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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

😂😂 - the comments are great

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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Looking forward to judging the best new ideas for transit funding: Come watch!

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Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

We've been campaigning to get people to fill out TransLink's survey about BRT and we're down to the last 29 hours before it closes! Many thanks to @rmtransit.bsky.social for sharing our cute little video with his 340k subscribers!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Tu...

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The Problem with Vancouver's Boundary Rd BRT (w/ @MovementYVR )

YouTube video by RMTransit

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Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Have you filled out TransLink's survey on Bus Rapid Transit? The last day is Sunday. Surveys like this are why Movement needs to exist. You know that our region needs to change A LOT to make our streets safer, less congested, and less polluted. Buuut. . . 1/ movementyvr.ca/bby-heights-...

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Tell TransLink not to miss Burnaby Heights! | Movement

Burnaby Heights residents and businesses could miss out on direct, rapid transit service to Metrotown and North Vancouver. We need your help!

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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

We firmly believe firing comedians is not a sign of a healthy democracy. In some countries, they even elect them to defend against ambitious fascists. — PM Tuxley II

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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Africa (Morocco) has a high speed train. Fast, clean, efficient and on time. Somehow we can’t figure out how to offer this wonderful service in North America. (Even clean, efficient and on time elude North Am).

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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Multiplexes are a great option that should be allowed. But with some modest flexibility on assembly, and maybe some creativity, could we have a lot more 3 bedroom townhomes ? vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

vancouversun.com

Townhouses now almost impossible to build in Vancouver, says developer

Ground-oriented townhouse clusters are now difficult to get underway in Vancouver because of upzoning promoting multiplexes on single lots.

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

The Museum of African-American History is one of the most exciting and surprising institutions in the USA, and I’m glad I had the privilege to see it when it was an acceptable country to visit. The president now says it should showcase the brighter side of slavery www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...

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Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’

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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

They’re only talking because I cancelled flights to get my kid to McGill (which has orientation starting Saturday) and rebooked on a United Airlines milk run through the US. I’d figured luck would have it if we cancelled they’d find a deal.

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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

@pattyhajdu.bsky.social Air Canada is too important to the Canadian economy and society to be allowed to shut down. It is infrastructure. Send everyone to arbitration or mediation and get planes moving again.

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Fascinating new piece by the CMHC. Among other things, they find that once you control for age of building, amenities, and so on, there is no difference in the apartment rents charged by REITs and non-REITs.

cmhc-schl.gc.ca

Accelerating rental supply: balancing development and tenant protection

Discover insights on increasing rental housing supply in Canada, addressing affordability and protecting tenants without compromising private investment.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Data aren’t just numbers—they’re the map we all use to navigate the economy. Undermine their credibility, and you’ve taken away the compass from businesses, policymakers, and families alike.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

You've seen this movie before. 2018: Steel tariffs go up → 1,000 jobs saved in steel (it's a tiny industry) → 75,000 jobs lost elsewhere (steel is used everywhere) Same script. Same cast. Spoiler alert: The ending still sucks.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

"if you wanted to find a way to really destroy American manufacturing, what you would do is figure out a way to jack up the cost of steel for American manufacturers."

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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Housing researchers, does anyone have a map showing CMHC zones on the Vancouver downtown peninsula? I need to confirm a location and the website/portal doesn't seem to be working (not letting me select zones). @jensvb.bsky.social @michaelwiebe.bsky.social @amoralorealis.bsky.social

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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Looking forward to a great conversation on where BC’s economy and housing markets are headed. Join us! What do you think I should ask these experts?

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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Arbitrary executive power wielded for personal enrichment and retribution. State central planning imposed by ever-fluctuating whim. Vast debt financing at rapidly rising interest rates. Markets replaced by economic warfare against fellow democracies.

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Anson Stewart @ansonstewart.com · 21/05/2025

Traffic backed up in the bike lane again while the car lanes sit empty. Someone should look into why we keep building car lanes.

Six people waiting for a red light in a bike lane with an adjacent empty left turn lane

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 21/05/2025

The Big Ugly Bill slashes nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid and SNAP, cutting household resources for working families by up to 4% by 2033. Meanwhile, the top 10% gain from tax breaks. Working families lose healthcare so the wealthy can pay less in taxes.

politico.com

Wealthy gain, low-income people lose from GOP megabill, analysis finds

The report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is already fueling Democratic accusations that the legislation is a giveaway to the rich.

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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Lots of chatter about Gregor Robertson's time at the city of Vancouver. Here's some data. The most housing starts ever in the city of Vancouver happened in 2016, toward the end of his time as mayor. The worst year was when he took office (also the financial crisis).

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NBER @nber.org · 14/05/2025

Remote work increases workers' spawning into entrepreneurship by providing the time and downside protection needed for entrepreneurial experimentation, from Alan Kwan, Ben Matthies, Richard R. Townsend, and Ting Xu www.nber.org/papers/w33774

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Peter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

1. Follow this link. 2. Subject: 1780 East Broadway 3. SUPPORT!! 4. Add your comments! It's ok to be short and sweet: "I support these homes!" 5. Fill in the info below, click "next", then "submit"! CONGRATS you helped fight NIMBYs in Vancouver! vancouver.ca/your-governm...

vancouver.ca

Contact City Council about public hearing agenda items (rezoning and heritage)

Tell City Council what you think about rezoning applications or heritage designations being considered at public hearings.

