Peter Waldkirch
@pwaldkirch.bsky.social
Likes: Star Trek, the accordion
Hates: the housing crisis
Abundant Housing Vancouver: ahvan.org
My website: pwaldkirch.ca
Hates: the housing crisis
Abundant Housing Vancouver: ahvan.org
My website: pwaldkirch.ca
RIP Udo Kier, the ending of season 1 of Riget/The Kingdom will always be seared into my brain
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
RIP Udo Kier, the ending of season 1 of Riget/The Kingdom will always be seared into my brain
Reposted by Peter Waldkirch
Vancouver’s draft budget stinks: we demand a change! 👶💩
On Nov 25 from 9-10:30 am join WTC and friends at a diaper “change-in” at Vancouver City Hall as council prepares to vote on the draft operating budget.
On Nov 25 from 9-10:30 am join WTC and friends at a diaper “change-in” at Vancouver City Hall as council prepares to vote on the draft operating budget.
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Vancouver’s draft budget stinks: we demand a change! 👶💩
On Nov 25 from 9-10:30 am join WTC and friends at a diaper “change-in” at Vancouver City Hall as council prepares to vote on the draft operating budget.
On Nov 25 from 9-10:30 am join WTC and friends at a diaper “change-in” at Vancouver City Hall as council prepares to vote on the draft operating budget.
Vancouver needs real bus lanes! I'm convinced that they would give temendous bang for buck for improving quality of life and getting people out of traffic.
We could learn a lot from Taipei's central bus lanes. Check them out!
youtu.be/C6NXrJxx1kg?...
We could learn a lot from Taipei's central bus lanes. Check them out!
youtu.be/C6NXrJxx1kg?...
Check out Taipei's center bus lanes--Vancouver could learn a lot from them!
YouTube video by Peter Waldkirch
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November 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Vancouver needs real bus lanes! I'm convinced that they would give temendous bang for buck for improving quality of life and getting people out of traffic.
We could learn a lot from Taipei's central bus lanes. Check them out!
youtu.be/C6NXrJxx1kg?...
We could learn a lot from Taipei's central bus lanes. Check them out!
youtu.be/C6NXrJxx1kg?...
Reposted by Peter Waldkirch
BiV asks: Could apartment buildings come to Shaughnessy?
At twice the size of the West End, Shaughnessy is missing 100,000 people!
At twice the size of the West End, Shaughnessy is missing 100,000 people!
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
BiV asks: Could apartment buildings come to Shaughnessy?
At twice the size of the West End, Shaughnessy is missing 100,000 people!
At twice the size of the West End, Shaughnessy is missing 100,000 people!
Reposted by Peter Waldkirch
The Mayor isn’t here to hear speakers - the meeting is being chaired by Acting Mayor Zhou.
Vancouver City Council has just resumed to continue to hear speakers on the 2026 Capital and Operating Budget. We’re up to speaker 450.
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The Mayor isn’t here to hear speakers - the meeting is being chaired by Acting Mayor Zhou.
I'm really excited by this. I'm a big believer that progressives need to get back to building things. William has a track record of building affordable housing. That's the sort of leadership this city needs. Not vague empty promises, but the know how to get it done.
Exciting news - I’m seeking the mayoral nomination with @OneCityVan! 1 / 5 youtu.be/2MTf7QmcEpc
My name is William Azaroff and I'm seeking the mayoral nomination with OneCity
YouTube video by William for Vancouver
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November 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I'm really excited by this. I'm a big believer that progressives need to get back to building things. William has a track record of building affordable housing. That's the sort of leadership this city needs. Not vague empty promises, but the know how to get it done.
Reposted by Peter Waldkirch
It is certainly interesting that the politician who frames himself as the most conservative is obsessed with regulating what people sell and where they live
bsky.app/profile/pwal...
bsky.app/profile/pwal...
The very idea that a politician thinks they should be able to create a prescribed list of approved items for sale really highlights how unhinged local politics is.
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It is certainly interesting that the politician who frames himself as the most conservative is obsessed with regulating what people sell and where they live
bsky.app/profile/pwal...
bsky.app/profile/pwal...
Reposted by Peter Waldkirch
This is when he was passing the motion to audit non-profit organizations in the Downtown Eastside
why does Sim fear transparency of the city’s budget
why does Sim fear transparency of the city’s budget
Ken Sim (Feb 25 2025): “i think transparency is incredibly important. this is something that shouldnt be feared. we talk about transparency all the time. if we support transparency, I think we support it everywhere. you cant pick and choose.”
November 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This is when he was passing the motion to audit non-profit organizations in the Downtown Eastside
why does Sim fear transparency of the city’s budget
why does Sim fear transparency of the city’s budget
Awww poor Ken Sim, he's the real victim in all this 😢
Speakers are getting a little hot under the collar and Mayor Ken Sim has had to caution them several times.
Harmon Moon just got cautioned for saying "Rather than taking governance seriously, you’ve already decided to go all-in with a bribe to property owners," which the mayor called defamatory.
Harmon Moon just got cautioned for saying "Rather than taking governance seriously, you’ve already decided to go all-in with a bribe to property owners," which the mayor called defamatory.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Awww poor Ken Sim, he's the real victim in all this 😢
Reposted by Peter Waldkirch
“You won’t let the City buy my Bitcoin? Fine, I am taking away your changing tables”
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
“You won’t let the City buy my Bitcoin? Fine, I am taking away your changing tables”
Reposted by Peter Waldkirch
At some point we need a national conversation about why so many Canadian mayor are so bluntly bad.
Ken Sim's austerity budget is so severe that they're going to be REMOVING EXISTING BABY CHANGING TABLES
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Listening to Vancouver Council budget discussion in the background this morning. In response to a question from @seanorr.bsky.social about where they'll be retracting from the city just said they're planning to REMOVE baby changing tables and menstrual product dispensers to save costs. Shameful.
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
At some point we need a national conversation about why so many Canadian mayor are so bluntly bad.
Ken Sim's austerity budget is so severe that they're going to be REMOVING EXISTING BABY CHANGING TABLES
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Listening to Vancouver Council budget discussion in the background this morning. In response to a question from @seanorr.bsky.social about where they'll be retracting from the city just said they're planning to REMOVE baby changing tables and menstrual product dispensers to save costs. Shameful.
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Ken Sim's austerity budget is so severe that they're going to be REMOVING EXISTING BABY CHANGING TABLES
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Reposted by Peter Waldkirch
Incredibly short-sighted and irresponsible, and completely disconnected from the real values & priorities of Vancouverites. This move would be awful not only for Vancouver, but also for all the cities that Vancouver’s leadership has inspired over decades of North American sustainability leadership.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Incredibly short-sighted and irresponsible, and completely disconnected from the real values & priorities of Vancouverites. This move would be awful not only for Vancouver, but also for all the cities that Vancouver’s leadership has inspired over decades of North American sustainability leadership.
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"The golden age of jerks" (sound on)
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"The golden age of jerks" (sound on)
I'm in Taiwan!
As a fun little project I've been making videos about Taipei urbanism & what Vancouver can learn.
Don't use TikTok or Insta? Want to experience vicarious cringe? No problem! I'm embedding the vids at my website! Link below!
Here's a silly entry (sorry Bsky cropped it)
As a fun little project I've been making videos about Taipei urbanism & what Vancouver can learn.
Don't use TikTok or Insta? Want to experience vicarious cringe? No problem! I'm embedding the vids at my website! Link below!
Here's a silly entry (sorry Bsky cropped it)
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm in Taiwan!
As a fun little project I've been making videos about Taipei urbanism & what Vancouver can learn.
Don't use TikTok or Insta? