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Vancouver's local politics podcast. Hosted by Matthew Naylor and Ian Bushfield. Email us cambiereport@gmail.com | Support the show at https://patreon.com/cambiereport

E3a-58 The mayor is a petulant child

E3a-58 The mayor is a petulant child

Byelection candidates, supportive housing pause, Metro Van boycott and the Delta Police spark an international incident. Links OneCity candidate – Lucy Maloney: OneCity Vancouver By-election Candidate COPE – COPE Nominates Local Housing Activist and Writer Sean Orr as By-Election Candidate — COPE Vancouver Greens – Annette Reilly – Green Party of Vancouver beats Pamela Dudas – Green Party of Vancouver TEAM – Colleen Hardwick and Theodore Abbott Vancouver mayor rejects new supportive housing pro

Feb 6, • 43:07

E3a-72 Democracy isn’t free

E3a-72 Democracy isn’t free

Two byelections at the same time folks. With Vancouver’s longest-serving councillor, Adriane Carr, stepping down and Christine Boyle’s election to the BC Legislature, Vancouver needs two new councillors. We look at the race and everything else that’s happened recently. Links Vancouver Coun. Adriane Carr resigns, setting up 2-seat byelection | CBC News Vancouver council confirms details of 2-seat byelection on April 5 | CBC News Team promises 2 candidates Hardwick confirms her interest

Jan 24, • 45:30

E3-709 Summer and Chip Wilson Day

E3-709 Summer and Chip Wilson Day

Two-years of Ken Sim, Crab Park residents evicted, some upcoming byelections, Burnaby affordable housing requirements axed, New West mayor chastised and Surrey gets its first weed store. Links Q&A: Ken Sim reflects on two-year anniversary as Vancouver mayor Chip Wilson Day Vancouver’s CRAB Park residents left with few options as eviction looms | CBC News 13 local politicians were elected to the B.C. Legislature. Not all are giving up their municipal roles | CBC News

Nov 7, 2024 • 36:54

E3-721 The Wild West of Fucking Procedure

E3-721 The Wild West of Fucking Procedure

Sarah Kirby-Yung is mad at Rebecca Bligh. Pete Fry is mad at Ken Sim. Everyone is acting like children. It’s the council we know and love. But at least with a majority, they passed most everything they wanted (for better or worse). And at least Vancouver’s mayor hasn’t been deemed likely to leak confidential documents via Staples print centres again. Links F-bomb dropped in heated Vancouver city council exchange The video (shoutout Spencer Powell) Pete Fry told to “live with it” On procedure Ju

Oct 25, 2024 • 0:00

E3-741 A feather made of helium

E3-741 A feather made of helium

ABC backtracks on the city’s integrity commissioner, while ending City Hall lighting for (foreign) national holidays. Burnaby signs a gag order with TransMountain. Police in the region are over budget and saying some wildly bigoted things. A quirky by-election in Harrison Hot Springs. The Park Board’s existential plea, legal battles over tree removal in Stanley Park, and the return of the ghost train serve as the lighter notes. Timestamps and Links 01:20 Integrity Commissioner Controversy ‘Paus

Oct 7, 2024 • 0:00

E3-765 Lisa Southern is not an airplane

E3-765 Lisa Southern is not an airplane

Pete Fry foils Ken Sim’s effort to put the Integrity Commissioner’s office into a medically-induced coma. The Park Board releases a legal opinion suggesting a mid-term abolition may be unconstitutional. Surrey wants a Charter. A North Van chemical company runs an astroturf campaign. The People’s Park defeats the fire station. And lots of housing – and little parking – coming to Vancouver’s east end. Links Vancouver council defers vote on integrity commissioner’s review | CBC News  Vancouver Par

Sep 12, 2024 • 0:00

E3-814 Did a Global News question kill the Park Board?

E3-814 Did a Global News question kill the Park Board?

