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NPA strongholds on the West Side losing voters Mike Howell

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The historic NPA stronghold of Shaughnessy saw a 15 per cent drop in the number of eligible voters since 2006 while the Vision Vancouver-friendly downtown saw a 63 per cent gain in voters for the same period.

Those are the findings of Andy Yan of Simon Fraser University’s City Program, who compiled data from Statistics Canada, the 2006 and 2016 census and additional files from the City of Vancouver’s open data catalogue to measure losses and gains of voters in city neighbourhoods.

“This is a case of ‘dad’— demographics, affordability and development,” said Yan, when asked about the factors that have shaped Vancouver’s new electoral landscape.

In pure numbers, Yan’s data shows 915 fewer voters in Shaughnessy and an increase of 16,690 downtown — a geographic area he has dubbed a “power neighbourhood” for its potential to have a direct impact on the outcome of Saturday’s civic election.

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Data compiled by Andy Yan, director of SFU’s City Program, shows Shaughnessy and other West Side neighbourhoods have lost voters since 2006. IMAGE COURTESY OF ANDY YAN

bourhoods whose residents have historically voted for the NPA also saw decreases since 2006 — eight per cent in Dunbar-Southlands, seven per cent in West Point Grey, six per cent in Arbutus Ridge, two per cent in Oakridge and one per cent in Kerrisdale.

The only East Side neighbourhood to see a decrease in eligible voters was Strathcona, where Yan believes older multi-unit homes replaced by new singlefamily homes is part of the explanation for the loss.

Mount Pleasant, at 47 per

cent, saw the second biggest gain in the city of voters. Yan said the increase was influenced by the development of the Olympic Village, in which hundreds of apartments were sold to buyers after the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In other neighbourhoods, Renfrew-Collingwood saw an increase in voters of 15 per cent and Kensington Cedar-Cottage climbed 12 per cent. Killarney and South Cambie saw gains of 11 per cent each.

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gible voters are concentrated in downtown (43,385), Renfrew-Collingwood (36,290), Kensington Cedar Cottage (34,255) and the West End (33,750).

To give some context to those numbers, total ballots cast across the city in the 2014 election was 181,707. It was 144,823 in 2011. Mayor Gregor Robertson and his Vision councillors won majorities in both elections.

What Yan’s data doesn’t show — and something he plans to track in a future analysis — is where those

voters in Shaughnessy and other West Side neighbourhoods have gone. Some could have moved downtown or to other parts of the city, some could have moved out and others may have died.

Yan is curious whether voters who moved downtown or to the East Side have taken their politics with them — and how many, for example, are renters versus owners, which can influence a person’s politics.

He expects the results of this election to answer those questions and reveal whether Vancouver is shifting from an East-West political divide to more of an East-WestDowntown triangle.

Yan will be paying particular attention to results downtown and in the West End, where provincially the ridings are divided by the NDP’s Spencer Chandra Herbert (a former COPE park board commissioner) and the B.C. Liberals’ Sam Sullivan (a former NPA mayor).

Also, in the most recent civic elections, Vision Vancouver has dominated the polls downtown and in the West End, except for pockets in Yaletown and

Coal Harbour.

While Yan’s collection of data captures a time when the city’s politics was divided between the NPA and Vision Vancouver, this year’s election is unlike any in the past two decades.

Robertson is retiring in a month and his party is not running a mayoral candidate.

The provincial government imposed new campaign finance rules, several council incumbents are also retiring and many independent candidates with high profiles are seeking office.

“For this particular local election cycle, the past may not be prologue,” he said, quoting a line from the Shakespeare play The Tempest.

No matter what the data suggests, Yan said, the key to measuring how powerful a neighbourhood can be in affecting an election is whether its residents get out to vote.

“You can argue that in Shaughnessy there’s a much smaller number of voters,” he said. “But then if they all come out to vote, it can counter a really large pool of prospective voters who don’t vote.” @Howellings

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New poll shows Stewart continues to lead mayoral race More than half of voters considering independent candidates for council Jessica Kerr

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With just days to go before election day, Kennedy Stewart is still leading the polls and more than half of voters are considering independent candidates for council.

An online survey conducted by Research Co. reproduced the ballot that will be used in the Oct. 20 election, listing the names of all 21 mayoral candidates in the random order that was drawn last month, and 36 per cent of decided voters said they will vote for Stewart, or have already voted for him in the advance polls.

Support for Stewart is up two points since early October.

Non-Partisan Association candidate Ken Sim is second with 23 per cent (up three points), followed closely by independent Shauna Sylvester at 19 per cent (also up three points).

Hector Bremner of Yes Vancouver is down four points to six per cent, Coalition Vancouver’s Wai Young is down one point to six per cent, Fred Harding of Vancouver First is at two per cent (down two points) and ProVancouver’s David Chen is also at two per cent (down five points).

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ing the next city council, the poll shows that 53 per cent of Vancouver voters are “definitely” or “probably” considering voting for independent candidates.

In terms of parties with the highest level of consideration when it comes to council candidates, 47 per cent of voters are considering voting Green, 35 per cent for the NPA, 34 per cent for COPE, 29 per cent for Vision Vancouver and 27 per cent for OneCity.

Yes Vancouver, Vancouver First and Coalition Vancouver all came in at 18 per cent, and 16 per cent of respondents said they are considering voting for ProVancouver.

After weeks of campaigning, one third of Vancouver voters are still undecided — 41 per cent of those aged 18 to 34 and 43 per cent of women.

“Many Vancouver voters are still making up their minds about the candidates and parties they will support on Oct. 20,” Mario Canseco, president of Research Co., said in a press release. “This group includes three-in-10 of those who voted for [the NPA’s] Kirk LaPointe in the last mayoral election, and more than a quarter of those who cast a ballot for [Vision Vancouver’s] Gregor Robertson.”

Sim and Stewart are virtually tied among male decided voters, 32 and 31 per cent respectively, while Stewart leads among female decided voters with 42 per cent, followed by Sylvester at 25 per cent.

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Longtime retailer squeezed out of Oakridge mall redevelopment After nearly 50s years, After Five Fashion owner moving his business to Richmond Naoibh O’Connor

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In 2013, Boris Chenkis was feeling “positively” about the Oakridge Centre redevelopment proposal.

His family’s business has operated in the mall for close to 50 years. They first opened La Belle Rose in 1969 — Rose was Chenkis’s mother. After the mall was renovated in 1984, they opened After Five Fashion in the same corridor. Eventually, they amalgamated the two stores under one name — After Five Fashion.

Chenkis saw the prospect of Oakridge Centre’s redevelopment as a way to revitalize the aging mall, improve amenities and increase foot traffic. But as plans move closer to reality — construction on phase one is expected to begin in the fall of 2019 — his family’s half-century history with the location is about to come to a close.

Their lease, which had been extended, runs out at the end of January, and the store has to move out of its

space so another mall tenant with a longer-term lease can move into it during construction.

After Five Fashion is heading to Richmond Centre, and Chenkis doesn’t expect to return even after the mall is completed.

He’s disappointed to leave Oakridge Centre because he’d hoped his store would be part of the merchant mix in the new development.

“We’re upset about it.

We’ve been here 50 years.

It’s like our home. It’s like pensioners who have to move out of an apartment building complex because the place has been bought and they’re going to rip it down and build a highrise,” he said, adding it’s not unusual for longtime customers to come in with their daughters 20 years after they first became clients.

“We see that more and more because we’ve been around so long. We have a connection to our community, our customers, and they have a connection to Oakridge from us being there.

Boris Chenkis and his son Brad outside After Five Fashion at Oakridge Centre. The business is moving to Richmond Centre.

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It’s something we’re not happy about. We’d love to stay but it’s just a circumstance of development, I guess.”

Years ago, Chenkis said he, and other mall tenants, were encouraged to speak at the rezoning hearing for the 28-acre property by consultants hired by the mall’s previous owner — Ivanhoe Cambridge. He was also interviewed by the Courier for a 2013 feature story, in which he voiced support.

City council approved rezoning the property in 2014, but much changed over the next few years.

Redevelopment plans were scaled back after a shallow aquifer was discovered below the mall in 2015 and, in 2017, Ivanhoe Cambridge sold the property to QuadReal Property Group.

QuadReal and Westbank, who are developing partners on the Oakridge project, revealed new plans in late

2017, which included a drop in retail space by about 200,000 square feet. The mall was going to be on two levels, but now the majority of it is one storey, except for the food area and the Bay. The development permit was approved in July.

“Unfortunately, our lease is up and the new owners don’t have the same connection to us as we have to the mall,” Chenkis said.

He believes the vision for the retail component is for high-end shops and national brands with very few independent stores.

“And there aren’t many independents left. We’re the only ones who’ve been there 50 years after Chapman’s left,” he said.

Chenkis was told he could check options out once the redevelopment of the mall is completed, but the indication is rents will be high. And rents are already high because Oakridge Centre is the second-highest grossing mall per square foot in Canada, according to Chenkis.

He suspects there might

have been room for independent stores had the original vision of the retail portion been realized.

“The initial project was to do two levels. With that extra retail space they could have accommodated some more local presence,” he said. “But now, with a lot of that retail space taken out of the mix, they’ll have limited amount of space and probably because of the demographics of the area, a lot of high-end brands, national brands will want to get in there. That doesn’t allow much opportunity for us local smaller players.”

According to Westbank, early work on the project that supports infrastructure will begin in the next 30 to 45 days. It will lay the foundation for phase one of construction, which begins in the fall of 2019. The developer says it’s working to accommodate tenants through phase one of construction and the “resulting constrained lease space. But the final tenant mix has not yet been determined.” @naoibh

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Want legal pot? Head to Kamloops John Kurucz

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Vancouverites looking for legal cannabis in the post Oct. 17 world have two options.

Get clicking or get to Kamloops.

Online sales will be the only avenue for legal pot purchases in the city outside of making the four-plus hour trek to the province’s lone retail outlet in the tournament capital of Canada.

“We do not have a timeline on when the first store will open as it will depend on the applicant completing the process and fulfilling all provincial and municipal requirements,” the city said in a statement to the Courier.

Any business operating in Vancouver must have a municipal development permit, provincial cannabis retail licence and a municipal business licence to comply with the current laws of the land in the city.

None have all of those necessary permits.

Fifty-four dispensaries across town have municipal development permits. Fifty are operating without any

legal jurisdiction to do so.

The city has received seven applications from the province that are currently under review. Solicitor general Mike Farnworth said Monday that the province has waded through 173 applications across B.C. Of that number, 35 are in cities ready to consider those applications.

The permitting process for Vancouver goes something like this: The province first forwards provincial licence applications to municipalities, which are reviewed by city staff. Only applications with a valid municipal development permit for cannabis retail use will be supported, though a recommendation from the city does not guarantee a provincial licence will be granted.

When the provincial licence is granted, the operator is contacted by the city to apply for a municipal business licence. Applicants must ensure they have valid building and occupancy permits, along with a city inspection of their business before a business licence is issued.

The city will only issue a municipal licence to those operators who have obtained a provincial licence and have a valid municipal development permit for cannabis retail use.

