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Opinion: When a Vancouver city councillor 'abstains,' it is a vote in favour


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Recently, Coun. Colleen Hardwick has twice explained her understanding of abstentions. On June 15, on a motion for rezoning of 602-644 Kingsway, Hardwick said that “to abstain means not to vote at all.” It has since been clarified to council that to abstain is to vote in favour. On July 6, on a motion for rezoning of 1190 Burrard Street, Hardwick noted that the rezoning report was premised on the Housing Vancouver Strategy, which she views as fundamentally flawed, and said, “I cannot in good conscience vote in favour of this rezoning application, which is based on fundamentally flawed policy, so I will be forced to abstain.” ....

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Dan Fumano: Union locals develop housing for Vancouver teachers


Dan Fumano: Union locals develop housing for Vancouver teachers
Opinion: Some observers, including at least one city councillor, wonder if other unions could follow example of developing workforce housing.
Author of the article: Dan Fumano
Publishing date: Jul 14, 2021  •  6 hours ago  •  4 minute read  • 
Council has approved a proposal from the Vancouver public school teachers associations seeking to redevelop their property on Commercial Drive to build 27 units of non-market housing to provide much needed housing for teachers new to the profession who struggle with the cost of living and working in Vancouver. Photo by Francis Georgian /PNG
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Like people in many professions a city cannot function without, Vancouver’s teachers have increasingly struggled to rent, let alone own, homes anywhere near the community they serve. Now, that growing problem has prompted their union to wade into real estate development. ....

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City Council approves LGBTQ community centre and social housing tower on Davie Street


Bright rainbow-coloured glass fins for the facade of the tower’s lower floors at 1190 Burrard Street will demarcate the site as the gateway into the Davie Village from its eastern end. This architectural feature wraps around a two-level, 13,400 sq ft space for QMUNITY a community and social service for the LGBTQ community, which is frequented by youth.
QMUNITY is currently located in a small, outdated space two blocks west on Bute Street. Plans for a new expanded home for the not-for-profit organization have been in the works for the past two decades, with this particular location confirmed by the municipal government in 2014. ....

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