Council & Park Board drama, housing targets and no fire stations in my backyard

Jul 26, 2024 • 56:00

E3-842 Cribs city hall

E3-842 Cribs city hall

Ken Sim expropriated a City Hall boardroom for a personal gym because that’s what winners do. Meanwhile, the cops are using their extra budget to tackle the chaos that is people watching the sunset from the beach. Mandatory upzoning is progressing, with some notable squeaky wheels that are playing chicken with the province. And a new audit is being launched into the ill-fated North Shore Waste Water Plant. Links Pete Fry’s tweet of the gym Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim explains why he turned a boardro

Jun 28, 2024 • 0:00

E3-869 Surrey as performance art

E3-869 Surrey as performance art

At some point Brenda Locke should get tired of losing, but today is not that day. It does inspire us to think of Surrey as a grand collective delusion that we’re all experiencing. Importantly though, voting isn’t speech and the constitution still doesn’t recognize municipalities. In Vancouver, Council wants to keep property taxes low, there are squabbles at the Park Board but maybe we can sell off naming rights to our parks to solve our budget woes (spoiler: we can’t). Ken Sim will continue to o

Jun 1, 2024 • 0:00

E3-893 Small Petty Bullshit

E3-893 Small Petty Bullshit

Vancouver debates whether and how to have fun and mayors behave badly.

May 8, 2024 • 0:00

E3-919 Charts on a podcast: It’s all about the money

E3-919 Charts on a podcast: It’s all about the money

Fundraising data, Surrey policing, drug use and throwing bricks at cars

Apr 12, 2024 • 0:00

E3-950 Unforced errors

E3-950 Unforced errors

The municipal becomes the provincial as two friends-of-the-pod compete in the race to replace an outgoing MLA. Mike Klassen asks the city for money for a Junos trip, Ken Sim asks a park board commissioner for forgiveness and the MST Nations are going to ask the province for everything. We also get into BIA expansion controversies, calls to make the red Vancouver sign permanent, and the history of neon signs in Vancouver. B.C. NDP nomination battle brewing between former and current Vancouver cit

Mar 12, 2024 • 0:00

E3-982 We elected fifth graders

E3-982 We elected fifth graders

Park board abolition, budget task force and naming rights, car-free gastown and more. Links Muni Ministry – Park Board MMA-2023-33456.pdf Vancouver Mayor – Park Board 2023-763 – res.pdf “the province is not going to be surprised” Sim says Vancouver Park Board ‘not fixable’ Park commissioners unlock $20K to fight Vancouver mayor’s move to abolish board Vancouver-area Indigenous groups refuse to endorse mayor’s plan to dismantle park board – The Globe and Mail 2 local First Nations support Vancou

Feb 9, 2024 • 0:00

E3-995 Join the Movement

E3-995 Join the Movement

Denis Agar, founder of Movement, a transit advocacy nonprofit organization, discusses the challenges and solutions for improving transit in Metro Vancouver. We cover the issues with the 49 bus route, the need for bus lanes and other transit improvements, the importance of community engagement, the funding challenges faced by TransLink, the potential of real estate development as a funding source, and the strategies for addressing different levels of government. The conversation discusses the cha

Jan 26, 2024 • 0:00

E3-1044 The break up on your behalf service

E3-1044 The break up on your behalf service

RIP Park Board, upzoning stress dreams, cop math and drink suggestions

Dec 9, 2023 • 0:00

E3-1058 Manufactured wood arcologies

E3-1058 Manufactured wood arcologies

What's the point of a city council given the province's new housing laws?

Nov 25, 2023 • 0:00

E3-1080 Pray Holborn doesn’t alter the deal further

E3-1080 Pray Holborn doesn’t alter the deal further

Social housing at Little Mountain continues to be the most aggravating story in the City of Vancouver, and it just got worse. Boyle wants red light and speed cameras in the city, but ABC wants further study. The cops are using their political capital. The Park Board is protecting golf courses. The city wants to save Britannia Community Centre but possibly eliminate the Beach Ave bike lane. Further afield, Metro plows ahead with development fee increases, Richmond goes all in on cars and Port Coq

Nov 3, 2023 • 0:00

E3-1100 Frustration after frustration after frustration

E3-1100 Frustration after frustration after frustration

Everything is madness and local politics is stumbling its way through a crowded room.

