Tag: Canada
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UBCx Cures a Symptom, not the Disease
UBCx is a no-brainer, but let’s also consider why so many people need to travel so far in the first place.
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Public Hearings are a Bad System
Public hearings are a poor form of consultation, and empower opposition to new housing.
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Vancouver’s Perverse Taxation
Vancouver’s tax system rewards owning land and punishes doing something with it. That’s perverse.
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The More Livable Onesie
Opposing growth is like refusing to buy your child new pants because you think their baby onesie was more livable and had better family character.
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Vancouver is Not a Bonsai – Let it Grow!
Vancouver’s governments treat the city like a bonsai – perfectly manicured, and way too small.
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Travelogue #11: See you again, Taiwan
Green Island was a very neat place to go, even if the weather wasn’t the most cooperative. I’ve generally had pretty decent luck with rain on this trip, but my first day on the island was covered in the stuff. I wasn’t able to do much except soak in the outdoor saltwater hot springs, which…