What does that mean in Vancouver?

Any dispensary with a previously issued medical marijuana-related use designation will need to apply for a provincial retail licence and a new retail dealer — cannabis municipal business licence. The same goes for compassion clubs.

After Oct. 17, compassion clubs can continue to offer “health-related services” but can’t sell pot.

As for all the other dispensaries operating in a seemingly grey area, Farnworth suggested those shops close down so as to not negatively affect their ongoing licensing process.

The Times Colonist has reported that a number of pot shops in Victoria have done just that. Whether that’s happening in Vancouver wasn’t clear.

— with files from the Times Colonist @JohnKurucz

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Individuals interested in joining the Board of Directors may contact Luke Balson at 604-713-1821. If you are interested in voting for directors, please bring your 2017-2018 membership card. If you do not have a current membership, you can register for the AGM meeting at the community centre office before 4:30 pm on November 16, 2018.

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Canada’s new legislation making the recreational use of marijuana legal went into effect Oct. 17, and Vancouver’s top cop says police are ready for the change.

“One question that has been asked consistently since the legislation was first introduced is ‘Will the police be ready?’ As president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, I’m here to tell Canadians that the police are ready,” VPD Chief Adam Palmer told reporters Oct. 15.

He added that while the legalization of marijuana is new for Canadians, enforcing laws around impaired driving and the illegal production and distribution of cannabis are not new to police.

“We’ve been dealing with impaired driving for many, many decades in Canada.”

Palmer said that applying the new laws will be a concerted effort between various agencies and there will be some variations in the rules in different municipalities. For example, in Vancouver the regulation of cannabis will be more similar to tobacco than alcohol. You can’t walk down the street with a beer in your hand, but you can walk down the

street smoking a cigarette and on Wednesday you’ll be able to walk around smoking a joint. However, much like smoking tobacco, Vancouver bylaws prohibit the consumption of marijuana in parks and on beaches. And the provincial regulations maintaining a six-metre smoke-free buffer near doorways and air intakes apply to pot as well.

Palmer said that after Oct. 17, complaints about the public consumption of marijuana will likely be dealt with by bylaw officers while police will focus on things such as impaired driving and illegal grow ops. As for unlicensed dispensaries, Palmer said the response will vary across the country but for cities like Vancouver that have a higher number of dispensaries operating without a licence, the new regulations provide some clarity.

“That’s going to be an interesting one… Now the law will actually become clear and will be able to assist us on that regard, working with the city, working with the province,” he said. “The province is going to take the lead on it, because they have… community safety units that will be tasked with that responsibility, but we will be work-

ing with them and assisting them as necessary.”

However, the chief added police are not planning any large-scale crackdowns right off the bat.

“You’re probably not going to see a whole big change with regard to what police are doing, or what anybody else is doing,” Palmer said. “This is going to be an approach that’s going to be measured, take time for the new laws to come into effect until everybody gets used to it and new stores get their licences… I think we’re taking a pretty common sense, pragmatic, measured approach to get the stores online.”

Palmer also cautioned that all issues around cannabis will not be addressed or resolved right away, it will be an ongoing process.

“Please keep in mind that the enforcement of the new cannabis laws is not the only public safety issue for police agencies in Canada,” he added. “Different areas in the country will have different priorities and as police leaders we continuously set priorities with public safety in mind. This will not change with the legalization of cannabis and there are other pressing public safety issues in our country that we are facing.” @JessicaEKerr

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Your Original al Sentiments on smoking and cultivating marijuana at home are still largely negative, finds survey. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Will legal weed affect your home’s value?

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With the new cannabis laws coming into force, would growing pot at home reduce your property’s value? What about smoking weed at home? Do you think a new cannabis store in the neighbourhood would help or hinder a home sale?

A majority of Canadian homeowners (64 per cent) believe that a home where the owners smoked pot would see a decreased value, according to a survey released Oct. 16 by real estate website Zoocasa.

And 57 per cent of homeowner respondents said they think that even growing a legal amount of cannabis at home would reduce their desire to buy that property.

Sentiments were a little different among respondents who identified as renters, of whom less than half (46 per cent) thought that smoking pot would damage a home’s value.

The age of respondents also made a difference. Millennials were found to be the least likely to consider home-grown pot a problem, with 38 per cent saying that a legal amount of cannabis grown in a home would reduce their desire to buy that property, compared with 58 per cent of Gen Xers and 59 per cent of boomers.

Nearby dispensaries

With pot shops becoming legal and licensed, would such a store opening up nearby be a problem for home values?

Some 42 per cent of both homeowner and renter respondents said yes, while 34 per cent disagreed, and 23 per cent were neutral.

This compares with just 11 per cent of all respondents saying they think a new liquor store would reduce the value of nearby homes.

Condos and rental apartments

In terms of condo owners and strata corporations’ rights, 61 per cent of all respondents disagreed that residents should be able to smoke cannabis within their units. An even higher proportion, 64 per cent, said that strata council boards and property managers should be able to ban the drug’s use in residents’ units.

Tenants and landlords responding to the survey seemed largely — but not entirely — on the same page. Just over one third of renter respondents agreed that tenants should be able to smoke cannabis inside their homes, while 46 per cent did not agree, and one in five was neutral.

On the other side of the equation, 88 per cent of respondents who identified as landlords said they want or plan to ban smoking within their rental properties.

Zoocasa’s report authors wrote, “Despite the drug’s newly minted legal status, questions linger over how personal use and cultivation may impact the value, desirability, and even the insurable status of homes for sale.

With such areas remaining, well, hazy, it’s no surprise that stigma pervades among current and prospective homeowners, as well as those renting out their property.”

More results from the survey of 1,380 Canadians can be found zoocasa.com/blog/ cannabis-report-2018/.

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New mayor will need to learn where the washrooms are located Lack of experience, vote splitting and ‘plumping’ make for unpredictable election Allen Garr

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If the recent polls are at all accurate regarding Saturday’s election results, it comes as no surprise that this was and continues to be a two-way race between former NDP Member of Parliament Kennedy Stewart (36 per cent) and the NPA’s Ken Sim (23 per cent).

Independent Shauna Sylvester is in third spot (19 per cent). And while the three of them have picked up a bit, Hector — “the Defector” ™ — Bremner, Wai Young, Fred Harding and David Chen continue their slide into single digit oblivion.

As for council, well, I’ll get to that in a second.

In spite of Sylvester’s determined efforts to undermine Stewart by attacking the actions of his endorsers, the Vancouver and District Labour Council and their paid campaign staff, Stewart persists with a convincing lead.

(Amusingly, Sylvester started her run by seeking that VDLC endorsement.)

But the most bizarre assault on Stewart and the VDLC — has come not from Sylvester herself but from a former NPA candidate whose observations appeared on these pages. Just last week he used Sylvester’s objections as an excuse when he attempted to conflate the activities of the VDLC with the corrupt atrocities of the political leaders in Venezuela and Turkey. I mean, really?

But I digress.

While the mayor may tilt to the left, there is no guarantee he will have a majority of council that will follow him. In fact, there is a possibility that the NPA could dominate.

And here’s how.

Even though the latest poll shows folks are most likely to vote for the Green party, they would only get four of the 10 council seats at most.

What the NPA has to convince its supporters to do is to vote for the NPA slate of eight council candidates and only the NPA slate. In other words, they should do what is called

As columnist Allen Garr points out, regardless who gets elected mayor on Saturday, it will be a person who has never sat at the council table before. ILLUSTRATION iSTOCK

“plumping.” The two votes for council they have left over should just get put back in their pockets.

If they toss them to, say, Green candidate Adriane Carr out of some sense they would otherwise be wasting their votes, they would just be cutting their

own throats by joining likeminded voters across the spectrum who toss a vote her way out of some false sense of economy and ultimately putting her ahead of the NPA candidates.

(By the way, I am not against Carr returning to council or even topping

the polls. But it is a question of mathematics.)

Of course that tossed salad of parties on the left who have candidates endorsed by the VDLC will most likely not vote exclusively for that VDLC slate of 10 council candidates.

In fact, you can bet on it.

Remember the deal to share the ballot on the left was not, as it has been in the past, an agreement among political parties — it was a deal each party made with the VDLC. And except for the newly emerged OneCity — Vision, the Greens and COPE all added candidates to the ballot beyond what the VDLC approved.

So their supporters may well “plump” for their own candidates, possibly exclusively, and the hell with the rest, thinking that would be the best way to get their own elected.

But in that act of political selfishness, the individual parties will unlikely have the total votes of the NPA. This is all speculation of course. But what is not is this: Regardless who gets

elected mayor, it will be a person who has never sat at the council table before. As for council, even if the three incumbents — Carr, Vision’s Heather Deal and the NPA’s Melissa De Genova – manage to get re-elected, it will still be a bit like herding cats. And that would even be the case if the Green’s Michael Wiebe and Vision’s Catherine Evans make the leap from park board.

The majority of council will be left to first figure out where the washrooms are.

And on that point I can help.

Regardless of your gender preference, there’s one out the main door to the council chambers and immediately on the right. If that’s in use, you will be able to find relief if you head out the same door but go through the lobby, past the pictures of the premier and the prime minister then down the hall towards the city clerk’s office and it’s on the left.

Good luck to you all. @allengarr

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Sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) is a hot topic in this fall’s school board elections, dividing parents and causing havoc.

Shaun Kalley, chair of the Vancouver District Parents’ Advisory Council, urges voters to pay attention to candidates’ views on the controversial SOGI policy.

Some may wonder what all the fuss is about.

In 2016, the B.C. government said school districts must include specific references to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) in anti-bullying policies.

The intention is to help LGBTQ2S+ students feel safe at school.

About 19 per cent of B.C. high school students identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or not exclusively heterosexual, the government says. One per cent of B.C. high school students identify as transgender and five per cent of Aboriginal students identify as two-spirit, government statistics show.

Here’s where it gets heartbreaking.

Students who are gay or

bisexual were seven times more likely than heterosexual youth to attempt suicide, based on 2017 statistics.

They’re also at greater risk for eating disorders, depression, absenteeism, tardiness, lower graduation rates, homelessness and bullying, Vancouver School Board SOGI material says.

But anti-bullying policies that specifically address sexual orientation can reduce both discrimination and suicide attempts for all students, studies show.

Vancouver has had such a policy since 2014, but Richmond just introduced one in June and it proved extremely controversial.

In Chilliwack, school trustee Barry Neufeld has drawn attention by saying allowing children to choose their gender amounts to “child abuse.”

Last month, parents protested at the B.C. legislature, both for and against SOGI. Those protests led the minister of education and 12 education organization leaders to release a rare joint statement in support of SOGI. “…There is no room for any type of discrimina-

In April, dual rallies were held outside B.C. Teachers’ Federation headquarters in support of and in opposition to the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities 123 curriculum being taught in B.C. schools. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

tion in our schools,” the statement says. “Students have the complete support of teachers, administrators, support staff, trustees and parents as we create learning environments where all students are free of discrimination so they can thrive and live authentic lives.”

All of the province’s school districts and independent schools now have policies in place to safeguard students from being bullied for their sexual orientation or gender identity.