Oct 14, 2023 • 0:00

E3-1149 Density is necessity

E3-1149 Density is necessity

The latest threat to neighbourhood character: Young children

Aug 25, 2023 • 41:46

E3-1184 Government by complaint

E3-1184 Government by complaint

We can't have nice things. We can't have a spa, we can't have the polar bears, we can't have a mural, we can't have the RCMP in Surrey, we can't have temporary modular housing and we can't have water. But we can have a beer at Khatsalano.

Jul 21, 2023 • 28:36

E3-1198 Who among us

E3-1198 Who among us

Surrey policing drama, disqualifications, ethics issues, car-free pilots and mean girls.

Jul 7, 2023 • 58:55

E3-1250 Trapped in John A Macdonald’s fever dream

E3-1250 Trapped in John A Macdonald’s fever dream

Cops. Huh. What are they good for?

May 18, 2023 • 0:00

E3-1283 A rathaus of mayor brains

E3-1283 A rathaus of mayor brains

Ken Sim clears Hastings Street and has thoughts on housing. Brenda Locke stands by her interpretation of a meeting.

Apr 13, 2023 • 40:02

E3-1298 Vancouver the group art project

E3-1298 Vancouver the group art project

China alleged to have interfered in the 2022 Vancouver election and Broadway comes back to a vote

Mar 30, 2023 • 0:00

E3-1322 Community Charter obscura

E3-1322 Community Charter obscura

Budget day in Vancouver and fun facts about the Community Charter

Mar 7, 2023 • 49:07

E3-1337 This City Council could’ve been an email

E3-1337 This City Council could’ve been an email

Election spending data, climate inaction, procedural shenanigans, social housing, bike lane consultations forever, police funding and school board culture wars.

Feb 19, 2023 • 46:33

E3-1357 Happy News Years

E3-1357 Happy News Years

Victoria and Vancouver look at missing middle upzoning. ABC is in on Chinatown but out on UBC SkyTrain, the renters office, VANDU and eco fees. And Kennedy Stewart wrote a book.

Jan 30, 2023 • 0:00

E3-1401 ABCs of party discipline

E3-1401 ABCs of party discipline

Governing is easy when you have a majority

Dec 16, 2022 • 37:14

E3-1415 Shrub of reasonable doubt

E3-1415 Shrub of reasonable doubt

Doug McCallum walks, Sim in Doha and libraries should be free

Dec 3, 2022 • 0:00

E3-1436 Scaly Faced Motherfucker

E3-1436 Scaly Faced Motherfucker

The trial of Doug McCallum, the police and Vancouver's new council

Nov 12, 2022 • 0:00

E+1 SimCity

E+1 SimCity

The results are in. There's 1,462 days to go until the next one.

Oct 18, 2022 • 56:34

E-2 Surrey you must be joking

E-2 Surrey you must be joking

Our last look before election day, including the races to watch

Oct 14, 2022 • 0:00

E-8 The Endorsement Show

E-8 The Endorsement Show

A recap of how the campaigns have gone and who we think deserves a vote in Vancouver.

Oct 7, 2022 • 0:00

E-16 The North

E-16 The North

Brent Richter brings us the News from the North Shore

Oct 1, 2022 • 0:00

E-23 I, Me, Myself, Individual

E-23 I, Me, Myself, Individual

The candidate lists are finalized and Vancouver voters once again have over a hundred names to choose from.

Sep 24, 2022 • 0:00

E-29 Hot Pink Podcast

E-29 Hot Pink Podcast

Breaking down the race through rose coloured glasses

Sep 17, 2022 • 0:00

E-36 (Almost) everyone wants more houses

E-36 (Almost) everyone wants more houses

Mario Canseco talks his latest poll and a look at competing YIMBY housing plans

Sep 9, 2022 • 0:00

E-43 We just want a better city

E-43 We just want a better city

NPA chaos, court rulings and a look to the burbs

Sep 3, 2022 • 0:00

E-50 Everyone is coming unhinged

E-50 Everyone is coming unhinged

Doug McCallum is promising unicorns.

