Podcasts about Vision Vancouver

Having been raised from a bloodline of great artists and musicians from Germany, Andreas Kunert's unique artistic talents and ability to perceive the Fibonacci Sequence, informed his perception of the world. Observing this pattern in nature, people and stone has greatly influenced his life and work. When Andreas started K2 Stone Quarries on Vancouver Island in 1992, he was the youngest-ever Canadian commercial quarry owner. When the simplicity of quarrying became unfulfilling, he embraced his deep desire to create beauty with stone, shifting to a career creating stone artworks. In 2009, Andreas and his wife Naomi founded Ancient Art of Stone. Together, they help people find balance, wholeness and connection through creating soulful stonework in their Vancouver Island studio. Entrepreneurs are the backbone of Canada's economy. To support Canada's businesses, subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. Want to stay up-to-date on the latest #entrepreneur podcasts and news? Subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter

Dec 30, 2022 Ep 432 - A Wicked Problem Guest: Douglas Todd   In his book, “White Angel,”  John MacLachlan Gray describes the Vancouver of the 1920s as “a dirty, smelly, corrupt hellhole.” Anyone who passes through the Downtown Eastside of the city today might wonder if he was referring to 2020 – an unfortunate consideration because, in 2008, then-mayor Gregor Roberstson promised to end homelessness.   When Robertson left office, the Vancouver Sun reported that “tent-city organizers said that they ‘savour Gregor's resignation and the humiliating end of Vision Vancouver.” When he left office, there were 2,181 homeless people in Vancouver. Today, it is difficult to know the exact number because for the second year in a row, the City of Vancouver cancelled its homeless count.  No matter the number, the situation is worse.   As Douglas Todd, a senior Vancouver Sun journalist, wrote in a recent opinion piece, “It's impossible to find someone who doesn't feel compassion for the residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.” With that said, the situation gets worse year over year. Todd asks, “Why has so much philanthropy and community activism – and arguably billions of dollars of government and charitable money – had such minimal effect? Why does compassion appear to be failing?”   We invited Douglas Todd to join us for a Conversation That Matters about how we got to now in the Downtown Eastside and how to figure out where to go.   Join me Jan 17  for Conversations Live - A Vancouver Sun Town Hall with Ian Anderson formerly of Transmountain,  Chief Crystal Smith, Haisla Nation, Mark Jacquard, SFU, Ross Beaty, Alterra Power, and Fortis CEO Roger Dall'Antonia.   If you love communications and speech writing you'll gain valuable insights from Presidential SpeechWriting which I narrated.

Vancouver mayor taps ‘captains' of development industry to finance his campaign Daphne Bramham, Columnist for the Vancouver Sun discusses the list of donors to Mayor Kennedy Stewart's campaign, that was found by a homeless man on a Vancouver sidewalk. The latest on BC NDP leadership candidate Anjali Appadurai's Elections Act breach investigation Richard Zussman, Global BC Legislative Reporter provides the latest update on BC NDP leadership candidate Anjali Appadurai's Elections Act breach investigation The B.C man funding a new scholarship to celebrate a Chinese Canadian leader Tim Chu, former Gladstone Secondary student is looking to change the controversial name of his alma matter. Gladstone Secondary in Vancouver is named after U.K. prime minister William Gladstone. Gladstone. Gladstone supported the gradual abolition of slavery over immediate emancipation and helped his father obtain compensation for more than 2,500 slaves after abolition in 1834. The use of 'usual' names printed in non-Latin characters on ballots threatened by Vancouver's Chief Election Officer in court Honieh Barzergari, city council candidate with Vision Vancouver describes why it is important for candidate names to be written in their native languages along with English. The Vancouver election Chief challenges the use of Chinese and Persian names on ballots. The value of Ryan Reynolds' colonoscopy PSA Dr. Manoj Raval, colorectal cancer surgeon at St. Paul's Hospital discusses the importance of a colonoscopy check.

Honieh Barzergari, city council candidate with Vision Vancouver describes why it is important for candidate names to be written in their native languages along with English. The Vancouver election Chief challenges the use of Chinese and Persian names on ballots.

From 2008 till 2018 Vancouver was very familiar with Vision Vancouver. Yet, for the last four years, the party has kept a low profile- until now. Candidates Leslie Boldt and Stuart Mackinnon fill us in on how Vision has been rebuilding, what their goals are as candidates, and how they are willing to work with just about anyone.