“SOGI is important because we believe in inclusion for all children,” Kalley said. “We want there to be an environment where all children will feel safe and supported.”

But still, there appears to be a group of parents organized against the policy. They are determined to elect representatives onto the district parent group’s executive, Kalley said. But also, there are candidates running for trustee who oppose the

provincial policy, even though school trustees would be powerless to change it.

“It creates a lot of turmoil for no effect. SOGI is a ministry directive, so the school board’s role is in implementation, not in policy setting,” Kalley said.

“It creates a lot of havoc within schools. It actually causes tension within the [parent committees], which need to be strong advocacy centres at schools.”

The district parent group is not political and does not endorse candidates, however as a group it does hold a formal position supporting SOGI. “Having recognized that this is an issue that we actually hold a position on, we’re concerned that there are candidates coming forward who would be against it,” Kalley said. “I think it’s going to be a major issue on the school board if there is opposition to it.”

It may be tough to determine which candidates are for SOGI and which are against. At a recent trustee forum, all candidates indicated they were in support of SOGI. Vancouver

1st mayoral candidate Fred Harding said in a video “with SOGI, they’ve got it all wrong.”

“Vancouver 1st is opposed to its high-handed roll out. We will advocate for parents who feel alienated by it,” he said, promising to “push back against an over-reaching province.”

Although it will be too late to affect the election, Kalley’s group is organizing an event to start a conversation about SOGI. On Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Vancouver School Board office, parents will have a chance to talk to the district’s diversity mentor and the principal responsible for implementing the SOGI materials.

SOGI is a provincial mandate, backed up by strong evidence that lives will be saved. All parents want their children to be happy, healthy and safe, things that should come before sexual orientation. It just makes sense to support SOGI — so pay attention to who gets your vote.

Tracy Sherlock writes about education and social issues for the Courier. Reach her at tracy.sherlock@gmail.com.

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The three most likely scenarios on election night Majority rule, herding cats or smorgasbord Mike Howell

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NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim’s answer was predictable.

The question: How do you plan to implement any of your platform if your party doesn’t win a majority?

His answer: “Well, we’re going for a majority.”

That exchange between reporters and Sim occurred last month at the NPA’s campaign office on Broadway. Sim was there with several of the party’s candidates for city council, school board and park board.

They all applauded his response.

The NPA is running eight council candidates, the most of the 11 parties represented in this election — more than Coalition Vancouver (seven), Vancouver 1st (six), Yes Vancouver (five), Vision Vancouver (five), the Greens (four), Pro Vancouver (four), COPE (three) and OneCity (two).

There are 10 spots up for grabs on council, and one in the mayor’s office.

If Sim and his eight council candidates were to get elected, that would give the NPA the largest majority at city hall since Larry Campbell and COPE won a landslide in 2002.

But what’s the likelihood of that happening?

It’s a question that will be answered with certainty on Oct. 20.

For now, the Courier decided to look at three possible scenarios that could unfold after all the voting is done. Terri Evans, manager of the urban studies program at Simon Fraser University, provided some of the analysis.

One of the scenarios is, indeed, the election of a one-party majority government, although only the NPA, Coalition Vancouver, Yes Vancouver and Vancouver 1st have the numbers to make that happen.

A second scenario is a mayoral candidate with a party affiliation such as Sim, Wai Young of Coalition Vancouver or Hector Bremner of Yes Vancouver winning the mayoral race but failing to get a majority on council.

A third scenario is an independent mayoral candidate such as Shauna Sylvester or Kennedy Stewart getting elected and leading a council of politicians from

Terri Evans, manager of SFU’s Urban Studies program, says she is not anticipating the NPA to return a majority to city hall in the Oct. 20 election. The NPA last held a majority from 2005 to 2008 under Sam Sullivan. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

various parties and possibly some independents.

Other scenarios exist, but let’s look at these three for now.

Scenario one — a majority government

Majority governments have dominated city hall for decades, most recently in 2002 with COPE, 2005 with the NPA and 2008 to present with Vision Vancouver. Voters appear to like party brands.

But in this campaign, there are new finance rules in place that ban union and corporate donations, Gregor Robertson is retiring as mayor and several incumbent councillors aren’t seeking re-election.

Those factors have triggered a wide-open race in what many observers have described as a “change election.” It has also meant the historical two-party mayoral race Vancouverites have become accustomed to is not in play this time.

Evidence of that is the NPA having to compete for votes with Coalition Vancouver and Yes Vancouver — two parties with mayoral candidates who had serious interests in becoming the NPA’s mayoral candidate until one (Bremner) was rejected by the party’s board, and the other (Young) changed her mind.

“I’m not anticipating a majority council,” Evans said. “I’m not sure that the NPA is strong enough to form a majority, and there is some splintering amongst their party, and their candidate is second in the polls.”

Added Evans: “Voters will tend to vote for the parties that are familiar to them.

When push comes to shove,

NPA supporters, even if they’re realigned with other fractured parts of the right, will still vote for some of the NPA candidates. That will bring some to the table, for sure, but I don’t know that it will bring all of them.”

That poll she referred to is one released last week

by Research Co., which showed 34 per cent of respondents saying they would cast a vote for Stewart and 20 per cent for Sim; a poll released Oct. 11 showed Stewart at 36 per cent and Sim at 23 per cent.

The poll from last week also showed Sim was only holding on to two of five residents who voted for Kirk LaPointe, the NPA’s mayoral candidate in 2014.

If Sim has an advantage, it’s that independent mayoral candidates Sylvester and Stewart continue to duke it out on the left side of the political spectrum.

Increasingly, Sylvester has focused her criticisms more on Stewart than on Sim. “For the left, that’s probably their biggest issue right now,” Evans said. “They’ve got two attractive candidates and their vote is split.”

Advantages: Fairly smooth sailing for the term. As city hall watchers have seen with Vision Vancouver majority governments of the past decade, parties in power tend to implement what they want and rarely agree to motions from opposition councillors.

Disadvantages: None from a party’s perspective, but Evans said it is the least interesting scenario for political observers and those voters who want more diverse discourse in the council chamber.

Scenario two — the lonely mayor

Can you imagine what life would be like for Sim if he won the mayoral race, but had to lead a mixed council of candidates from Vision, the Greens, OneCity and COPE? As former COPE/Vision mayor Larry Campbell once told the Courier, being the mayor and not having a majority “would be a nightmare.” Any policy you promised to implement would likely be stalled or derailed, and those criticisms of competing parties during the campaign would not be forgotten in the council chamber.

Though Sim has described himself as a “change agent,” and believes his party will win a majority, he also seems to think he could work with other parties and candidates if the NPA doesn’t return a majority to city hall that it lost in 2008.

“I have 25 years of working with different groups with different agendas,” he said, referring to his business background. “And I can tell you, once we are in office — regardless if we have a majority, or it’s a fractured council — we are one group. We will be 11 individuals working for the best interests of the city.”

Evans said such a scenario would be awkward for Sim or another candidate affiliated with a party. COPE candidates and others on the left of the political spectrum have been ardent critics of the NPA for years, if not decades.

She likened the mayor’s role in that scenario to “herding cats.”

The same awkwardness would apply to a Stewart or Sylvester victory, if the NPA won a majority of

council seats.

Evans said the need to be that “consensus builder” — a term several of the candidates have used to describe their leadership capabilities — will be key, if the lonely mayor scenario unfolded.

The mayor, she added, only has one vote.

“Almost any scenario you can imagine will bring less than a majority as a realistic option,” she said. “So they’re going to have to figure out a way to negotiate policy that they can implement.”

If a fractured council is what voters want, then one party such as the Greens could conceivably hold the balance of power, if all four council candidates win a seat. The Greens have not endorsed a mayoral candidate, saying they will work with whomever voters choose to lead the city for the next four years.

Advantages: Not many.

The mayor gets a big office, earns double what a city councillor makes and will undoubtedly get to visit some interesting cities. Again, a mayor only gets one vote.

Disadvantages: The lonely mayor will be hard pressed to implement his or her platform. That person won’t have a caucus. And for those mayoral candidates knackered from the campaign, the next four years would reach a whole new level of exhaustion in the battles that will ensue in the council chamber.

Scenario three — a smorgasbord council

For several months now, the Research Co. polling has shown Stewart as the frontrunner in the race to replace Robertson, who told the Courier last week that he will cast a ballot for either Stewart or Sylvester.

The poll released Oct. 11 confirmed Stewart’s lead and revealed more than half of respondents (53 per cent) said they will “definitely” or “probably” consider voting for independent council candidates.

The Greens, as they have for months, continue to lead the polls among parties, with 47 per cent to the NPA’s 35 per cent. COPE polled at 34 per cent, Vision Vancouver at 29 per cent and OneCity at 27 per cent.

If the polls hold true, then Stewart will be Vancouver’s new mayor and be in charge of what could be a smorgasbord council — smorgasbord, in the sense of voters get some diversity on council.

But would the business of the city get done with such diverse voices?

“The business of the city will get it done,” Evans said. “Will it take longer?

Perhaps. But I don’t know that slow policy is necessarily bad policy. And negotiated policy is probably good policy because you have to get to a place where the majority will carry the vote.”

Though the former Burnaby NDP MP is running as an independent, Stewart has been endorsed by OneCity, which is running Christine Boyle and Brandon Yan for council. Stewart has also said good things about COPE’s Jean Swanson and Vision’s five council candidates.

During the campaign, Stewart has repeatedly tweeted and appeared in videos to support the council slate endorsed by the Vancouver District and Labour Council. That slate comprises a mix of COPE, Green, Vision and OneCity candidates, led by Stewart.

“The biggest question mark is to what degree will people follow the Labour Council’s recommendations to put in what looks like a mostly agreed upon slate of candidates, with a mayor who has said he’s able to cross those bridges,” Evans said.

If voters don’t vote slate, then the so-called progressive vote could be weakened and give rise to the NPA, which is what happened in last year’s byelection when the NPA’s Bremner sailed to victory.

Advantages: Evans: “I’m kind of excited about the idea of having multiple parties and their voices, and the debate that comes with that.

Because I think we’ve had some pretty anemic public policy discourse around some very central issues in the city because there’s been one party that has promoted and implemented a vision.”

Disadvantages: As former city councillor Gordon Price told the Courier a few weeks ago: “If people think that the free flow of ideas and exchange is something they would like, they will get very tired of what just appears to be argumentative back-andforth, and no consistent governance. And that’s where I think the toleration for this would be pretty limited, unless a group of people get together to form a coalition that effectively becomes a party so they can govern, and you’re kind of back where you started.”

The election is Oct. 20.

Follow the Courier’s election night coverage at vancourier. com, on Twitter @VanCourierNews and facebook.com/ VancouverCourierNews. @Howellings

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The City of Vancouver will meet the goal of opening 600 units of temporary modular housing by early next year now that the director of planning has approved a 52-unit complex at 898 Main St. The approval was announced Oct. 9.

The site at the southwest corner of Union Street and Gore Avenue is the last of 10 locations across the city that have been designated for temporary modular housing. Construction and operation of the buildings has been made possible through $66 million in funding from the provincial government.