Aug 27, 2022 • 0:00

E-57 Things are getting out of hand in Surrey

E-57 Things are getting out of hand in Surrey

Competing policies to deal with the situation in the DTES, details about Senakw and lots of changing nomination news

Aug 20, 2022 • 0:00

E-65 Nowhere to go

E-65 Nowhere to go

The removal of tents began on Hastings but ended with a clash between activists and police. Kennedy releases donors and Progress announces 2 candidates.

Aug 12, 2022 • 0:00

E-71 Coupar quits

E-71 Coupar quits

Coupar quits and Chip Wilson pays money to stop socialism

Aug 6, 2022 • 0:00

E-93 Not a sleepy summer

E-93 Not a sleepy summer

Wiebe loses at the Court of Appeal, PoCoexit, Beach Logs, Pools, candidates and so much more

Jul 15, 2022 • 53:14

E-103 Eternal hearings

E-103 Eternal hearings

Just make them stop

Jul 5, 2022 • 49:42

E-129 Slush funds

E-129 Slush funds

Brian Kelcey (@StateOfTheCity) joins us to talk political slush funds. Plus the latest goings on in Metro Vancouver politics.

Jun 8, 2022 • 0:00

E-155 Lego blocks dropped from the sky

E-155 Lego blocks dropped from the sky

The Broadway Plan is the next threat to life as we know it - or part of the solution to our housing crisis

May 13, 2022 • 0:00

E-176 The Vancouver Plan: Won’t someone think of the horses?

E-176 The Vancouver Plan: Won’t someone think of the horses?

The latest council drama plus dives into the Vancouver Plan and housing in the federal budget

Apr 22, 2022 • 0:00

E-190 An even less partisan slate

E-190 An even less partisan slate

Vancouver Plan, Jericho towers, what to watch at council and an interview with Bowinn and Boyle of People's Pod

Apr 8, 2022 • 0:00

2022 COPE Nominations

2022 COPE Nominations

Meet the people seeking nominations from COPE

Apr 7, 2022 • 0:00

2022 Van Greens Council Nominations

2022 Van Greens Council Nominations

Meet the Vancouver Greens council candidates

Mar 31, 2022 • 17:45

E-211 Taxation Without Representation

E-211 Taxation Without Representation

The VPD get their money, Carr mulls the mayor's chair and it's nomination season

Mar 18, 2022 • 41:24

2022 OneCity Nominations

2022 OneCity Nominations

Hear from people seeking nomination from OneCity Vancouver

Mar 1, 2022 • 38:01

E-303 Mayor Kennedy Stewart

E-303 Mayor Kennedy Stewart

We speak to Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart about his first three years in office and how he's setting up for his re-election bid next year.

Dec 17, 2021 • 1:08:51

E-316 That’s not how budgets should be considered to work

E-316 That’s not how budgets should be considered to work

It's budget time in Vancouver again

Dec 3, 2021 • 49:33

E-327 What in particular is wrong with Vancouver?

E-327 What in particular is wrong with Vancouver?

Public hearings.

Nov 23, 2021 • 0:00

E-351 True hopes for False Creek

E-351 True hopes for False Creek

All decisions and actual developments are deferred to a future date The post E-351 True hopes for False Creek appeared first on Cambie Report.

Oct 29, 2021 • 0:00

More Transit

More Transit

Interviews on Transport 2050 and employer transit subsidies The post More Transit appeared first on Cambie Report.

Oct 23, 2021 • 0:00

Ep 261: Anthropomorphized Facebook Comment Sections

Ep 261: Anthropomorphized Facebook Comment Sections

Aaron Gunn is officially wants to be in the race for leader of the BC Liberals but other contestants are divided over whether he should get the green light. The post Ep 261: Anthropomorphized Facebook Comment Sections appeared first on Cambie Report.

