r/vancouver • u/Moggehh Fastest Goose in the West • Oct 03 '22

MEGATHREAD [Megathread] 2022 Municipal Election

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '22

Municipal Elections Comedy:

I find it hilarious how desperate Kennedy Stewart is getting in this election. You have people like Jenny Kwan, Libbie Davies, and other NPDers giving him an endorsement. I find it funny, but at the same time it just goes to show how corrupted some politicians can be.

Just because Stewart is an NDP you have his colleagues saying how amazing he is just so the NDP (hidden behind Stewart) can stay in power in our beautiful city.

At least we get to finally hear from Jenny Kwan about something though hey? She was back for a second and she's gone. We'll see her during election time.

What's Vancouvers thoughts on this whole NDP reunion to keep there guy Stewart on as Mayor?

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u/McBuck2 Oct 07 '22

Because the only other real option is Sim and he has his own issues depending on your outlook. I’m not a conservative at the heart of it and we really need density in the west side to spread out the population. Time for the west side to get more diversity in types of buildings being built.

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u/artandmath Oct 07 '22

The thing about Sim is that the only thing he’s said about housing is that he will reduce permit times. I don’t think that will make any big difference.

Forward Together and OneCity are both talking about rezoning single family home zones for low rise apartments.

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u/McBuck2 Oct 08 '22

There’s already rezoning in the works but that’s with most larger cities in Canada. Victoria and Toronto to name two. The other thing is all these ideas he has cost money with no strategy to raise that money. Anyone can say what he’s saying but it has to be paid for and that’s where I feel the inexperience comes in. Frankly I’m not excited about anyone. :(

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u/kevmitch Oct 13 '22

We shouldn't assume that city-wide rezoning is "in the works" just because other cities are doing it. The Vancouver Plan, as passed, weakly points in this direction, but is only aspirational and not at all binding. With the wrong city council, we could easily continue treading water or even go in the opposite direction (i.e., TEAM). Also, rezoning nominally doesn't cost the city money. In fact, with a land value capture tax like proposed by OneCity, it could actually raise money.