If your "pro-renter" policy ideas would mainly make it harder to build more housing, then you're not actually pro-renter - you're just against more housing. #housing #affordability #affordablehousing #yyj
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Dave Thompson 🇨🇦
Профиль VivelyCommunity, housing, climate, urbanism. Also Victoria BC City Councillor, CRD Director. Civil discourse and good governance. Pragmatic progressive. Please email my City account for City business. My own views only. Seeking re-election in 2026! ☄️⏳#yyj 🇨🇦
Unhoused woman loses legal battle against B.C. city who disposed of her belongings. Here is the tribunal's decision (Cardinal vs. City of Victoria): decisions.civilresolutionbc.ca/crt/crtd/en/... #yyj
Gas stoves and asthma. I've used gas stoves and induction electric. Induction is faster, more even, more precise, and safer. #asthma #fossilfuels
James Downie"Unlike many others forced to halt their research [due to Trump cuts], Sehgal and his co-authors released their study anyway...with a fraction of the intended sample size. Still, removing the gas stoves relieved the participants’ asthma so much that the results were clear even with only 85 of them."
Victoria Council moving on derelict buildings and allowing air conditioners in rental units victoriabuzz.com/2026/07/vict... #yyj
Do you have an explanation for this @bchydro.bsky.social? #climateaction #climatechange (Don't tell me about the 2024 and 2025 calls for power. I already know about them. What I'm wondering is what on earth you were doing prior to that.)
Jeremy 🇨🇦As electrification continuous to push total electrical consumption up in #BC we have transitioned from a net-exporter of electricity to a net-importer. While #BC is still primarily powered by hydro electricity, deployment of wind and solar has lagged far behind Alberta and isn't seeing growth.
Homelessness wasn't invented in Victoria BC. Nor was addiction, untreated mental health or street disorder. These crises are in cities across North America. davethompsonvictoria.ca/homelessness... #yyj
Big brother in Alberta just wants to make it easier for you to think the right thoughts.
Jason MarkusoffBoy, the Alberta Transportation's new Barbaric Urban Bicycle Lanes Tip Line, and that drop-down menu sans "Other" field. www.alberta.ca/report-conce...
The Alberta Government has joined the conservative movement's culture war against... safety for people who ride bicycles. Because of course they have. #yyj #safety #urbanism www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
"People seem to prefer the left side of the street. Any idea why?" 👉 youtu.be/_5kDgsrVpYw?... #climateaction #urbanism
New pipeline a bad investment for Canadian taxpayers Oil markets are weakening, and Canadian taxpayers will be liable for environmental damages, should they occur. -Thomas Gunton #climatechange #cdnpoli #bcpoli www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
Good commentary on the condo purchase and DCC/infrastructure fund. It addresses a lot of the misinformation and disinformation - and there's A Lot of it. #housing #yyj youtu.be/5fDDEOQMEdw?...
There are A LOT of events going on Downtown and around Victoria this summer. #yyj @victoriadra.bsky.social www.victoria.ca/community-cu...
Victoria ranked among top cities to live in Canada for 2026 #yyj victoriabuzz.com/2026/07/vict...
We need nation-building projects. Not nation-burning. We need to get off fossil fuels. Join us! #elbowsupforclimate #climateaction www.linkedin.com/posts/david-...