City Conversations

A gnarly fork in the path to affordability

CC #162—a summer of reflection and gathering thoughts

Aug 24 • 

Brian Palmquist

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June 2025

Cri de Coeur for Canada's Homes

CC #161—A birthday reflection on getting to affordable housing

Jun 29 • 

Brian Palmquist

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Antisocial Housing

CC #160—Vancouver's Social Housing Initiative is neither social nor affordable

Jun 25 • 

Brian Palmquist

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"It takes a village...whatever that is?"

CC # 159—Why do we even need the Vancouver Plan's proposed "Villages"?

Jun 17 • 

Brian Palmquist

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May 2025

Embrace, Enhance, Evolve Part 1

CC #158—An alternative approach to planning our home

May 14 • 

Brian Palmquist

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April 2025

Jericho Lament

CC # 157— Words I'd have spoken if I thought Council was listening

Apr 15 • 

Brian Palmquist

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And now we watch and wait

CC #156—the morning after the Council by-election

Apr 7 • 

Brian Palmquist

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2

Embrace, Enhance, Evolve

CC #155—Vote for where you'd love to live

Apr 1 • 

Brian Palmquist

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1

March 2025

The Jericho ODP—what does it really mean?

CC #154—what are the numbers and what do they mean for our city?

Mar 8 • 

Brian Palmquist

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3

February 2025

Jericho Lands mystery ODP puzzle pieces finally coming together...badly

CC # 153: City answers to public questions make clear the undemocratic way forward to a final public hearing in two months or less.

Feb 26 • 

Brian Palmquist

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Requiem for Kitsilano?

CC #152—Things are moving quickly, and in the wrong direction

Feb 12 • 

Brian Palmquist

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2

25% of "free" is a fair tariff

CC# 151—a modest proposal we can all get behind

Feb 2 • 

Brian Palmquist

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