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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 46m

"[Councillor Caradonna] added Vancouver should look at the lessons learned from Victoria.

'It’s not fiscally prudent to do these sorts of things,' he said. 'It’s what we call electoral math.'"

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

‘Short-term gain’: Victoria city councillor cautions against Vancouver’s 0% property tax push

A Victoria city councillor says Vancouver’s city council’s direction to staff to pursue a zero per cent property tax increase for 2026 could backfire.

www.ctvnews.ca

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 9h

People are broke, parks are falling apart, and Ken Sim is cutting the budget to the bone. Now isn’t the time for an unnecessary referendum.

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 10h

My breaking file on the province requiring a referendum to kill Vancouver's Park Board.

Sim is avoiding criticism of the province on this decision — but he was originally hopeful to get rid of the park board in six months.

But he lost political capital, and the province wasn't inclined to help.

B.C. government says Vancouver requires a referendum to eliminate its park board | CBC News

The B.C. government has put forward legislation that would only allow the City of Vancouver to eliminate its independently elected parks board if it is approved by local voters in a referendum.

www.cbc.ca

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Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social · 10h

Ken Sim's stunt of a motion has put the City Manager in the difficult position of delivering against an unreasonable ask, with an unreasonable timeline. The process is so rushed that we will have NO details when we vote in November.

Ken Sim won't know what he's voting to cut. And neither will you.

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 23h

"In my experience as a business owner, an investment banker and a Fellow of Chartered Professional Accountants, all organizations, including municipal governments, must take financial decisions seriously and do so with great tenacity and diligence."

Source: vancouversun.com/opinion/ken-...

Ken Sim: Recent actions do not add up to economic survival for Vancouver

OPINION: The city should identify and keep all revenue-generating items that make a net positive contribution, then should sort all remaining expenditures into “nee…

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 23h

"Recent actions announced by the City of Vancouver do not add up for our economic survival. Asking every city department to arbitrarily cut budgets by a blanket percentage is not only a ineffective short-term measure, it could negatively affect our long-term recovery."

-- Ken Sim in 2020

City must set priorities during economic crisis

Across-the-board cuts not the answer, Ken Sim says.

During the course of the health crisis that has tragically taken too many lives and pushed essential service workers to the limit, an economic crisis has been brewing that will devastate our city if not handled properly.

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Recent actions announced by the City of Vancouver do not add up for our economic survival. Asking every city department to arbitrarily cut budgets by a blanket percentage is not only an ineffective short-term measure, it could negatively affect our long-term recovery.

In my experience as a business owner, an investment banker and a Fellow of Chartered Professional Accountants, all organizations, including municipal governments, must take financial decisions seriously and do so with great tenacity and diligence. Such diligence is absolutely necessary during our current economic crisis where households are struggling and businesses are failing at an unprecedented rate.

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Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social · 1d

Ken Sim's property tax stunt starts with an arbitrary, politically-motivated number and asks staff to cut until they meet it.

We should be asking what it will take to meet the expectations of the people we serve.

I oppose Ken Sim's cuts.

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 2d

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 3d

On Wednesday, Ken Sim will direct staff to make brutal cuts to the City's budget - putting the services you and I rely on at risk.

We need to stand up to him.

SIGN UP TO SPEAK on the City's website, in OPPOSITION to Motion 1 on October 8: vancouver.ca/your-governm...

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Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social · 6d

We deserve a government that is stable, thoughtful, and predictable.

What we’ve got with Ken Sim and his enablers in ABC is a political roller coaster.

Instead of leadership, performance and politics.

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 9d

On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we acknowledge we have a responsibility to build a future based on reconciliation, decolonization, and the recognition of Indigenous rights.

A better future for everyone who lives on these lands.

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 10d

ABC's cuts are already starting. We can't allow this to continue. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

City of Vancouver shutters Equity Office

The City of Vancouver has closed down its Equity Office, according to an internal email viewed by CTV News.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social · 10d

They’re doing this to save their political skins after three years of floundering, and if this comes to pass, we’re all going to suffer the consequences.

vancouversun.com/news/big-cut...

Big cuts are coming to Vancouver City Hall. Will they be 'reckless' or the cost-saving efficiency Ken Sim has long promised?

ABC Vancouver is looking to cut about $100 million from the city’s operating budget, and potentially hundreds of jobs, in search of savings.

vancouversun.com

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Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social · 10d

It’s underappreciated just how radical ABC's budget proposal is. It requires deep, deep cuts.

If they are approved, it’s impossible to tell what’s on the chopping block. Libraries? Community centres? Investments that improve public safety?

I don’t know - and I don’t think ABC knows, either.

