitled “Why Does Vancouver Eat its Young?” in yesterday’s Globe and Mail. I agree with David’s sentiment, Vancouver does eat its young. Moreover, and many of his points are valid (e.g. the NPA’s closure of the Child and Youth Advocate office). But I chaffed at the partisan perspective of a [...]
Carole Taylor and Vision Vancouver
There are some rumors floating through the blogosphere that BC Finance Minister Carole Taylor is interested in running for Mayor. It is an interesting development since it is unclear with whom Taylor would run. Most observers would probably argue her natural home would be with the NPA. If Mayor Sullivan succeeds in securing incumbency protection [...]
the strike that never was…?
Job actions just aren’t what they used to be. Here we are in the middle of summer and the pools and library’s are all closed, plus the garbage isn’t being picked up. Interestingly I haven’t read about throngs of Vancouverites complaining (are they? has anybody heard?). Indeed, many businesses and condo associations seem to have [...]
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