separation of lobby and state
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Director Hurley (Burnaby Mayor) lambasted the UDI’s stranglehold over Provincial housing policy at the Oct 17, 2025 Metro Vancouver Mayors Committee Special Meeting: “You got everything you wanted”.
Director Hurley (Burnaby Mayor) slammed the UDI’s stranglehold over Provincial housing policy at the Oct 17, 2025 Metro Vancouver Mayors Committee Special Meeting: “You got everything you wanted”. “All the changes that the province have made are the result of… Continue reading
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Does the UDI lobby on behalf of its paying member municipalities? I asked this question to its last 4 paying municipal members on the island.
Does the UDI lobby on behalf of its paying member municipalities? I asked this question to its last 4 paying municipal members on the island. By Sasha IzardNov 13, 2025 Time and again, the issue has come up and been… Continue reading
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Stop Bill M216 Before Local Democracy is Dismantled on Nov 17, 2025
Stop Bill M216 Before Local Democracy is Dismantled on Nov 17, 2025 Critics have begun panning the Bill as the ‘Local Government Capture Bill’. The Bill’s main proponent appears to be a US-based YIMBY organization purporting to be a movement,… Continue reading
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Petition: That Saanich Council end the annual allowance for councillors to spend on UDI events etc.
Petition: That Saanich Council end the annual allowance for councillors to spend on UDI events etc. Petition · That Saanich Council end the annual allowance for council members to spend on UDI events. – Saanich Core, Canada · Change.org Petition… Continue reading
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How is it that BC Housing’s Provincial Director of Redevelopment has simultaneously been the Director of a branch of BC’s most powerful lobbying organization for real estate and development interests? And why were they made administrator of BC Housing’s paid membership in that same branch of that same lobbying organization?
How is it that BC Housing’s Provincial Director of Redevelopment has simultaneously been the Director of a branch of BC’s most powerful lobbying organization for real estate and development interests? And why were they made administrator of BC Housing’s paid… Continue reading
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“No, we do not have minutes.” – The Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) fails to document meetings that lead to resolutions.
“No, we do not have minutes.” – The Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) fails to document meetings that lead to resolutions. Dialogue with UBCM’s Resolutions and Policy Analyst, who was previously Resolutions and Policy Analyst for the Greater Vancouver Real Estate… Continue reading
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Corporate welfare: How the Federal Government of Canada provided one lobby for development and real estate (the Urban Development Institute), hundreds of thousands of dollars in emergency response aid, during the pandemic.
Corporate welfare: How the Federal Government of Canada provided one lobby for development and real estate (the Urban Development Institute), hundreds of thousands of dollars in emergency response aid, during the pandemic. Time Magazine coverNov 9, 1998 ————————————————————————————————— By Sasha… Continue reading
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The proposed “Permanent Provincial Housing Policy Roundtable” is an astroturfing effort by the Real Estate Lobby in BC, with the help of a complicit media in the province. Questions must be asked about close to $100 in value gifts to numerous MLAs.
The proposed “Permanent Provincial Housing Policy Roundtable” is an astroturfing effort by the Real Estate Lobby in BC, with the help of a complicit media in the province. Questions must be asked about close to $100 in value gifts to… Continue reading
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David Eby Before and After: How David Eby’s former criticisms of the political influence of the so-called ‘Condo King’ of Vancouver Bob Rennie, when Eby was a member of the opposition; turned once in power, to Eby becoming Rennie’s political follower.
David Eby Before and After: How David Eby’s former criticisms of the political influence of the so-called ‘Condo King’ of Vancouver Bob Rennie, when Eby was a member of the opposition; turned once in power, to Eby becoming Rennie’s political follower. By… Continue reading
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“Council shouldn’t pay to hear a sales pitch” (Letter in the TC By Gerry Anderson)
“Council shouldn’t pay to hear a sales pitch” (Letter in the TC By Gerry Anderson) Sept 27, 2025 “Council shouldn’t pay to hear a sales pitch Thanks to Victoria councillors Stephen Hammond and Marg Gardiner for following Saanich’s lead in… Continue reading
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Letter to Councillor Dell in regard to your comments during the deliberations regarding the City’s membership in the Urban Development Institute at the City of Victoria Sept 4 Committee of the Whole
Letter to Councillor Dell in regard to your comments during the deliberations regarding the City’s membership in the Urban Development Institute at the City of Victoria Sept 4 Committee of the Whole By Sasha Izard Sept 25, 2025 Hello Councillor… Continue reading
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