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More Neighbours Toronto @moreneighboursto.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Is Toronto building more multiplexes since its bylaw change? Yes, but still 10x fewer than Edmonton. That's 10x in absolute number, not a per capita comparison!

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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

In Canada, public opinion once forced out a cabinet minister for expensing an $18 glass of orange juice.

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Trade War news, in wine

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

It's a mistake to ever try to score trade deals in terms of who wins and who loses, and I would urge my friends in the media not to engage. Trade is ultimately about cooperation, and so the more we cooperate, the more we can both gain. And if you make it hard for us to cooperate, we both lose.

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Chris Doyle @chrisdoyle78.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

This is phenomenal. Despite a growing economy and increasing population, Calgary has brought rents down 10% y-o-y thanks to new supply from zoning relaxation, office to residential conversions etc. #yyccc deserves a lot of credit for this. #costofliving

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Axios @axios.com · 08/05/2025

NEW: Trump says that ports running empty is a "good thing," as recession fears and supply chain destruction loom

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Trump on ports slowdown: "That means we lose less money"

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Matt Blackwell @mattblackwell.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The problem w this approach is that to get to the hard stuff, one has to spend a lot of time doing the stuff that a computer is very good at. AI in education allows you complete work without mastery, leaving you without the foundations for the hard stuff

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i've believed this long before joining openai, but when students' tools get better, classes should just be harder
obviously there are things humans can do rn that models can't, and it feels silly to not teach these skills in school”

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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Love Jennifer’s posts and perspective.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

There is an important asymmetry. Most countries are engaged in only one trade war. The United States is engaged in 192. So folks in other countries can easily shop elsewhere, but American's can't. The trade war hurts us more than them.

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

About a year and a half has passed since the multiplex policy came into place, time for a quick update. We now have 2 (two) completed multiplexes, both are triplexes. Another 66 have a building permit, another 101 made it though DP and are waiting on the BP, and more yet remain in DP limbo.

Vancouver multiplex permitting timelines

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

It appears that Coquitlam is planning to charge the same ACC for a 550 sq.ft. high-rise condo as they do for a 4000 sq.ft. house. This is unfair and get the cost impacts of providing services exactly backwards. The Ministry should block it. storeys.com/coquitla...

storeys.com

City Of Coquitlam Outlines Rates For New Amenity Cost Charges Program

The City of Coquitlam is set to begin consultation on the new amenity cost charges (ACCs) program, which could be adopted as early as June.

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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

@davidfrum.bsky.social at #VREF2025 … ideas for Canada instead of counter tariffs. 1. Use export taxes instead. Potash. Electricity. Canadian wheat. 2, Raid talent. And fund some start up research labs. 3. Negotiate slowly. Goal of changing the minds of Americans other than Trump.

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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Every issue that each party cares about comes back to needing more housing. Want better medical care? We need more health workers and they need homes. Want to develop resources? You need skilled workers who need homes Want to end homelessness? We need homes. Etc etc

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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Vancouver voters. I’ve been in line for half an hour at Strathcona CC, and am almost there. Allow 40 minutes. If you have a young child, or can borrow a child (;-)), and bring them, you can skip the line.

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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

. @trevortombe.bsky.social @kevinmilligan.bsky.social @lindsaytedds.bsky.social @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social - Help from CanEconBlue: Can anyone explain falling manufacturing GDP since Covid? Manufacturing jobs have stayed steady.

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Daisy Ons Positifs @daisyletourneur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

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Also note that the tariffs are not broken down by country, they're broken down by top level internet domain.
It's why islands that are populated entirely by penguins (the .hm domain) and why the Diego Garcia military base on BIOT (.io) are listed, also why Reunion (.re) and Gibraltar (.gi) are listed separately from France & the UK.
They 100% used an LLM to generate this list and didn't catch the mistake because they're all dumb as rocks.

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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Our open letter response to the #USCommerceDept and #POTUS

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Chris Neill 🐧 @chrisneill.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of trade economists just ripped up their prepped final exam papers and replaced it with the single question: "Explain why this is SO DUMB!"

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Study: Modeling impact of misinformation during epidemic via @nature.com "...result in an additional 14% of the population becoming infected—nearly 47 million Americans..." Price tag of vaccine misinformation = $143B "...an alarming bound on the harm of exposure to online vaccine misinformation."

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

If you're a US historian who'd like to do this but are unfamiliar with the process, hit me up & I'll help you identify your target publication, write your pitch, & get your piece into that sweet, sweet 600-750 word range. (Pro bono in case that wasn't clear). It's my literal job & I'd love to help.

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Wendy Waters @wendywaters.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Trump knows the US needs what Canada has. That’s why he keeps saying the US does not—an effort to strengthen his bargaining position. US gets 60% of oil from Canada 58% of aluminum Majority of homes in US framed with Canadian lumber Natural gas Electricity He needs Canada and doesn’t like it.

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