With the 44th Canadian federal election (#Elxn44) concluded, we bring in the sharp-eyed political perspectives of Vancouver city councillor Lisa Dominato and community leader Rob McDowell to assess what comes next for Metro Vancouver in return for electing so many government (Liberal) seats. Will issues like affordable housing, climate change, the opioid crisis get the attention they deserve? How will the Canadian Green Party reinvent itself and will it affect municipal Greens? And how to politicians on the centre-right Conservative party revive their fortunes in our cities after a loss of 4 suburban ridings? Plus we discuss the fortunes of the Vision Vancouver party. Learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/overcastyvr Follow the podcast on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @OvercastYVR Listen to past episodes at https://www.overcastyvr.ca  Recorded on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish peoples including the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh nations.

Today's highlights:  Dealing with addiction as a parent Imagine having a child not only with a mental illness, but also a dangerous drug addiction they can't seem to quit. We talk to a mother who is dealing with just this. COVID testing A mother in Coquitlam is coming forward after a very stressful testing situation. Your memory, and commercials How's your memory on a day-to-day basis? Okay, now how's your memory when it comes to completely unnecessary commercial jingles?    NAVIGATE THE PODCAST:  Chapter 1 Another addicts parent offers her voice We spoke to a father yesterday, who has a 36-year old son who can't seem to quit his dangerous drug addict. Today, we talk to a mother in a similar situation.  Chapter 2 COVID-19 test causes frustration for parent A coquitlam mother named Dayna is coming forward after a stressful situation involving COVID-19 testing.  Chapter 3 BC Election Panel Lots to talk about today on the campaign trail, especially on the heels of a big announcement from Andrew Wilkinson. Many are wondering if he can actually follow through with his PST promise. The panel consists of: Dianne Watts - Former Surrey Mayor and former Conservative MP Maria Dobrinskaya - BC Director, Broadbent Institute, Former co-chair of Vision Vancouver    Jonina Campbell - Executive Director BC Greens, former Deputy Leader BC Greens Chapter 4 Third full week of school this week  And we have a check-in with Stephen Price, about the most pressing issues facing schools right now.   Chapter 5 Why do we remember things that aren't important? Like COMMERCIAL JINGLES! Chapter 6 Parent made - BC School COVID tracker ___________   Remember to wash your hands, practice physical distancing, and stay home at all costs if you are sick. We're not out of the woods yet!    The Lynda Steele Full Show podcast includes all the individual segments that can be found on the Lynda Steele Show page, digitally stitched together for your convenience.    Listen live online at globalnews.ca/radio/cknw/ 3-6 PM!

Lots to talk about today on the campaign trail, especially on the heels of a big announcement from Andrew Wilkinson. Many are wondering if he can actually follow through with his PST promise. The panel consists of: Dianne Watts - Former Surrey Mayor and former Conservative MP Maria Dobrinskaya - BC Director, Broadbent Institute, Former co-chair of Vision Vancouver    Jonina Campbell - Executive Director BC Greens, former Deputy Leader BC Greens

HIGHLIGHTS What is Clean Money? What are the characteristics of clean money? Joel describes the difference between an extractive and generative economy. Joel has been on a lifelong journey of working with systems change and going within for his own personal development work - why has this been important for him to do both?  As an inheritor, Joel experienced a special opportunity to work alongside Carol Newell to help support her in creating positive impact. Joel describes how he was able to get clear on his values and channelled it into action in ways that reflected his values. Joel talks about his visioning experience at Hollyhock with Carol. Has there been an underlying core that has stayed constant?  What can investors - whether they have $500K, $5M, $50M or more - learn from Joel’s experience working with Carol on how to create impact?  What does  ‘finding your enough’ mean for Joel and how has he helped others find their enough as a part of creating impact in the world with their assets?  As a  pioneer, working alongside other pioneers in the space of impact investing, socially responsible investing, social enterprise, local investing, and impact work in philanthropy, how have community and relationship been important parts of creating change?  Joel talks about Renewal Funds, a mission venture capital firm he founded, and how it is taking a different approach to catalyzing positive social and environmental change.   Why is it important to avoid the idea of perfection in order to create change?  “Staying true to your values is powerful, particularly in the face of skepticism about what you know in your bones to be correct.”  Joel talks about how he has helped strategically invest in Stonyfield Farms, Alter-Eco, Seventh Generation, how capital works behind the scenes of their favorite companies and how important it is.  RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Visit Joel’s website, https://www.joelsolomon.org/ Learn more about Joel’s book, “The Clean Money Revolution:” https://www.joelsolomon.org/the-book Learn more about the work of Renewal Funds: http://www.renewalfunds.com/ Learn more about Joel’s work with Vision Vancouver, Tides Canada, and Hollyhock: https://www.joelsolomon.org/legacy Contact Joel: https://www.joelsolomon.org/contact Contact Renewal Funds: http://www.renewalfunds.com/contact/ Connect with Joel:  FACEBOOK | TWITTER | LINKEDIN | INSTAGRAM 