Vancouver Sun

Big cuts are coming to Vancouver City Hall. Will they be 'reckless' or the cost-saving efficiency Ken Sim has long promised?
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is directing city staff to find millions in savings, which could mean slashing hundreds of jobs. He says "there’s room to be more disciplined in how the city operates." His rivals call the proposed cuts "reckless."

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Peter Waldkirch @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 17d

Rebecca Bligh just announced she wants to be Mayor.

She's had some ups and downs as councilor, but I'll always remember her Shaughnessy votes: voting against rental townhomes there (citing the "iconic look" of its hedges) and against OneCity's motion to legalize more housing in Shaughnessy.

…while Rebecca Bligh of the NPA said she was also influenced by the fact that the townhouse project would damage the “iconic look” of Granville Street with its large single-family homes and tall hedges and oak trees.

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 17d

Rebecca Bligh voted to slash wages for workers, to block rental housing in wealthy neighbourhoods, and to oppose common sense tools to properly fund our schools.

We need a progressive mayor on the ballot to deliver the change Vancouver needs. And we’ll get one. More soon.

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 17d

Vancouver councillor Rebecca Bligh makes official she will run for mayor next year under a new banner of “Vote Vancouver”.

Bligh was first elected in 2018 with the NPA, left them, joined Sim’s ABC Party and was re-elected, before she was booted from ABC, mostly on divisions over social issues.

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 20d

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OneCity is fighting for the services that Vancouver families need: affordable housing, climate action, and community safety.

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Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social · 21d

I was so pleased to have unanimous support for my & Cllr Orr’s motion to streamline approvals processes for vertical farming businesses in Vancouver. @seanorr.bsky.social @onecityvan.bsky.social @copevancouver.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vi...

Vancouver council pushing for more vertical farms

City council voted on a motion to establish vertical farms in under-utilized spaces such as office buildings and apartments.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Julia Boyle @jools78.bsky.social · 22d

I live in a 3 storey condo building on a quiet side street that was built in the 70s, and I love it. It’s green and peaceful, but mere steps to the transit and shopping of a major road. Allowing up to 6 floors wouldn’t be a significant change, and would open this up to more people

OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 22d

Ken Sim and ABC have voted to bury Lucy Maloney’s motion that would have brought six floors and corner stores to side streets across Vancouver, unlocking thousands of family-friendly homes.

ABC VOTES TO KEEP YOU STUCK ON NOISY, BUSY STREETS

Governing party votes to bury motion that would have unlocked thousands of family-friendly homes on quiet streets

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Jennifer Maiko Bradshaw @amoralorealis.bsky.social · 21d

This is so disappointing. This means us poorer folks that can’t afford luxury detached housing is still artificially blocked from nice quiet streets by archaic city zoning.

OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 22d

Ken Sim and ABC have voted to bury Lucy Maloney’s motion that would have brought six floors and corner stores to side streets across Vancouver, unlocking thousands of family-friendly homes.

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 22d

The next civic election is on Saturday, October 17, 2026.

"OneCity knows we are in a housing crisis.

ABC disagrees.

We won’t get real action on housing until the voters make themselves heard next year."

Lucy Maloney
City Councillor, OneCity Vancouver

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 22d

Ken Sim and ABC have voted to bury Lucy Maloney’s motion that would have brought six floors and corner stores to side streets across Vancouver, unlocking thousands of family-friendly homes.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24d

IMPORTANT: Here in Vancouver on Sept 17th, City Council will consider a motion by Councillor @lucymaloney.bsky.social directing Staff to look at allowing 6-storey apts & retail at corners along active transport streets & around parks. This idea should have been done 10+ years ago.

Please support.

Support more housing along bike routes and by parks! Here's how: - Peter Waldkirch Webzone

Lucy Maloney's (OneCity) motion to legalize housing by parks and bike routes is housing and climate action. Here's how you can support it!

pwaldkirch.ca

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Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social · Sep 8

I support a democratically elected park board. Part of democracy is ensuring that the government’s decisions match the city’s values.

Vancouver is a city for all its people. Trans people included. I am calling on the Park Board to rethink this event and make this right.

Harry Potter™: A Forbidden Forest Experience coming this fall to Stanley Park

September 3 2025 – The Vancouver Park Board is pleased to announce that a new special event is coming to Stanley Park this fall. For the first time in Canada, Harry Potter Fans™ of all ages will have an opportunity to explore a spellbinding illuminated trail inspired by the iconic Forbidden Forest.

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Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social · Sep 3

Out on the picket line today with @bcgeu.bsky.social.

If you work, you should be able to live in dignity and security. Public service workers, like all workers, shouldn’t need second and third jobs just to get by.

If you find yourself by a picket line, remember: don’t cross it!

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · Sep 1

We won’t stop fighting until Vancouver is a place working people can truly afford and call home.

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