The 600-unit goal has actually been surpassed slightly — a total of 606 units are being constructed and 306 of those have already opened.

“I am thrilled that we’ve reached our milestone of providing 600 temporary modular homes in neighborhoods across Vancouver

in just one year,” Mayor Gregor Robertson said in an Oct. 9 press release.

“More than half of these new homes have already welcomed their first residents, with the remainder expected to open within the next few months. Everyone deserves a safe place to call home and I am very grateful to the B.C. Government for partnering with the City of Vancouver to provide people with a roof over their heads and the support they need to get back on track.”

BC Housing has picked PHS Community Services Society to operate and provide support services such as life skills training and employment preparation for the building at 898 Main St. Residents will get two meals a day.

Each 320-square-foot unit will feature a kitchenette, bathroom and living/ sleeping area.

Six will be wheelchair accessible. The building will also include an amenity space with a commercial kitchen, laundry facilities,

an administration office, and meeting rooms for the staff and residents.

During the development permit process, 140 people attended information sessions. The city received 120 comment cards and 100 emails. As a result of feedback the building position was changed to retain as many trees as possible, and the exterior colour of the building was changed.

A community advisory committee is being formed with representatives from PHS, Hogan’s Alley Society, nearby residents, local businesses, Chinatown, Vancouver Coastal Health, BC Housing and the City of Vancouver.

Construction is expected to begin in December and be completed by February 2019.

The site at 898 Main St. the Hogan’s Alley Block, is identified in the North East False Creek (NEFC) Plan as a location that the City of Vancouver is committed to exploring — with the involvement of the black

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The City, BC Housing and PHS are exploring opportunities with the Hogan’s Alley Society Board for the temporary modular homes to reflect and advance the long-term vision of this site developed by the black community as part of the NEFC plan, according to a press release from the city.

The project at this site will prioritize the needs of black and Indigenous people, who face persistent social and economic exclusion.

The NEFC Plan includes the removal of the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts that are adjacent to the temporary modular housing site. The city says the temporary modular housing project won’t delay or impede the delivery of the NEFC Plan, including the removal of the viaducts and the development of permanent social housing.

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To help address the overall impact of mental health issues on military families, the centre is rolling out a new course to assist medically released veterans and their families across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley: Mental Health First Aid — Veteran Community. The course is one component of the Veteran Family Program, new services introduced by Veteran Affairs Canada (VAC) last April and presented by military family resource centres across the country.

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According to VAC, it’s not uncommon for people to learn regular first aid to prepare them for family medical emergencies such as burns and sprains. The mental health first aid course takes that preparedness to the next level, providing valuable, potentially lifesaving information and crisis intervention skills to manage mental health challenges.

A range of mental health issues are covered by the course, including mood, anxiety, trauma-related, psychotic and substance use disorders. The course also teaches first aid skills for dealing with drug overdose, suicidal behaviour, panic attacks, psychosis and acute stress reaction.

The Veteran Family Program supports the health and well-being of families as they transition from military to post-service life. The B.C. Military Resource Centre delivers the program on behalf of VAC and has already undertaken a number of initiatives, including the hiring of a

veteran family program coordinator.

medically released/releasing veterans and families.

Mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression are commonplace in military and post-service life. According to VAC, diagnoses of PTSD among military members have risen a shocking 60 per cent in the last five years.

Registration is on a first come, first served basis.

Register by Oct. 24 by contacting info@bcmfrc. com. Additional sessions are planned for other B.C. locations in the year ahead.

Canadian Armed Forces families face a unique intersection of challenges, Although designed for including extended medically released veterans separations from loved ones, and their family members, frequent relocation and the the two-day course is free, elevated risk associated open to anyone and grants with the military member’s certification in Mental occupation. The Mainland Health First Aid — Veteran B.C. Military Family Resource Community to those who Centre is a registered complete it. The next course charitable organization that takes place Nov.1 and 2, supports more than 1,600 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at military and veteran families the Coast Chilliwack Hotel across the province, offering at 45920 First Ave. Space is resources and services to help limited with priority given to address these challenges.

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Vancouver’s newest dating app aimed at ‘would-be power couples’ The League launched Oct. 9 to 500 lucky Vancouverites

John Kurucz

jkurucz@vancourier.com

Sorry ladies, endless photos of you posing in a bikini, basking in front of a picturesque sunset while brandishing a peace sign just won’t do.

A set of snaps from a dude in a gym inviting you to the gun show won’t get you far either.

Vancouver’s newest dating app just won’t have it that way.

Known as The League, the app for “would-be power couples” launched in Vancouver Oct. 9. Temporary hookups be damned, this invite-only app is for educated professionals who are pre-screened for their level of education, professional title and where they went to school.

The League spokesperson Meredith Davis said 500 Vancouver users were expedited to use the app out of a more than 3,000-person pool of applicants.

“We’re really trying to build this invite type of community where being serious about dating is valued,” Davis said.

“The whole waitlist process, which takes about two to sometimes four weeks, is really so that you weed out people who aren’t serious about dating or are just looking for a hook-up app.”

The League is free to download, but only a select chosen few get to use it immediately. Those who don’t want to wait pay a fee to be allowed into the pool.

Once downloaded, most users have to authenticate their profiles with a LinkedIn account, which gives prospective partners a chance to see where you went to school, where you work and the level of education attained.

Income thresholds aren’t a focal point, with Davis saying a carpenter or plumber is just as eligible to get in on the action as a lawyer or doctor.

The League’s proprietary algorithm seeks to match people based on mutual interest, professions and photos.

Users can only log in at 5 p.m. to coincide with happy hour and can select between three to five matches per day. Only

once someone “hearts” you back — the way interest is indicated in today’s topsy-turvy online world — can you take the chat offline.

Six photos must be uploaded to a profile, but diversity is stressed on this point.

“Someone who has six bikini shots, we reach out to them and let them know that they should try to change some of their photos,” Davis said.

“We’re very vocal with our community. I can’t tell you how many men

I’ve emailed and said, ‘Listen, I love the keg stand shot but I don’t think it’s going to bode well for your dating life.’”

Davis said The League has one million users spread across 37 cities in North America, as well as in London and Paris.

Toronto and Montreal are the only other Canadian cities in the game at this point, and the average age range is between 25 and 35. Stats provided to the Courier indicate Vancouverites using the app average around 27

years old and come from employment backgrounds with Vancouver Coastal Health, Microsoft and Lululemon.

Davis says she uses the app, as does her 60-yearold mother and company founder Amanda Bradford. All are in long-term, committed relationships.

“We’re very happy and we know a lot of people who are very happy and having babies,” Davis said.

The League is available for iOS and Android.

Happy hearting. @JohnKurucz

Founded in 2015, The League tries to differentiate itself from other dating apps by stressing education and long-term relationships over temporary hookups.

Public Auction: Sale of Land for Taxes – November 7

Fall Leaf Guide

The City of Vancouver will hold a public auction of lands on which taxes or other charges have been delinquent for two years. Under the provisions of the Vancouver Charter, the auction will be held:

Stormy fall and winter weather can cause clogged catch basins to flood. Help prevent flooding in your neighbourhood by raking and clearing leaves from the catch basin in front of your home and putting the leaves into your Green Bin. Fall Street Cleaning Street cleaning crews will begin to clear streets of leaves shortly. If temporary “no parking” signs are posted on your side of the street, please ensure your vehicle is moved. This enables crews to do a much better job of removing the leaves.

Extra Leaf Collection Extra leaves that don’t fit in your Green Bin should be placed in paper yard waste bags or store-bought bins, stored in a dry area and set out for city-wide collection by crews on the following designated weekends: • October 27 to 28, 2018

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 10 am Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.

The list of properties to be offered for sale will be available at: vancouver.ca/taxsale after 6 pm on October 31, 2018.

THE LIST OF PROPERTIES IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Purchasers at the sale are required to pay the upset price by cash or other certified funds. Delinquent taxpayers may make payments before the sale starts.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Phone 604-873-7816 or 3-1-1

Development Permit Board Meeting: October 29

The Development Permit Board and Advisory Panel will meet:

Monday, October 29, 2018 at 3 pm Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Ground Floor, Town Hall Meeting Room

• November 17 to 18, 2018

to consider the following development permit application:

• December 15 to 16, 2018

688 West 41st Avenue (Oakridge Centre Buildings 3 and 4) To develop a mixed-use building with one 32-storey tower (Building 3) and one 42-storey tower (Building 4), containing a total of 504 dwelling units, atop one podium containing retail/office uses (Levels P1 - 6), all over three levels of underground parking, and a portion of the future nine-acre park.

• January 12 to 13, 2019 (Christmas trees also collected) Leaves may be collected on either Saturday or Sunday (not both days). To avoid a missed collection, set leaves out for collection before 7 am on the scheduled Saturday.

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4188 Yew Street (Arbutus Center Block A) To add two storeys to the previously approved mixed-use building (Block A).

The project includes 17,691 square feet of additional residential floor area. The total unit count for the entire building would increase from 215 units to 236 units. There are changes to the configuration of the social housing and market housing units to allow for an additional 25 social housing units.

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Skateboard Coalition carves out election wants and needs Survey answers from more than 60 election hopefuls to be disclosed Thursday

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Vancouver’s relationship with skateboarding has a lot in common with the five stages of grief.

Back in the ’60s, there was denial. See the 1966 film The Devil’s Toy for proof.

Anger followed. Look no further than the recent Mount Pleasant skate park brouhaha for evidence here.

The Vancouver Skateboard Coalition has made it its mission to bypass stage four — depression — and work on the two other tenets: bargaining and acceptance.

To that end, the group is getting political. Members have sent three questions to dozens of mayoral, council and park board candidates to gauge their knowledge of the city’s current skate climate and plans for the future.

Those answers will be revealed Thursday, Oct. 18, at SBC (Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret) Restaurant so skaters can get a sense of where their future overlords stand on the issues that matter most to them.

“Skateboarders, in general, and also younger people who skate, are a good demographic to engage with to get them involved in the political process,” coalition spokesperson Vlad Tucakov told the Courier.

The three questions sent to candidates are both openended and specific: how candidates value Vancouver skaters, how they’d advocate for the community’s needs and what steps they’d take to ensure an indoor facility gets built in the city.

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there’s a surprising level of detail and specificity in each.

There are pledges to build a new indoor park along with promises to start a new initiative that repurposes old parts into new skateboards for underprivileged kids.

“By and large the answers have been very positive,” Tucakov said. “That’s maybe in keeping with how elections go, so we take the answers at face value and then whoever gets elected, we look at those answers and say, ‘This is what you said before you got elected, so how about it now?’”

Established in 1996, the coalition holds monthly meetings and boasts a fluid membership that can range anywhere from a couple hundred to a few thousand.

The group loosely tracks numbers, and Tucakov estimates there around 25,000

skaters in Vancouver alone.

“You find skaters in all walks of life,” he said. “I am 46 years old, I have had a very successful career in high tech and I’m getting back to being very involved in skateboarding.”

About $2.4 million has been earmarked for skateboarding and cycling facilities in the city’s 2019 to 2022 capital plan, and getting an indoor park in Vancouver is priority number one for Tucakov’s crew. As it stands, there are only two indoor facilities open to the public in Metro Vancouver: SBC and at Tsawwassen Mills shopping mall.

Tucakov points to the Le TAZ skate park in Montreal as Canada’s gold standard and a template for what his group wants in Vancouver. The massive facility is the largest indoor park

in Canada and is open to skateboarding, rollerblades, bikes, scooters and more.

Skateboarding will be included in the 2020 Olympics for the first time, and some of Canada’s best and most recognized skaters — Ryan Decenzo, Micky Papa and Breana Geering — call the 604 home.

Using the Olympics and high-profile names are ideal leveraging tools for the coalition to get its needs met.

“The coalition is really trying to get engaged with the community and there are people who are willing to listen,” Tucakov said.

“People do seem to be a lot more open to skateboarding today. Approaching things in a respectful and cooperative way goes a long way.”

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News

Merchants still waiting for compensation in Canada Line lawsuit TransLink and SNC Lavalin have appealed Sept. 4 court judgment Glen Korstrom

gkorstrom@biv.com

More than 80 owners of properties and small businesses who suffered through noise, dust and fencing that impeded customer access while the Canada Line was being built along Cambie Street between 2005 and 2009 must wait until at least next year to get compensation.

That is if they get compensation at all.

Defendants in the merchants’ class action lawsuit, which has dragged on since around 2010, on Oct. 2 appealed a Sept. 4 B.C. Supreme Court judgment that was in favour of the merchants. That judgment provided a formula for how the compensation should be doled out.

Leonard Schein, whose Festival Cinemas would have been entitled to $128,000 in compensation was disappointed with the appeal.

He pointed to some of the defendants that he said are connected with the provin-

cial government — Canada Line Rapid Transit Inc., Intransit BC LP, Intransit British Columbia G.P. Ltd. and South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority — and said that it does not make sense for public money to be spent on lawyers to continue to fight paying compensation to the merchants.

B.C.’s Ministry of Attorney General told Business in Vancouver in an emailed statement that it is “not a defendant in these proceedings and so has no comment.”

Schein, however, pointed to how the B.C. government appoints TransLink’s board of directors, so the province does have some sway in whether an appeal is launched.

“In 2008, the CEO of TransLink and the vicepresident of major projects wanted to compensate the Cambie Village Business Association with an offer of $5 million, which we accepted, however, the TransLink board appointed by the government vetoed

Owners of properties and small businesses along Cambie Street affected by the building of the Canada Line are still waiting for compensation. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

our settlement and told us to sue them,” he said. “So from our experience with the previous government, they got what they wanted and overruled TransLink management. The government can certainly tell the board to drop the appeal if they want to.”

Class action lawsuits have three parts.

The first part of the class action is to get the court to certify a case as a class action. After the merchants were able to get their case certified, the defendants

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The second part of the class action was for the merchants to prove that there was an actual law that the defendants broke that would then entitle the merchants to damages.

“We won on that, and the government did not appeal that,” Schein said.

The third trial was in May and related to the formula for which the merchants would be compensated.

“They wanted to basically give us very, very little for our losses, basically claiming

that after the line was finished, everything was back to normal so we shouldn’t get much,” he said.

Justice Christopher Grauer in September awarded damages for the three representative cases within the class action lawsuit by way of a formula that could be used by all the eligible merchants.

Schein was one of the representative cases.

The others were thenThai Away Home restaurant owner Dale Dubberley, who was granted $44,560 in compensation, and Gary Gautam, who was granted $7,600 in compensation because he owned Cambie General Store during the construction period.

BIV reported in 2016 that, in November 2015, B.C. Supreme Court found that although the merchants affected by construction couldn’t sue the SkyTrain line’s builders for any loss of revenue, they could sue if they could prove that their leases or properties

were devalued during the construction.

Small-business owners then had to fill out forms and attach financial records to prove that their businesses were performing better before Canada Line construction launched than during the construction period from 2005 to 2009.

One tenant who suffered during construction and is not eligible for compensation is Susan Heyes, who then owned the maternity-wear company Hazel & Jools.

She launched a separate individual lawsuit against the Canada Line builders and therefore was not eligible to be part of the class-action lawsuit.

Heyes won a $600,000 judgment in B.C. Supreme Court and then lost that award when the defendants appealed and won in B.C. Court of Appeal. Her attempt to take the case to the Supreme Court of Canada was unsuccessful and she told BIV in 2011 that she had spent $400,000 in legal fees. @GlenKorstrom

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News Metro council salary increases double that of average worker and inflation Biggest increases occurred in Anmore, Port Moody, Vancouver, New Westminster and White Rock Graeme Wood

Glacier Media

Metro Vancouver city councillors collectively gave themselves a 13.9 per cent raise over the span of their four-year term, an analysis of their compensation shows.

In the same time period, from 2013 to 2017, the average weekly wage rate in B.C. increased 6.5 per cent, according to the Statistics Canada. Of 21 municipalities, only four council wage increases fell below this threshold — North Vancouver, Maple Ridge, Bowen Island and Lions Bay. The five largest increases came in Anmore (41.7 per cent), Port Moody (37.2 per cent), Vancouver (32.4 per cent), New Westminster (24.2 per cent) and White Rock (21.2 per cent).

Many municipalities have set their wages based on comparable municipalities or pegged them to the Vancouver Consumer Price Index (VCPI). But if the index goes down, compensation does not.

According to Statistics Canada, the compounded increase to VCPI between 2014 and 2017 was 6.8 per cent.

Glacier Media compared the four most recent statements of financial information to

Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore has said that higher salaries are needed to attract new politicians.

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Dec. 31, 2017, reported by each municipality to the provincial government at the end of each year.

Base wages do not include such items as vehicle allowances, transportation expenses, benefits and pensions — all of which vary between cities and may or may not be reported in detail.

Nor do the wages include compensation of about $20,000 for councillors

sitting on the Metro Vancouver regional government board.

The average base compensation for councillors is now $41,450, while mayors earned $93,051.

UBC political scientist Maxwell Cameron said the raises highlight a trend in which Canadian politicians are increasingly moving closer to the top end of the average worker’s salary.

He said wage increases are

bound to provoke resentment considering “the average income of the typical worker has been flatlined.”

However, he said, people should consider the value in a politician’s work.

“I try to push back against the populist ideology we hear, that politicians are too numerous and overpaid,” Cameron said.

Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore, who is not

running for re-election, was recently quoted as telling an audience of developers at a forum last month that local municipal officials were not overcompensated.

“We’re the least paid in this whole room,” he said.

Moore, who declined an interview, was heavily scrutinized last April as chair of Metro Vancouver’s board after its members voted for a significant pay raise that was later reversed. Moore told media higher salaries are needed to attract new politicians.

Moore earned $77,747 per year as chair, on top of his 2017 mayor’s salary of $94,484, plus a $7,550 transportation allowance and other benefits.

Cameron said setting salaries is a balancing act.

“Ideally you don’t want politicians to be part of the small part of the population,” he said. “On the other hand you do want them well compensated. If they don’t keep up with other professions you’ll have more difficulty recruiting professionals who may need to leave their career and take part in this important job.”

Vancouver reviewed its council salaries in late 2015. A new, much larger wage was set based on median population, operating budgets and salaries of a sample of large Canadian cities. Its wages

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The City of Richmond employs a market survey for ongoing reviews and adjustments based on comparable regional municipalities, including Surrey, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta and Abbotsford. Additionally, salaries are automatically adjusted to the CPI. Delta also compares itself to other municipalities.

This past term, with an 18 per cent increase, Richmond ($66,214) surpassed Burnaby ($60,654 plus a reported transportation allowance of $4,320) in base council salary, despite Burnaby having a bigger population and operating budget.

Following a wage freeze, Surrey’s council gave itself an 8.8 per cent increase to $71,660, commencing February 2017, after an independent review recommended it be paid in line with councils in cities with similar operating budgets.

Surrey councillors also get a $7,435 vehicle allowance (the mayor receives $14,580) plus per-kilometre compensation.

Surrey’s new policy is to set council wage increases to the same rate of increase as the average Surrey full-time employee.

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Arts & Entertainment THE GROWLER: DRINK THIS

Norwegian Wood by Four Winds Brewing Co. ‘I once had an ale, or should I say, it once had me…’

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In the ongoing search for new flavours, craft brewers have recently stumbled upon an obscure variety of beer yeast from Norway, of all places. The country that considers gelatinous lye-soaked salt cod its national dish is apparently also home to a delicious fruity, citrusy yeast strain that has been used for centuries to brew traditional Norwegian farmhouse beer.

Called kveik, this particular yeast strain is still not well understood by science, and may actually be a mixture of different strains, and even bacteria. The yeast has traditionally been passed down from generation to generation, collected and dried, using a hand-carved wooden ring that looks like the spine of some unfortunate pet — and perhaps, centuries ago, that’s exactly what it was made from.

All the nooks and crannies apparently encourage fungal growth (yeast is a fungus, by the way), so there you go.

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Appearance: Deep golden orange, translucent with a fluffy beige head.

Aroma: Pineapple, citrus, white wine, earthy Brett funk.

Flavour: Pineapple, mandarin orange, melon, oak, leather, chardonnay, Brett funk, mild tannin, mild hop bitterness, mild smoky note.

Body: Medium body with a medium-dry finish.

Pairs with: Savoy truffle, honey pie, octopus garden salad and googling Beatles’ songs for food puns.

Four Winds’ Norwegian Wood farmhouse ale utilizes a centuriesold yeast strain particular to Norway called kveik.

and his amazing Larsblog, word has gotten out about this unique yeast.

So what makes it so special? In addition to the massive fruit flavours it imbues, it’s also heat-resistant, ferments at lightning speed (like, within minutes) and can reach crazy high levels of alcohol for a beer yeast (15 to 16 per cent ABV, under certain conditions).

Naturally, B.C. brewers have been increasingly smitten with kveik.

Four Winds Brewing’s Norwegian Wood DryHopped Farmhouse Ale was one of the first com-

mercial beers in B.C. to utilize kveik yeast when it debuted last year. This year’s batch is proving to be fruitier and more well-balanced, no doubt benefitting from the added experience with the yeast.

Norwegian Wood is initially fermented with kveik, then aged in French oak barrels (hence the name) and finally bottle conditioned with funky Brett yeast to add dryness and carbonation. The gorgeous 750-ml bottle with its colourful label is hard to miss, and I can’t imagine it will stay on shelves for long.

The beer, itself, is a luscious mix of tropical fruit flavours such as pineapple, melon and mandarin orange, complemented by earthy funk notes. There’s a lovely white wine vibe happening, too, no doubt due to the Australian Enigma hops and barrel-aging.

The oak notes also help dry out the finish, without going overboard on the tannins and the ABV is a merciful 6.2 per cent, so you won’t be crawling off to sleep in the bath.

There’s a lot going on here, but all the parts are working together beautifully.