One thing is proven without a doubt in this wide-ranging, deep political dive with Gord, Rob, and return guest George Affleck — these guys don’t know their Tolkien. And while there was no cranky, right-wing guy in Middle Earth, there is a central character whose very rigid way of thinking begins to soften. If that seems to be the case with Affleck, it may be with the benefit of retrospect, especially with an eye to the performance of current council, and specifically in contrast to its predecessor. That’s because Affleck’s behaviour while serving in opposition to Gregor Robertson’s Vision Vancouver juggernaut was largely the result of him seeing the majority votes walking into the council chamber every day, “knowing exactly what they were going to do”. Idealogical alignment can be like a wall; in the form of a political caucus, it’s a brick wall. Contrast that with today; by Affleck’s count, there are just two parties in Vancouver Council, the NDP and the BC Liberals (and 1 or 2 predictably dogmatic, even irrelevant votes). So these decisions should be, well, decisive — consistently predictable and relatively quick. But, as he notes, “it’s 100% not working like that.” Affleck talks about the splintering sound coming from the NPA corner. He talks choo-choo trains. And he talks bike lanes (remember, he’s not anti-bike lanes, just pro-process). Lastly, Affleck makes a startling admission, perhaps revealing that aforementioned soft spot, one which may represent the rotting core of traditional NPA preservationist ideology — that the current political trend towards framing the decision-making process around community consultation (rather than incorporating and contextualizing it into decision-making) is a great way to give anti-growth, naysay perspectives platform and influence. And that it’s probably incorrect. He sees it in West Vancouver, in White Rock, in Surrey, and even in PoCo. He sees pragmatism, he sees populism, and it seems he has a pretty clear view of the line to be drawn between the two. Which leads to some interesting speculation on the nature of political campaigns of our not-too-distant future — those of Kennedy Stewart, the NPA and, yes, Affleck himself. Read more »

A tale of two city-makers — one, a son of the working poor, who showed an early knack for creation and collaboration, in part through the use of polyhedral dice; the other, a world-renowned urban planner, with a Twitter following as large as the populations of some of the cities he now calls clients.The two are, of course, the same man. Brent Toderian arrived in Vancouver in 2006 as the new Director of Planning for the City of Vancouver, stepping into the role jointly held by Larry Beasley and Ann McAfee. In addition to being part of the team of “mad geniuses” at 12th & Cambie, Beasley and McAfee were already legends in the planning community for having presided over the era which introduced Vancouverism to North America.In explaining the trajectory that brought him here — an early passion for law, a degree in environmental science from University of Waterloo (major in urban and regional planning, natch), and early success managing city centre planning and design in Calgary — Toderian plots and connects a few new dots in his life story.That’s the opening flourish, however, to a more fascinating and controversial narrative, one which to this day still casts a shadow on the political makeover initiated by Vision Vancouver in the early days of their first majority on council (2008-2011). An administrative shake-up of epic proportions placed Toderian — halfway through what might have otherwise been a legendary tenure of his own at City Hall — in a very, very difficult position, one which ultimately became untenable.If you know anything about Toderian, whether personally, by reputation, or by Twitter feed, you agree with his self-assessment: he has zero tolerance for boredom, he believes planners aren’t (or perhaps shouldn’t be) neutral, and he’s unafraid of speaking truth to power (both the act, and its potential consequences). All of which might explain why he only lasted three years into the reign of then-City Manager Penny Ballem, who replaced her much-venerated predecessor Judy Rogers in 2008 to the chagrin of, …well… almost everyone. It’s an act of political interference still bemoaned for both its immediate and long-term consequences.But in case that’s still not enough of an explanation, Toderian speaks for himself — perhaps more candidly than you might have expected — as to the impact of that personnel change, and why he couldn’t stay at CoV. Whether due to the mellowing effects of time, fatherhood, or his subsequent success as an urbanist consultant and celebrity with Toderian UrbanWorks, Toderian opens up about this exciting, fraught time of his career, in a fast-moving discussion with Gord. Read more »