Oct 16, 2021 • 0:00

E-365 Revisiting the doomed campaigns

E-365 Revisiting the doomed campaigns

12 months to go The post E-365 Revisiting the doomed campaigns appeared first on Cambie Report.

Oct 15, 2021 • 0:00

E-372 Free Parking

E-372 Free Parking

Kennedy Stewart abandons a key plank of the city's climate policy just like a contractor has abandoned work on a north shore wastewater facility. The post E-372 Free Parking appeared first on Cambie Report.

Oct 8, 2021 • 0:00

E-386 Coyote railways

E-386 Coyote railways

Coyotes, Vision, patios and railways The post E-386 Coyote railways appeared first on Cambie Report.

Sep 24, 2021 • 0:00

E-401 Stop feeding the coyotes

E-401 Stop feeding the coyotes

Bill Tieleman wants to kill coyotes and the Surrey Police The post E-401 Stop feeding the coyotes appeared first on Cambie Report.

Sep 9, 2021 • 0:00

E-448 Wiebe walks

E-448 Wiebe walks

We break down the Michael Wiebe conflict of interest case and more The post E-448 Wiebe walks appeared first on Cambie Report.

Jul 25, 2021 • 0:00

E-466 It’s a cruel, cruel summer

E-466 It’s a cruel, cruel summer

Heat waves, Team Kennedy, horse races, Burnaby byelection and NIMBYs unite in West Van. The post E-466 It’s a cruel, cruel summer appeared first on Cambie Report.

Jul 7, 2021 • 0:00

E-486 Arborist industrial complex

E-486 Arborist industrial complex

The mayoral race is on, we have polls and the climate is on the agenda. The post E-486 Arborist industrial complex appeared first on Cambie Report.

Jun 17, 2021 • 0:00

E-500 Cars over bikes

E-500 Cars over bikes

Green councillors tank nonprofit housing and bikes on Commercial Drive, drinking comes to Vancouver parks and Port Moody embraces the chaos The post E-500 Cars over bikes appeared first on Cambie Report.

Jun 2, 2021 • 0:00

E-514 Finally slaying the cat democracy

E-514 Finally slaying the cat democracy

Democracy takes another hit in the City of Vancouver (or maybe people might just get somewhere to live) The post E-514 Finally slaying the cat democracy appeared first on Cambie Report.

May 19, 2021 • 0:00

E-540 Hubris is the nature of municipal politics

E-540 Hubris is the nature of municipal politics

And then there was one as three more councillors (and their entire School Board caucus) leave the NPA. The post E-540 Hubris is the nature of municipal politics appeared first on Cambie Report.

Apr 23, 2021 • 26:14

E-547 The latest victim of the cetacean debate

E-547 The latest victim of the cetacean debate

Ken Sim pledges to abolish the Park Board. He will probably run with the new party A Better City Vancouver. Mark Marissen is running for mayor. And the election is still 18 months away. The post E-547 The latest victim of the cetacean debate appeared first on Cambie Report.

Apr 16, 2021 • 0:00

E-558 DEMOCRACY DIED (emergency pod)

E-558 DEMOCRACY DIED (emergency pod)

The NPA Board drops a bombshell by announcing 18-months out that Park Board Commissioner John Coupar will be their mayoral nominee. The post E-558 DEMOCRACY DIED (emergency pod) appeared first on Cambie Report.

Apr 6, 2021 • 0:00

E-563 A win for rental housing

E-563 A win for rental housing

Rental-only zoning bylaws live to fight another day, as does the Olympics and the bike lane in Stanley Park. The post E-563 A win for rental housing appeared first on Cambie Report.

Apr 1, 2021 • 0:00

E-575 The Young Report

E-575 The Young Report

We got our hands on the Young Report alleging Michael Wiebe should resign from council The post E-575 The Young Report appeared first on Cambie Report.

Mar 20, 2021 • 0:00

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