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Until Oct. 22, you can vote online at bc.thegrowler. ca/vote for the beers and breweries you think are the best in B.C. So who’s got the most stellar stout? The best bitter? The perfect pilsner?

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to between five and 10 nominees in each category with the help of our panel of craft beer experts from across the province. Your votes will determine the winners in each category, so vote today and have your say.

Since we can’t make the Growlies happen without your support and participation, those who take part in the online poll will be en-

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Once the polls close, the final votes will be counted to determine a winner for each category. The results will be published in the Growler’s winter 2018 issue, out Dec. 1.

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Last call for Doolin’s Pub

Lindsay William-Ross

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A building that has stood for more than a century at the corner of Granville and Nelson is about to get a refreshed identity. The historic site that now houses Doolin’s Irish Pub, the Belmont Bar and the Comfort Inn will close at the end of the day Oct. 31 to make way for a boutique hotel.

The new project, called Hotel Belmont, actually harkens back to one of the property’s prior identities.

The building was erected in 1912 by Major James S. Matthews, who Vancouver history nerds know as the city’s first unofficial and official archivist, founding the city’s robust archives.

Previously, 654 Nelson St. has been the Hotel Belmont, the Nelson Place Hotel and the Nelson Beer Parlour — which stuck around until the 1990s when it transformed into a tapas restaurant called BaBalu. BaBalu was known for being where an undiscovered crooner named Michael Bublé had a regular gig. A fire knocked the restaurant

The historic site that now houses Doolin’s Irish Pub, the Belmont Bar and the Comfort Inn will close Oct. 31 to make way for a boutique hotel. PHOTO JAMES YOUNG/PACIFIC REACH

out of business for good, and the property eventually was sold and redeveloped to house the businesses we know there today.

And there’s more to the building’s storied past: Below street level, where the Belmont Bar current sits, used to be home to the exotic nightclub Champagne Charlies. By the mid-’90s, Charlies gave way to Granville Entertainment’s the Cellar.

Pacific Reach is the Vancouver-based hospitality group that is redeveloping the site into the boutique property Hotel Belmont.

They’re bringing on another project in their portfolio, Yaletown’s the Banter Room (home to the city’s

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Community VANCOUVER SHAKEDOWN

Despite the cool footage, drones are a real buzzkill Hovering to new lows

Grant Lawrence

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You’re at the beach on a gorgeous fall day, resting against on a log and looking out at a shimmering lake.

You’re savouring the still, quiet serenity of autumn in the park.

Suddenly, you hear what sounds like a swarm of bees headed in your direction. But it isn’t bug season. Then you see it.

Hovering just a few feet above your head is a drone, buzzing at you like some sort of Jurassic mosquito, begging to be swatted.

Then it jets off down the beach, back to its owner, a grown man giggling like a toddler on Christmas morning.

This is what happened to me, again and again, as I tried to have a relaxing few moments last weekend at Lost Lake Park in Whistler. Ever since recreational drones exploded in popularity, so too have reactionary rules on where you can and cannot operate them.

I looked it up: it turns out you’re not allowed to fly a drone anywhere in the town of Whistler or its surrounding parks unless you’re way, way out in the woods.

In fact, Canadian Transport Minister Marc

Grant Lawrence is not a lover of the hover. In fact, he’d like his life to be a no drone zone.

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Garneau, a former navy captain and astronaut, has put extremely strict regulations on where you can and cannot fly a drone in Canada.

In fact, it’s a challenge to actually figure out where you can legally fly a recreational drone. Operation seems restricted to the backcountry, except in national parks, where droning is illegal throughout.

But even in the backcountry, you must stay within the rules. Not to drone on, but last summer, my family and I were out for a hike on a bluff high above some cabins in a remote area of B.C. When we stopped to admire the view and have a snack, we heard the telltale, foreign sound of electronic overhead buzzing.

A drone dropped down

in front of my family, hovering there, checking us out. I suggested to my wife that I take my walking stick and Joe Carter it into oblivion. My wife wouldn’t allow me the home run satisfaction, so I made due by giving the double bird to the camera attached to the drone.

The likely scenario was that cabin dwellers down below heard voices coming

from the bluff (which was in a provincial park) so they sent their drone up to investigate. It was rude, invasive and, according to the rules, illegal because of its proximity to my family.

Heads up drone owners: Even in the backcountry, you can’t legally fly your drone within 30 metres of “vehicles, vessels, and the public,” and that’s if your drone is lightweight.

If your nerd-copter is a heavier model, the distance is 76 metres.

As for here in Vancouver? Forget about it.

You can’t legally fly a recreational drone anywhere within in the city limits. Much like a cigar or a boom box, drones are obnoxious to pretty much everyone but the person using it. But annoyance is secondary to the main reason for citywide bans: apparently, one wee drone has the power to take down an airplane.

When the drone at the beach in Whistler recently fanned me, I did an informal Twitter poll on drones to see if I was being a buzzkill.

Here’s a few responses: @stephaniehobson My bedroom window looks onto a public park. I’m in a high rise. I once got out of the shower to find a drone outside

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my window. (I don’t think it had a camera but it freaked me out.) @dustinbentall Hate em.

I was hanging out at Lynn Canyon and one flew over.

I wanted to huck rocks at it so bad. @JaySoko Against [them] and I’ve shut down a few droners when they’ve shown up with much support from strangers.

Of course, I heard it from the other side as well.

Mike Usinger, longtime music editor of the Georgia Straight, responded with a tweet that read “get off my lawn you goddamn kids!” suggesting that my umbrage with drones is a symptom of being a grumpy old man.

Another reply from @ onerivermike read, in part, “Looking in windows is one thing, but privacy concerns from buzzing around a park is pearl clutch.”

I had to look up “pearl cultch.” It’s an ageist, sexist term, suggesting that I’m overreacting like a fearful, female senior citizen.

Here’s the bottom line: if you choose to fly your drone in and amongst your fellow citizens, you can be fined anywhere from $3,000 to $25,000. But I still prefer the Joe Carter method. @grantlawrence

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Arts & Entertainment THE SHOWBIZ

Acting rarely pays all the bills for local performers Only 15 per cent of North American actors make their living solely from acting Sabrina Furminger

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Back in the early 1990s, Geoffrey Owens played Elvin Tibideaux on The Cosby Show. At the time, the show was a juggernaut hit, which might explain why, when someone spotted Owens working in a New Jersey Trader Joe’s this past summer, they were motivated to snap a photo and upload it to social media — a picture of a “fallen star” reduced to working in a grocery store.

The photo went viral, and within a few days, Owens was fielding acting offers from producers such as Tyler Perry and doing the talk show circuit.

“In the past 26 years, I have hardly ever had an acting job that lasted more than 10 weeks,” Owens told CNN. “Most of those jobs were theatre jobs that pay a lot less than television and film.” He capped off numerous interviews with the message that work is work, and “one job is not better than another.”

Owens’ story is “very common,” according to Keith Martin Gordey, president of the Union of B.C. Performers, an autonomous branch of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA).

The average annual income from acting for an ACTRA member is $15,000, says Gordey — the median income is $7,000. In North America, only 15 per cent of actors make a living solely on their performing income.

“If you don’t have an extra job, I don’t know how you clothe and feed and house yourself,” says Gordey. “The fact is, the vast majority of people who work as performers are probably below the poverty line.”

Jovanna Burke was

Ona Grauer — who worked steadily as an actress for 20 years on projects such as Intelligence, Archer and Stargate Universe — recently started serving in a Kitsilano restaurant.

deeply moved by the media firestorm surrounding Owens because it was all too familiar.

“You do what you have to do, and to be shamed for that is so hurtful, and so painful on a level that I can’t even put into words,” says the Vancouver-based actress, who was part of the team that won the 2015 Leo Award for Best Web Series for The True Heroines.

“It’s the reality of what we do,” Burke continues.

“One day, you’re a lead on a series, and the next day, you’re starving to pay your bills. Some people can stay on a ride for a while, but it always dies. We work fairly consistently, but it’s not enough to hold us forever.”

Burke has supplemented her acting income with

jobs in bars and restaurants, as a publicist, and selling skin cream.

Ona Grauer — who worked steadily as an actress for 20 years on projects such as Intelligence, Archer and Stargate Universe — recently started serving in a Kitsilano restaurant.

Grauer makes no bones about how she feels about her restaurant job: she loves it, because it gives her the cash and the freedom to say no to acting roles that she considers degrading.

“It’s not downtrodden,” says Grauer. “You didn’t end up in the gutter because you got an extra job. What you’re doing is making it in life, and however you do that is honourable.”

But Grauer has observed how her presence in the restaurant confuses some customers.

“I’ve been recognized at work — ‘Are you on Stargate? Were you the girl on Arrow?’ — and I’m like, ‘Yeah, that’s me!’

And they’re like, ‘That’s amazing.’ And then there’s a bit of, ‘But I’ve seen you on TV — why are you working in a restaurant?’ It doesn’t bother me. I think the work is honourable no matter what you’re doing.”

The confusion stems from widely held misconceptions about showbiz, says Burke.

“Because of the way actors are treated on set and in the media, people think that when we’re working, we’re making so much coin,” says Burke.

Those misconceptions around acting are often perpetuated by the actors themselves, according to Omari Newton. Newton is an award-winning actor (Continuum), teacher, writer and director.

“There’s an internal pressure for some reason amongst actors to perpetuate this idea that you’re always working and you’re flooded with offers, and it’s absurd,” he says. He sees this on social media, where “people who do one or two days on set and take 700 photos and they periodically post them throughout the year as if it’s new stuff.”

This kind of behaviour can make other actors feel like they’re the only one who’s not working, says Newton, and it doesn’t jive with reality.

“You hear stuff like, ‘Vancouver’s busier than ever!’ You don’t realize that production is busier than ever, but most of the major roles are still cast from out of town,” says Newton. “I think that puts a lot of emotional and psychological stress on ac-

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people make acting so precious,” adds Grauer.

“I think realistically it’s easier to get involved in an industry when you’re realistic about what being an adult is, and what working is, period.”

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Arts & Entertainment Left to right: The Taste of Yaletown returns for its 14th year of delicious deals Oct. 18 to 28. VanDusen Botanical Garden hosts the Hänsel and Gretel-inspired Glow in the Garden, Oct. 19 to 31. Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff bring their popular true crime podcast, My Favourite Murder, to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Oct. 21.

VanDusen Garden all aglow for Halloween season And four other events that make Vancouver awesome this week

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My Favourite Murder

Calling all murderinos. This is your favourite irreverent true crime podcast brought to life on stage by its creators and hosts, Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff. You can expect to hear tales of true crime, told and discussed with the wit and charm podcast fans know and love, plus some special guests. Stay sexy, don’t get murdered and get yourself to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre to see this one-night only show.

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with a fairy tale adventure through a whimsical garden with curious twists and magical moments inspired by the classic tale of Hänsel and Gretel. Follow the bread crumbs on a wondrous walk with zany lights and sounds and illuminated pumpkin caricatures. Visitors of all ages will enjoy tasty treats, crafts and more. And new for this year, there’s more to see, do, and eat, plus timed tickets.