Shownotes Joel Solomon is Founding Partner of Renewal Funds, Canada’s largest mission venture capital firm at over $98M, investing in Organics and EnviroTech in Canada and the USA. With Founder/Funder Carol Newell, he spent 14 years implementing a “whole portfolio to mission” strategy as leader of her activist Family Office. As Executive Director of Endswell Foundation, Joel guided the spend down of a $20M endowment, leaving Tides Canada Foundation and Hollyhock as legacy charities, while supporting the success of the renowned BC environmental community. As President of Carol’s Renewal Partners seed capital fund, he placed $10M+ into dozens of values driven companies in BC and through their networks across the continent. Joel was active in the launch of the municipal political party Vision Vancouver, led by close friend, Mayor Gregor Robertson, the longest serving Mayor in Vancouver, and co-founder of Happy Planet Foods, where Joel served on the board for 10 years. He is co-producer of RSF Social Finance’s “Integrated Capital Fellows” program for social change investment leaders, a 2012 TEDxVancouver Speaker, a Founding Member of Social Venture Network (SVN), Business for Social Responsibility, and the Tides Canada Foundation, and recently retired Board Chair of Hollyhock. Joel is a member of the University of British Columbia Board of Governors, and Co-Author of The Clean Money Revolution, a call to action to move trillions of dollars from damage to regeneration. Joel Solomon website Joel’s mission: “Do everything we can so people who come next have blessings we had and can do even better.” Joel’s one-line message to the world: “Know where your money is and what it is doing to people and places. Do less harm. Do more good with it.” The SUE Speaks Blog Post about Joel Solomon Talking points from this episode The biggest transfer of wealth in history will occur during the next 20 years The Clean Money Revolution is us being conscious with what gets supported by that 40-100 trillion dollars. A little history of money The perils of late-stage capitalism - the system must change How much is enough? Then, what am I going to do with more money? Every single part of society is going to go through transformation economically Becoming conscious of how your money is invested Assets should be moved into the emerging, clean economy The need for government to regulate us The necessity of a shift of consciousness Ideas for how to turn the world around The power of the individual to change the world Joel's path of experimentation and discovery The need to find our calling that's bigger than ourselves Young people are getting inspired to more intelligent financial choices The brilliance of what we've created and the loss of our ethical core The growth of ethical investing (impact investing) Universal Basic Income Joel's speculation of how 100 trillion dollars could be invested to change the world Joel puts fair taxation as the most impacting change we can make The most significant issue to deal with is global warming Whoever does the most good wins – a campaign Joel's inspirations: the Chicago riots, working with Jimmy Carter, Rex Weyler as a mentor, Save the Whale Foundation, Pacific Killer Whale Foundation (Orca Lab), Joel's mother. Joel's sister, Linda Solomon Recommended books: Rex Weyler's books, "Real Impact" by Morgan Simon (Joel called it "Real Money" on the podcast), "Drawdown" by Paul Hawkins Women needing to be properly empowered - "Make it more fair on the planet and we can solve anything." Joel's TED talk References: Rex Weyler David Korton John Fullerton Warren Buffet Universal Basic Income Hollyhock Robert Reich

In George Affleck’s world, the only thing worse than the politician who tries to please everyone is the politician who only focuses on the base.So you can understand why the only thing to possibly vex him more than last council — in which he withstood endless punishment from a neo-leftie Vision Vancouver majority — could be this council, the least experienced in…possibly forever.The two-time former NPA councillor, alongside friend of the podcast Rob McDowell, joins Gord to dissect the goings-on at City Hall. And if there’s one common theme, it’s that this NPA caucus is very, very different from past NPA caucuses.No surprise — Vancouver’s favourite artisanal-partisanal political party apparently tends to shape and reshape itself every election cycle (at least according to this particular trio, who would know); the last reshaping led not only to Affleck stepping back, but resulted in a party unable to attract enough voters from the “mushy middle” to elect a mayor, and thus plunging the city into uneasy, unpredictable coalition territory.So why *did* Affleck extract himself from the last campaign? Who’s shaping the NPA today? Is the 2022 election already looking like  slam dunk, or a problem….or both? And how many NPA councillors have an eye on the mayor’s chair. (Hint: all of them.)Most importantly, what would he have done about the 420 coughuffle? (This is the discussion that earns us our first E for explicit content.)We hope to have him back; in the meantime, you can hear more via his UnSpun podcast on The Orca media network with Jody Vance. Read more »

If you follow Vancouver politics, you don’t need an intro to Melissa De Genova.In just her second term as Vancouver councillor, De Genova suddenly has the second-longest tenure of anyone in council chambers, and has also become (surprisingly, to some) one of the more credible authorities on policy, staff relations, and council protocol. Maybe even one of the adults in the room.Falling on the heels of three consecutive Vision Vancouver council majorities — in which De Genova was a favoured and frequent combatant — it all still seems so…off. De Genova? The voice of reason? Champion of affordable housing? Responsibly wielding the gavel…as deputy mayor?!?Yes indeed. In this new era of Vancouver Council, black is white, up is down, and everything is slightly batshit crazy. Yet, MDG (as she’s affectionately and slightly obviously known, duh) is quite possibly the throwback NPA leader we’ve all been waiting for.In this snappy interview, in which Gord is joined by friend of the podcast Rob McDowell of The Independents, MDG talks about the past, present and future of Vancouver’s political scene. What did she learn from her 5-term Park Board commissioner father? What coercive, even threatening, tactics did past Vision councillors use against her? What’s Kennedy doing right?And most importantly, who’s having lunch? Read more »

The Trudeau Liberals are hoping the worst of the SNC-Lavalin affair is over, now that former cabinet ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott have been ousted from their party. The Prime Minister is acknowledging the internal strife within his Liberal government, telling a group of young women that politics is often about reconciling opposite perspectives and differences of opinion. But about 48 of the young would-be MPs taking part in the Daughters of the Vote event on the floor of the House of Commons didn't want to hear it, turning their backs on the prime minister as he spoke. Trudeau was addressing 338 young women who are taking part in the program, which encourages young women to get involved in politics, some of whom have already used their social media feeds to register their displeasure with the prime minister. The move has fuelled accusations that the Liberals have abandoned their 2015 campaign commitments to Indigenous reconciliation and gender equality. The SNC controversy has engulfed the government for nearly two months following Wilson-Raybould's allegations that as attorney general, she was improperly pressured by the Prime Minister's Office to intervene in criminal proceedings against the Montreal-based engineering giant. Guest: Alise Mills Senior Associate at Sussex Strategy Guest: Maria Dobrinskaya BC Director, Broadbent Institute Former co-chair of Vision Vancouver

One of Justin Trudeau's most trusted ministers is resigning from cabinet, citing the ongoing fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair. Treasury Board president Jane Philpott spells out her reasons for quitting in an open letter to the prime minister yesterday.  She says she's lost confidence in the way the Trudeau government has handled the matter. In a speech in Toronto Monday night, Trudeau took a moment to talk about the controversy that is rocking his government to its very foundations. Meanwhile, a new poll exclusive to Global News finds 62% of Canadians believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost the moral authority to govern because of the SNC Lavalin affair. The Ipsos poll found that more than half believe Trudeau should resign, with a majority agreeing there WAS political interference. Most respondents are going as far to say the RCMP should investigate the matter.  Another 67% are choosing to believe former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould over Trudeau. Can Prime Minister Trudeau do anything to mitigate this crisis? How is the opposition using the SNC-Lavalin scandal to their political benefit? Guest: Alise Mills Senior Associate at Sussex Strategy Guest: Maria Dobrinskaya BC Director, Broadbent Institute Former co-chair of Vision Vancouver

It's the morning after winning the Burnaby South by-election, and now NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has to address the issue of declining popularity of his party. Just this morning, an Angus Reid Institute survey has the NDP with just 14%, less than half of the Conservatives or Liberals, and 64% of respondents have unfavorable opinions of Singh. While on the CKNW Jon McComb Show this morning, Singh discussed the plans he has to address Canadian's concerns. Guest: Alise Mills Senior Associate at Sussex Strategy Guest: Maria Dobrinskaya BC Director, Broadbent Institute, Former co-chair of Vision Vancouver

Diego Cardona and Tanya Paz are running for Vancouver City Council with Vision Vancouver. To hear our full conversation, support Cambie Report on Patreon. The post Diego Cardona & Tanya Paz – 2018 Council Interview Series appeared first on Cambie Report.

