One additional item: Vancouver city council secrecy, which you have covered well in 2022. In the words of politician, diplomat and sociologist Daniel Patrick Moynihan: "Excessive secrecy — secrecy breeds its own excess — necessarily makes the citizenry and government unnecessarily ignorant."
Brian is there any chance you could get invited to brief City Council on these observations and recommendations? Or can some pressure be applied through the media?
Thanks for your focused comments and dedication to providing facts to Vancouver citizens!
Another example of failed COV responsibility is its handling of the Senakw development. Council accepted the Squamish Nation demand to negotiate a 250 page municipal services agreement in total secrecy, while taking the position it would not seek to modify, what is now admitted to be, a proposal of “unprecedented scope and scale”, with a density of 10,500 people.
I am dismayed to hear of "professional misconduct" blowback. Looking forward to the book!
One additional item: Vancouver city council secrecy, which you have covered well in 2022. In the words of politician, diplomat and sociologist Daniel Patrick Moynihan: "Excessive secrecy — secrecy breeds its own excess — necessarily makes the citizenry and government unnecessarily ignorant."
Brian is there any chance you could get invited to brief City Council on these observations and recommendations? Or can some pressure be applied through the media?
Brian,
Thanks for your focused comments and dedication to providing facts to Vancouver citizens!
Another example of failed COV responsibility is its handling of the Senakw development. Council accepted the Squamish Nation demand to negotiate a 250 page municipal services agreement in total secrecy, while taking the position it would not seek to modify, what is now admitted to be, a proposal of “unprecedented scope and scale”, with a density of 10,500 people.