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Taste of Yaletown

Back for its 14th year, Taste of Yaletown is when neighbourhood restaurants offer special menus and dishes for a two-week stretch to inspire new and longstanding diners to get out and eat. During this fun

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Has Vancouver become a better place The 54-year-old mayor discusses his 10 years in office and says he may return to politics one day Mike Howell

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Is life better today for the average Vancouverite than it was in 2008?

It’s a question the Courier put to Mayor Gregor Robertson last week as he spends his final days in office before he retires from 10 years on the job. His answer might offend some readers, others will likely agree with his words.

As he looked back on his three terms at city hall, Robertson acknowledged the job of mayor makes him a target for criticism — that when housing becomes out of reach for renters and potential buyers, or people continue to die on the streets from opioid poisonings, the finger gets wagged in his direction.

But, as he often explains and did again from his office Oct. 11, the provincial and federal governments have a big part to play in how cities function and how their involvement — or lack of it — affects the well-being of residents.

The city doesn’t regulate the real estate market, the city isn’t directly responsible for housing or health care. The city doesn’t fund SkyTrain extensions or subways to the University of B.C. The mayor pointed out those distinctions in answering a series of questions, most of which were related to the crises of affordable housing and homelessness. He also talked about his choices for the person who will replace him in the Oct. 20 election.

But back to that first question: Is life better today

for the average Vancouverite?

Robertson provided a long answer. It’s been condensed and edited, as have the majority of his responses below.

Here’s the first part:

Is it better? In many respects, the city has become more liveable.

Our economy has led the country the past five years in growth and diversity.

That’s created huge op-

Mayor Gregor Robertson, seen here in January on his way to a news conference to announce his retirement, says he may return to politics one day. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

portunities and improved wages. We’ve seen good gains on transportation — big improvements with transit, walking and biking. I’m really proud of Vancouver’s success story of hitting over 50 per cent walk, bike and transit in 2015 — five years ahead of schedule. We’ve got to keep advancing that with the Broadway subway and bus and bike investments to keep supporting that shift.

The second part:

Overall, we’re considered a world-leading city. We’ve joined the top cities, not just in liveability, but also economically and in innovation. I’d say that innovation extends to inclusion. Our work on refugees, LGBTQ2 and reconciliation with Indigenous people has been groundbreaking in Vancouver. Even though we struggle with afford-

ability, I think overall we’re really focused on inclusion and deepening community in Vancouver. I’m really proud of that work and hopeful for the city going forward because we can’t take our relative harmony for granted. Studies on isolation and the problems many cities have with racism and homophobia and discrimination are troubling and we need to continue being a beacon.

But in 2018, the city has the highest homeless population it’s had since counts began more than a decade ago. Rental rates are at an all-time high and home ownership is out of reach for people who earn a good living. Do you take any responsibility for this?

These are global problems, sharply focused on Vancouver over this past decade. So, largely — no [I don’t take responsibil-

ity]. We can’t control global capital. That’s up to the federal government. We don’t regulate the real estate industry and the speculation and flipping, which are provincial responsibilities.

On the supply side, we’ve created record amounts of overall housing, rental housing, social and supportive housing in 10 years. I feel like we’ve done everything we could do. I take responsibility for not successfully forcing provincial and federal governments to contribute to protecting affordable housing and investing in more. It clearly wasn’t a priority for the [Stephen] Harper or [Christy] Clark governments. As a city, under my leadership, we didn’t break through that block. So I have to take responsibility for not figuring out the puzzle.

But we faced a perfect storm — the city hardest

hit by global capital and economic boom and small land base. That made it virtually impossible to prevent these challenges without big intervention from provincial and federal governments. Vancouver’s been the hardest hit in Canada, but we’ve also been in the lead with the empty homes tax, regulating Airbnb and investing in community housing through city land.

We also opened the rent bank, created a renters’ database. We’ve been trailblazers and setting a fierce pace, but it hasn’t kept up with the impacts.

What do you say to a person in Vancouver who is one paycheque away from not being able to afford rent, or the people who have given up on finding affordable housing and left the city?

It’s been tough for people on low and fixed incomes, with the rents

escalating. Everyone who owns a home in Vancouver hit the jackpot in the last decade, and that’s half the population. But renters on tight budgets have faced real difficulties, and that’s why we’ve pulled out all stops to get more rental housing and fight for renters in so many ways. The new B.C. government has stepped in to address ‘renovictions’ and rent control. And the rentalonly zoning gives us a new tool at the city to create more affordable rental housing. It’s tough for those who couldn’t stick it out in waiting for more rental supply. I believe we’ve turned the corner on the vacancy rate. With the empty homes tax and Airbnb regulations, that supply is bouncing back up. We’ll know more about that with the next CMHC [vacancy rate] numbers in November.

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under Mayor Gregor Robertson?

You’ve mentioned this myth about people leaving the city?

Vancouver has had the biggest influx of young people of any city in Canada, according to Census data. But the myth persists that young people are leaving. Our economy wouldn’t be booming as it is unless young people weren’t pouring into the city at a record pace, and that’s what’s happening.

We tend to hear the stories, and know the people who are leaving. But we don’t yet know all the people coming into the city who are growing our population and job base.

And we don’t celebrate that much, either. Generally, we focus on the loss of people who we wish could stay.

Critics have said that under your administration you gave developers free reign to build expensive housing, which contributed to the affordable housing crisis.

What do you say to that?

It’s ridiculous to assert that. The numbers are very clear — we’ve built more rental housing than any city in the country.

Last year, over half of the rental housing we approved was for people on low to middle incomes.

Ten years ago, rental housing was five per cent of the housing supply being approved at city hall.

We broke through 25 per cent a few years ago, and now we’re at two-thirds this year. So we’ve made huge progress on adjusting the mix, and ensuring there’s the right supply of housing for people who live and work in Vancouver. That’s been our goal. It’s taken years to shift that with the development industry and the community. Most other cities make it far easier for developers, when you look at the cost and contributions we require in Vancouver and the relentless push for more affordable and rental in the mix. We’re in a league of our own. Until recently, we’ve been creating half of the rental supply in Metro Vancouver. We need the whole region working in concert to address affordability.

Some communities like Burnaby have gone in the wrong direction, and have been losing rental housing at high rates.

Do you regret promising

There’s been a progression of actions to add density in all neighbourhoods, and the duplex zoning has been the latest move.

It was only four years ago that I had to apologize to Vancouver voters for pushing too hard and moving too fast with housing and development and transportation changes. How times change. A couple years later, and I haven’t done enough or gone fast enough to address the [affordable housing] challenge.

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to end “street homelessness” by 2015?

No, I believe that being committed to ending homelessness is a core commitment for the city going forward. We have to work as hard as we can on that, and continue challenging our provincial and federal partners to support that goal. We’ve made progress. The last numbers I saw, to the end of 2017, the city had housed 4,799 people since 2010.

Those were all homeless people, including people in shelters?

Yes, those are people that our homeless outreach staff has gotten into housing, which he haven’t publicized or made a big deal out of. But the street homeless count is below what it was in 2008 by a couple hundred.

The overall homeless count, including shelters and people living in cars and couch surfers is up, and dramatically up throughout the province.

We’ve seen homelessness skyrocket across B.C. and down the West Coast far beyond what Vancouver’s experienced — because we’ve housed thousands of people. But because we haven’t achieved the ultimate goal of eliminating homelessness, we’re judged against that. But I don’t regret setting an audacious goal and going full tilt to solve it. We’ve done more than any other city in Canada on social and supportive housing.

That’s what counts, and this needs to remain a core goal of the city.

Why did you wait until the end of your term to rezone most of the city to allow duplexes? Why didn’t your administration do this 10

years ago when you were first elected?

When we came in in 2008, we worked hard on laneway homes and added the opportunity for about 65,000 laneway homes across the city. That was a first in Canada to create more supply in our low density neighbourhoods. Between secondary suites and laneway homes, we’re seeing over 1,000 rental homes created every year.

There’s been a progression of actions to add density in all neighbourhoods, and the duplex zoning has been the latest move. It was only four years ago that I had to apologize to Vancouver voters for pushing too hard and moving too fast with housing and development and transportation changes. How times change. A couple years later, and I haven’t done enough or gone fast enough to address the [affordable housing] challenge.

The concern from some city councillors and the public was more about a lack of consultation, not the idea of allowing duplexes…

We just went through several years of extensive consultation on our 10-year housing plan that includes duplexes as a next step. The city has done more engagement and consultation in the past decade than its entire history before that.

The neighbourhood plans we did were exhaustive and took years of consultation. The housing plan, greenest city plan, the healthy city strategy were all massive consultations.

I hope the next council continues that pattern of ensuring we deeply

engage community. We hear every day from young people and families that they need housing, and to stop talking and start approving. That’s the tone that shifted in public hearings starting two years ago. It’s a very different debate now than it was five years ago.

Who are you picking to become the next mayor? I

assume you’re sticking with what Vision Vancouver has said — that the party may endorse either independent mayoral candidates Shauna Sylvester or Kennedy Stewart?

Yeah. I think both Shauna and Kennedy are great candidates and very capable of being mayor.

It’s been a spirited [mayoral] race with so many competing, but they’ve definitely stood out.

Once you decide which mayoral candidate you’re voting for, do you plan to endorse that candidate?

No I don’t. It’s interesting. I was speaking with [former New York City mayor] Mike Bloomberg a few weeks ago about that. He said he never comments on his predecessor, or successor as a rule. I thought that’s a handy rule going forward. I might have said something about my predecessor [Sam Sullivan] when campaigning in 2008. But it will be a challenge to keep silent, particularly if things go

sideways. I’m hopeful that doesn’t happen.

So what’s next for you?

Are you done with politics?

I’m taking a break, doing a sabbatical through the winter and deciding what’s next when I have a clear head after my break.

I’m ready for a break from political life.

A break, but will you return to politics? You live in the West End, there’s a federal election next year, Vancouver-Centre Liberal MP Hedy Fry may not run again…

Sounds like too soon right now. I’m ready to change gears. I’ve loved being mayor. Politics and government are the most engaging career I could imagine. But it’s been a long haul — 14 years of politics [including time as NDP MLA]. So I’m looking forward to a break from it. But I may come back to it someday.

I don’t know. It depends on what the world looks like then. @Howellings

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Duplexes are fine, but rowhouses are better says proponent Fee-simple rowhouses are a better use of land and offer greater livability: Richard Wittstock Naoibh O’Connor

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The plan to allow duplexes in most single-family neighbourhoods, which was approved Sept. 19 after a two-day public hearing, had Richard Wittstock wondering why there isn’t more of a push for zero-lot-line, fee-simple rowhouses in those areas.

Wittstock, a principal at Domus Homes, wrote the city a letter in support of the duplex proposal, but he also made a pitch for fee-simple rowhouses, arguing they offer greater livability and a better use of land than duplexes.

His ideal model involves a 33-foot lot split into two 16.5-foot rowhouse lots to create two homes measuring 1,800 square feet or more each, possibly with basement suites to use as mortgage helpers.

