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@depaneuse.bsky.social
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Expert en logiciel, amateur de ⚽️, papa deux fois. Lives in beautiful Vancouver, cycles, screams at clouds.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For those curious, we unfortunately will not be doing a Vancouver debate. Ken Sim's team decided to focus on a limited number of events (five in total) with other organizations, telling us "we're making sure [voters] hear directly from us about our record." As they say, it is what it is.
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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is more to keeping people safe than skyrocketing police budgets. Ken Sim and ABC voted down safety measures for pedestrians, for vulnerable people, and for climate safety. COPE will fight for a Vancouver that is safe for everyone.
COPE Policy 2026
MAKE VANCOUVER SAFE FOR EVERYONE (everyone is underlined)
There is more to keeping people safe than skyrocketing police budgets.In 2022, Ken Sim and ABC ran on a platform of “public safety” using outdated and inflated crime rates. This time around, they are using outdated crime statistics to create a false narrative while pushing a costly & meaningless plebiscite to distract voters from their failures.

HEADLINE: Vancouver police union, mayor's party cite dated crime statistic in lead up to election

Instead of keeping our communities safe, they’ve thrown hundreds of millions into the overinflated police budget while voting down safety measures for pedestrians, for vulnerable people, and for climate safety.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Vancouver votes Oct 17. Here's a quick poll on what issues people actually care about, not what the campaigns say we do. Results go public Oct 14, 3 days before the vote. See where the city actually stands: create.engageleap.ca/elections/va...
create.engageleap.ca
EngageLeap
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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 28/09/2026
Really fantastic to see "reduce pedestrian fatalities" in the COPE public safety pillar of their platform, with tangible concrete actions. Great work from @copevancouver.bsky.social recognizing that road safety = public safety.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Common problem
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Subsidies to corporations and businesses are quite common in our societies. Some say most jobs are created this way. However when subsidies go against available resources and health of citizen you have to wonder why these are approved. Accountability is missing.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That picture is perfect. Here's a modern city (Vancouver) that tries to give everyone (who can afford it) a single family home. They do this with all the services you would assume a modern city offers. But how do they pay for it if every family owns 4000 square feet of land? They can't
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
More discussion on the municipal elections. More information. Good stuff!
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Michael Wiebe @michaelwiebe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Vancouver has a housing shortage because it prioritized maintaining its single-family neighborhood character. blog.michaelwiebe.com/p/how-vancou...
blog.michaelwiebe.com
How Vancouver planned a housing shortage
The city put neighbourhood character first and housing supply second
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The least qualified mayor needs to go. Being incompetent cannot be rewarded.
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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Notice served. One month til election day. Ken Sim and ABC have been working for their super-rich backers, while the rest of us get left behind. COPE is fighting to make the city more affordable, reverse the damage of Ken Sim, and to give power back to the people. Vote the COPE slate on Oct 17.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
One Month to End Tenancy for Cause
Residential Tenancy Act, s.47, s.48 and Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act, s.40, s.41
#RTB-33

THIS IS AN EVICTION NOTICE

☑ Vancouver City Hall ☑ School Board ☑ Park Board

TO THE MAYOR AND RULING PARTY
SIM, KEN
ABC VANCOUVER

WE, THE TENANTS OF VANCOUVER, GIVE YOU ONE MONTH TO VACATE
You must move out of office by: 2026/10/17

REASON FOR THIS ONE MONTHS EVICTION NOTICE (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
☑ Giving $3.8M to rich developers earmarked for afforable housing
☑ Scapegoating the poor and homeless
☑ Stopping new supportive housing
☑ Slashing climate safety programs
☑ Shutting down the Renters Office

Residential Tenancy Branch
#RTB-33
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
incredible things are happening in the politics
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Huuuuuuuh scandal! A party leader spies on a journalist!?! Findlay should resign immediately
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
More of this discussion please. We need ambition for this community to be great. Right now BC is scared of talking about building things, scared of raising taxes.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Urban areas sterilized by a blanket of grey asphalt, built for the speed and convenience of machines will never appeal to the livability that humans, animals, and nature desire. But this, yes.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Currently about 2/3rds of all Dutch children walk or bike to school, with 75% of secondary school kids cycling to school. By enabling safe and active travel, #Dutch cities prevent an estimated one million car journeys to school each morning.” — @modacitylife.bsky.social in book #CurbingTraffic
Teens riding bikes on Copenhagen bike infrastructure. #LetKidsBike #LetKidsWalk
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So the police getting more funding is resulting in more people getting hurt
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Yes Margie is excellent! To me the 60% figure is a scandal. BC has such little journalism especially on local issues that i doubt it’ll be talked about.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Road safety is safety and yet the VPD has handed over 60% less road fines than 10 years ago. With a lot more cars on the roads. The explanation is simple, their budget is now so big they don’t need the fines to operate anymore. So road safety is not a priority anymore.
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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 13/09/2026
This is a really good point. The right loves to reframe safety as a purely crime-related issue. And more serious threats to our well-being — including road safety — go unaddressed.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you are in Vancouver take a look at what @visionzerovancouver.ca did, super guide on the upcoming elections visionzerovancouver.ca/vote/?zlinki...
visionzerovancouver.ca
Election 2026
We asked each party to commit to implementing key road safety measures if they form government, within their first year in office.
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
prioritizing transit and bikes over cars is a massive public health win
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Jacques Nacouzi @jacouzi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Le paradis.
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Mayor of Gastown @mayorofgastown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Now do the same math for highways.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Bad laws create unjust, unfair societies. look at who enacted those laws and you will see a clear pattern of political opportunists. Wave riders. We need fact based political decisions. Any politician saying they don’t need facts to make decisions should be forced to resign.
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I wear a helmet 99% of the time.They can reduce the odds of concussions and certain injuries and will deter people from blaming me if I get hit. I think it's smart to wear one. But countries with low helmet use have a lower rate of death— because 15 other things are more effective safety measures.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Bike parking is often placed against walls, narrow or directly in a car parking spot. This makes it unsuitable for many bikes.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I love this! This image makes you think. This is ridiculous? Yes! Well so are 8 lanes highways.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I know for me leaving the ad agency world to talk about crosswalks has been wildly lucrative.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Bike helmets should be based on personal preference. Tolerance to risk and riding skills vary a lot. Helmets are not the golden bullet laws make it sound like. They do not replace good infrastructure aka separated bike lanes.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Vision zero is growing. This warms my heart ♥️ Remember that if you want a better world, doing something about it is the best way to make it happen.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🎨Robert Ariail
Four-panel cartoon illustration: The first panel shows a man looking at a gas station sign that says, "Gas $4.00.9". He takes the digits down to the ground and builds a bicycle with them, and rides away.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Oh Lord save us! Another wasted 4 years? 4 years of heat islands? 4 years of stalled active transportation development? 4 years of degraded services? 4 years of cynicism! In 2 months we have to vote! Rally behind a progressive and VOTE! @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
thetyee.ca
How Mayor Ken Sim Is Poised to Win Re-Election | The Tyee
ABC Vancouver has abandoned its strategy of broad-based appeal in favour of a distinctly conservative electoral fortress.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Le débat sur les trottinettes électriques est mal parti. Qu’elle est la réelle cause de ces décès? Est-ce que c’est la trottinette ou est-ce que c’est son interaction avec les voitures? Combien de décès de piétons en comparaison? Ou sont les Pistes cyclables? ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/227...
ici.radio-canada.ca
Trottinette électrique : décès d’enfants en augmentation
Le nombre d'enfants morts en trottinette ou en vélo électriques a atteint 10 au Canada l'an dernier, tandis que le nombre de blessures graves a atteint 57.
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SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“Vancouver’s surprise decision this summer to allow natural gas heating in new buildings was the culmination of behind-the-scenes discussions that included Mayor Ken Sim’s senior adviser, David Grewal, who is director of two private natural gas companies.” vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
vancouversun.com
Questions raised about role of Vancouver mayor's adviser in controversial natural gas vote
Vancouver council's surprise decision to allow natural gas heating in new construction could be good for mayor's top adviser's businesses.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Let’s make this every city’s motto.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
C’est vraiment excitant de voir radio canada reprendre les études de Donald Shoup. Le canada a très besoin de réforme de l’usage des terrains. ici.radio-canada.ca/en-bref/1-10...
ici.radio-canada.ca
Le coût caché des stationnements gratuits
Le Canada fait partie des pays où il y a le plus de stationnements gratuits par habitant. Mais derrière cette « gratuité » se cache une facture salée, qui se chiffre en milliards de dollars.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Very compelling article by @johnvaillant.bsky.social time.com/article/2026...
time.com
What Happens When the World is on Fire
"From America to Algeria, dangerous blazes are occurring around the world, giving us a glimpse into an age ablaze," writes John Valliant.
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Lots of things increase risk: drug addiction, mental health. But fundamentally homelessness is a housing problem. “In cities where rental units are the least affordable and least available, such as in Toronto or Kelowna, B.C., rates of homelessness were highest.”
theglobeandmail.com
Rising cost of low-end rental units driving increase in homelessness, report shows
Findings challenge assumption that other factors, such as mental health or substance use, are the reason rates have surged in Canada
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Indeed car bloat is caused by regulatory failure.
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hey Minnesota won and the nudification technology ban will go into effect tomorrow at 12:00AM!
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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It’s just the infinite planning loop. First we make vibrant commercial uses unviable by taxing them at 4x the residential rate, the market responds by building less commercial and more residential, then we use zoning to force commercial uses in the name of “urbanism”.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Ken Sim is a spin man. He spins things to no things resulting in no actions. He is the exact kind of person that should not get elected to public office. The only guarantee he gives is that he will do nothing. ABC, we sure ain’t getting to Z! … should be their motto.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A funny thing about Vancouver's Villages rejection happening so close to the election is Ken Sim's office posting a statement being like "we listen to the wisdom of the people" and ABC Vancouver sending supporters an email being like "we're protecting you from city bureaucrats who are garbage"
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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Billionaires believe they're entitled to our democracy. Tax the ultra-wealthy.
cbc.ca
Shopify CEO appears to endorse giving more votes to wealthy Canadians | CBC News
The billionaire CEO of one of Canada's largest companies has come under fire for seeming to endorse stripping voting rights from some and giving more votes to the ultra wealthy. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke...
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Ed🔰🇨🇦 @denim.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
There is already planned development along Kingsway (Norquay Village plan, etc). The villages plan was also adding residents who generate further demand for services. That grows the entire market and provides more choices for existing residents, too.
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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Exactly the problem in vancouver. No representation. Everyone lives in the same neighborhood and they get around the same way. They all think the same (ABC)
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Frances Bula @fabulavancouver.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Interesting that ABC has decided that killing off future missing-middle homes is an ideal fundraising pitch
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Flip the script so that what's extreme is requiring people to buy a $50,000, dinosaur-juice-burning, 6000-lb machine to take the kids to school or get a gallon of milk... ...while riding a $5,000, 70-lb bike powered by a combo of a trickle of electricity and your own two legs is just normal.
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