Think City Minute Archive

NEWS: From Protest to Power

Posted January 20th, 2010
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By Think City Staff

In the past few months, citizens in three BC communities have forced local governments to reconsider their plans for major projects. Using a little-known process under BC's community charter, citizen David has taken on the government Goliath. And won.

OP-ED: Let the Games Begin

Posted January 20th, 2010
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By James Fletcher

As the Olympic torch winds its way across the country, many Vancouverites are counting down the days and anticipating the Olympics with equal parts of excitement and anxiety over what it will mean to actually host the world.

OUR VIEW: Re-vision Open Government

Posted January 20th, 2010
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Open GovernmentWith the beginning of their second year in power, Mayor Gregor Robertson and his seven Vision councillors have much to be proud of when it comes to initiating new green initiatives, tackling street homelessness and supporting arts and culture.

NEWS: Broadway – SkyTrain or RAV II?

Posted January 20th, 2010
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By Think City Staff

With Cambie Street back to normal and the Canada Line running smoothly, city planners and politicians are now turning their heads to what's next for rapid transit in Vancouver. Cue the debate about the future of transit on the Broadway corridor.

2010 Budget Spares Libraries, Little Else

Posted December 18th, 2009
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2010 City BudgetBy Think City Staff

Think City Chair Neil Monckton says the unprecedented outpouring of support from Vancouver residents over the past month helped persuade city council to save library services from the axe at today's final vote on the city's 2010 operating budget.

OUR VIEW: Make Taxes Fair, Keep Services

Posted December 9th, 2009
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The scene at city hall last week was tense as council began hearing from almost a hundred citizens who had signed up to speak. The public gallery was jammed to capacity, and even the lobby of the third floor was in danger of overflowing.
 
Who could believe that hearings on the annual operating budget would produce this outpouring of public concern?

OUR VIEW: Cut Olympic Housing Losses

Posted December 9th, 2009
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As painful as it may be to admit defeat, sometimes it opens up the only way forward. We believe that is the situation the city now finds itself in on the Olympic Village social housing project. 

OP-ED: Community Pool Still Threatened

Posted December 9th, 2009
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By Margery Duda

Hastings Park pool closed 1994. Oak Park pool closed 1997. Sunset Park pool closed 2008. And now Mount Pleasant’s community pool may be headed for the same fate.

OP-ED: No Place for Viaducts in City

Posted December 9th, 2009
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By James Fletcher

Bold ideas are few and far between during city council meetings. And concrete proposals are more often the stuff of rhetoric than reality. 

NEWS: Vision’s Tax Shift Lacks Support

Posted December 3rd, 2009
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Mayor's Cuts Close LibrariesBy Think City Staff
Think City's fourth Citizen Budget Survey shows that Vancouver residents are opposed to city council's controversial tax shift that cuts taxes for businesses while shifting a larger share of the tax burden on to homeowners. While sympathetic to the concerns of small business, a clear majority of respondents believe the tax shift policy is not fair and want the city to look at alternatives.

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