“I‘ve been a big proponent of rowhouses for a long, long time. I spent a year post-university living in Europe and that’s the predominant form of family housing in a lot of places in Europe,” Wittstock told the Courier.

“It’s a much more efficient form of using land than a single-family detached house that we’re used to here. It’s something I’d really like to see happening more. We build a lot of townhouses, but we build very few of these freehold rowhouses that are not part of a strata and that are bigger than 1,300 square feet so [that] it’s a legitimate long-term alternative for a family.”

He maintains fee-simple rowhouses are an appropriate housing form for neighbourhoods — not just on arterial streets such as Cambie.

Families, he said, don’t want to be on a busy street.

Wittstock has lived in the front half of a duplex

Fee-simple rowhouses are rare in Vancouver, although some exist at 33rd and Cambie Street. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

he built, but when he was playing with his child in the front yard, he said it felt like a fishbowl because people were constantly walking by and there was no privacy. “[Rowhouses are] just a nice urban form but you have something that feels like a proper house — good room sizes and lots of space for a family but it’s twice as efficient as a single-family house and it’s just a better configuration because you’ve got your own private backyard space… both units have front doors to the street, where they should be, as opposed to one being around the side or around the back,” he said. “… You feel like that back half [of a duplex] is a second-class citizen, whereas the front half doesn’t have any private outdoor living space.”

City of Vancouver planner Kirsten Behler told the Courier in an interview

before the public hearing about duplexes that freehold rowhouses were added as a category to the zoning and development bylaw in 2013 after the development industry expressed interest in building them in Vancouver. They were first introduced in the RM-7 [multiple-dwelling] zone that the city was working on at the time in Norquay, and have since been added in RM-8 and RM-9.

Before 2013, the city’s legal services department interpreted the Land Title Act in a way that staff didn’t feel they could be done legally. After a change was made to the act in 2012, legal services decided it was fine to go ahead.

“Although, they’re possible in these zones, no application has been made,” Behler said.

There are, however, some freehold rowhouses in Van-

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couver developed by Art Cowie at 33rd and Cambie, which pre-date the change in the bylaw. Behler said they were part of what the city calls a housing demonstration project.

There are also a handful of freehold rowhouses in the city that are much older, which pre-date the Strata Property Act. So what’s the city’s view of them as a housing form?

We asked Dan Garrison, Vancouver’s assistant director of housing policy in midSeptember.

“We like the idea of trying a new approach to row and townhouses that has a place in the market, and that buyers might be interested in and developers might be interested in. [But] our experience has been [that] we have introduced the opportunities to do it and the developers and the purchasers of the properties have still been more interested in rowhouse and townhouse forms that are strata-titled,” he said.

Garrison suspects that’s because builders, developers and purchasers understand the strata-titled townhouse form so it’s a case of familiarity. There are also additional costs that come with building fee-simple rowhouses — each unit must have individual utility hookups, which isn’t the same with strata-titled units, making the latter more costeffective to build.

Wittstock said although the city zoned for rowhouses in Norquay, the fact it’s in the same zoning where townhouses are allowed means developers will

always build townhouses.

“The townhouse zoning pushes the price of that land up too high where it doesn’t make sense to do rowhouses anymore,” he said. “It really needs to be permitted in a single-family or duplex zone. It can’t be in a townhouse zone.”

Wittstock is convinced there’s an appetite for fee-simple rowhouses. The problem with the Art Cowie development, he said, is the units were too big and ended up being priced the same as a detached house.

He said if you’ve got an attached home priced the same as a detached one, detached will win every time.

But if they’re less expensive than detached homes and are around 1,800-square-feet in size, he thinks they’ll appeal to families.

Wittstock said he doesn’t have a vested interest in the idea, as he doesn’t own land where he wants to build rowhouses right now, but he thinks they’re a potential solution for families that want to stay in Vancouver.

It would also be something that a homeowner could do on their own if they wanted to replace their house, he said, because it wouldn’t require a land assembly.

Although they would still be pricey, Wittstock said they wouldn’t be as expensive as detached homes.

“I’m not saying it’s a perfect solution but certainly it’s a lot cheaper than a detached house. You’ve got half the land of a detached house with comparable square footage,” he said.

“Anything new is going to be

expensive. Anything in the city of Vancouver, regardless, is going to be expensive but don’t make perfect the enemy of the good. It’s a better solution than what we have now. It’s better than a single-family house, it’s better than a duplex. Pricewise, it’s probably comparable to a duplex but livability-wise is far superior.”

For his part, Garrison said various housing forms are up for discussion through the city’s Making Room program, which aims to increase the supply of the “missing middle” type of housing for families.

In coming months, staff will be evaluating the possibility of allowing housing forms such as triplexes, four-plexes, townhouses and apartments in low-density neighbourhoods. It will include public consultation.

“Freehold rowhousing, strata-titled rowhousing, a variety of townhouse forms, will absolutely be things that we’ll be considering how to encourage more of in the next phase of work,” Garrison said.

City staff will report back to council next spring or summer with some more ideas about what kind of change people want to see in communities to allow more housing diversity.

“At some level, we would agree that just making the move to duplex isn’t going to enable enough diversity and different housing types to address the total need, but we’re doing it as a first step in the process. We’ll be thinking [about] and be able to do more analysis later when we look at the more intensive changes,” Garrison said.

“One of the key things we’re trying not to do is create significant land-value increases through this early step in the process. When you start going from the ability to build a single-detached house with a suite and a laneway house to just allowing a duplex building in the principal dwelling, you’re not really talking about significant land-value changes. If we were to start introducing row and townhousing, there are significant increases, potentially, in land value and the city would want to look at how we could think about using those increases to secure some affordability or deliver other public benefits, deal with infrastructure — all those issues that come when you’re creating opportunities for growth.” @naoibh

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How does Pettersson’s start stack up with other Canuck greats?

Before his injury, Canucks rookie was off to incredible start Pavel Bure

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The excitement surrounding Pettersson’s first NHL game doesn’t quite compare to that of Bure’s first game, but Pettersson got off to the hotter start.

Bure was held pointless in his first two games before he broke through. He had three goals and four points in his first five games and his rookie season didn’t really take off until the second half, when he had 28 goals and 48 points in his final 38 games.

Daniel Wagner

Canucks fans have gotten used to being cut down in the cruelest of ways.

It started right from the first moment as an NHL franchise: a spinning wheel to decide the first overall pick between the Canucks and Buffalo Sabres seemed to land on the Canucks’ number, giving them the chance to draft future Hall of Famer Gilbert Perreault. A moment later they were informed that they had misread the wheel and would draft second, getting the lesser prize of defenceman Dale Tallon.

The hockey gods being cruel seems to come part and parcel with being a Canucks fan.

So, when the Canucks’ new hotshot rookie got off to a five-game point streak to start his career, longtime fans were likely just waiting for the other shoe to drop. Sure enough, the fans’ main source of joy this season, Elias Pettersson, was cruelly taken out by a dirty play from Michael Matheson, giving him a concussion that will cause him to miss an unknown number of games.

That Matheson got a suspension is cold comfort for the Canucks, who will dearly miss their best player.

For the moment, however, let’s look on the bright side. Before he got injured, Pettersson scored his fifth goal in as many games, tying a Canucks’ record set by Don Tannahill back in 1972 for longest point streak to start a rookie season.

How does Pettersson’s five goals and eight points in five games compare to the first five games of some other legendary Canucks? Let’s take a look at the former forwards whose names and numbers are in the rafters and the Ring of Honour and see how they started their careers.

Orland Kurtenbach

We don’t have game-by-game records of Kurtenbach’s first professional season with the Canucks, back when they were in the WHL in 1957-58. In his first NHL season with the New York

Markus Naslund

Naslund’s rookie season as a 20 year old with the Pittsburgh Penguins gave little indication of the incredible highs he would reach with the Canucks. He managed just one assist through his first five games and finished the season with just 11 points.

Daniel and Henrik Sedin Daniel and Henrik Sedin got off to a slow start at the beginning of their careers with the Canucks.

Daniel had one goal and two assists in his first five NHL games, while Henrik merely had two assists.

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Rangers, however, he was held off the scoreboard in his first four games, then had a three-point night against the Detroit Red Wings in his fifth game, giving him no goals and three assists in his first five games.

Stan Smyl

The Steamer was a driven, heart-andsoul captain for the Canucks in the ’80s and the first player to have his number retired by the organization. He quickly made an impression in his rookie season, putting together a four-point night against the St. Louis Blues in his fourth game. All told, he had one goal and seven points in his first five games.

Thomas Gradin

Gradin was the first great Swede to play for the Canucks and has become a great scout for the team as well; he was instrumental in the selections of the Sedins, Alex Edler and Pettersson himself.

Oddly enough, his career started the same way as Pettersson’s: five goals and eight points in five games.

Trevor Linden

While he would eventually score 318

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Stick-taps & Glove-drops

• 5 Second in scoring behind Pettersson is Sven Baertschi, who was a point-per-game through his first five games with two goals and three assists. While Pettersson has provided a boost to the Canucks’ power play, Baertschi is a big reason for its early success as well.

• A tap of the stick to the NHL’s Department of Player Safety for making the right decision to suspend Michael Matheson for his dirty play on Elias Pettersson. While two games might have been a little light, they at least recognized what made Matheson’s play so dangerous: slamming a defenceless player to the ice head first.

• 8 Reid Boucher is off to a hot start of his own in the AHL, scoring eight goals in his first five games. He’s the first player to do that in the AHL since T.J. Brennan in 2013-14.

• I’m dropping the gloves with the former NHL players who weighed in on the Matheson play and said that Matheson did nothing wrong. If the NHL is to have a future, it needs to eliminate unnecessary injuries; that means getting rid of dangerous plays that have nothing to do with hockey.

goals and 733 points with the Canucks, Linden got off to a slow start in his rookie season as an 18 year old, tallying just one assist in his first five games.

He heated up after that, however, finishing with 30 goals and 59 points in 80 games.

Their names and numbers aren’t retired just yet, but they will be next season. Daniel was slightly better than Henrik in their first five NHL games, tallying one goal and two assists, while Henrik merely had two assists.

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VALUE ON LIQUOR STORE OUTLET (Prices do not include deposit)

VANCOUVER REAL ESTATE MARKET TRENDS

MOUNT PLEASANT EAST

INTEREST

IN VANCOUVER PROPERTIES HAS INCREASED

3%

VANCOUVERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MOST POPULAR NEIGHBOURHOOD

YEAR OVER YEAR

BASED ON AVERAGE PAGE VIEWS PER LISTING

A 2 BEDROOM CONDO PRICED

$1.25M-1.50M IS THE MOST COMMON HOME SEARCH IN VANCOUVER

LIST PRICE CHANGE YEAR OVER YEAR

Local News, Local Matters

YEAR OVER YEAR

Condos

Condos

Detached

Detached

24 Local News, Local Matters

SALES PRICE CHANGE

3

%

%

14

%

-1

%

SOURCE: REW property listing views comparing Q1-Q2 2017 to Q1-Q2 2018.

MLS sales comparing Q1-Q2 2017 to Q1-Q2 2018.

REW Geographies may differ from those of the MLS.

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