The most recent poll published by Research Co. found that Vancouverites have more confidence in the Green Party and independent candidates than any other party or group. We discuss how these results relate to B.C.'s new campaign finance limits and the past decade of Vision Vancouver rule with Research Co. president, Mario Canseco.

Today on Democracy Watch we have part one of a series on how the national legalization of marijuana will affect Vancouver. This timely series is called “It’s Not Weed, It’s Not Pot, It’s the Cannabis Industry” and today’s story is an intro to the topic, with input from industry reporters and experts. We then play the latest episode of Seeking Office—the News Collective's civic elections podcast. This episode is part one of our “How We Got Here" series and It’s all about the history of Vision Vancouver. The show ends with an update on West Coast sharks in honour of the Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week!

A History of Vision Vancouver It’s 2018—election year. For the past decade, centre-left party Vision Vancouver has held a majority on council and the mayor’s seat. This term, Vision is running a new slate of young and diverse candidates, with few incumbents. It’s clear that Vision is changing. But aside from becoming more diverse, what are they changing from? Where did Vision begin and how did it come to rule Vancouver for the past ten years?

Patrick reports from OneCity’s nomination meeting as to who their council and school board candidates will be. Raymond Louie becomes the latest Vision Vancouver councillor to announce his plans not […] The post E-124 The hashtag election appeared first on Cambie Report.

This week we look at the race for Vision Vancouver’s mayoral nomination between Chief Ian Campbell and former federal Liberal candidate Taleeb Noormohamed. Then we have an interview with Hector […] The post E-147 The chickens have flown the backyard coop appeared first on Cambie Report.

Right after finishing recording our next episode we heard a rumour that Vision Vancouver has walked away from Vancouver District & Labour Council talks with COPE, OneCity, Greens and Team […] The post Emergency Pod: Vision walks from VDLC appeared first on Cambie Report.

With the recent news that Vision is going to give it one more go by nominating a candidate to run for mayor, many believe this is a last ditch attempt from a party on its last legs. Guest: Mike Klassen - Vancouver Courier civic affairs columnist.

The Vancouver Housing Reset Report, the BC Greens have some policy and a New Conservative Dinner Party. Segment 1 – Hitting the housing reset button Vision Vancouver has released a new report that looks at the housing crisis and how to fix it. We take a look at how it holds up and question some of... The post Ep 26: The Greens in Mouseland appeared first on PolitiCoast.

Andrea Reimer is the first politician we've ever had on the podcast! And we're honoured it was her. She was the acting Deputy Mayor for the city of Vancouver and is currently a city councillor and is the Chair of the Policy and Strategic Priorities committee. She tackles a massive variety of VERY intriguing facets of this city; indigenous relations, environmental advancement, sustainability, and public engagement. The role of the city to try and not only manage contemporary issues but also try to plan for what the future of a city will be like is a super fascinating perspective that we really enjoyed diving into! Andrea has come from a very challenging past herself and it definitely seems to fuel her towards having REAL impact within the city and the people of it. Andrea's Twitter - https://twitter.com/andreareimer Andrea's Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CouncillorAndreaReimer/?fref=ts Andrea on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Reimer Vancouver Real - http://vancouverreal.tv/ Omega Point - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOmega... Float House - http://www.floathouse.ca/

Vancouver City Council, under the direction of the ruling Vision Vancouver party, wants to remove two remnants of the never fully realized inner city highway system in the downtown core. But, in the process, two long-standing community gardens are threatened with demolition. In this documentary, Green for All or Green for Some, Peter Driftmier explores the debate around the removal of the viaducts through the twin lenses of gentrification and environmental sustainability.As of April 2013, city staff have yet to come back to council with final recommendations on the removal of the viaducts. In recent months, the Strathcona Residents Association has expressed serious concerns about the possibility of increased traffic volume on Prior Street, and community groups in the Downtown Eastside have also expressed similar concerns regarding increased traffic along Hastings Street.This documentary was originally produced for Redeye on Vancouver?s Coop Radio 100.5 FM and aired in Fall 2012. Peter Driftmier is a producer with the Redeye Collective, and we are pleased to bring you this documentary.

Vancouver City Councillor Adriane Carr (Green Party) is a vocal critic of the Vision Vancouver-dominated City Council. We discuss her concerns around the creation of city-subsidized market rental housing and attempts to redefine 'affordable' housing, and Vision's plan to centralize funding for community centres (and her run-in with the City Manager and Vision over the issue). Additionally, we discuss the city's development trajectory and transportation.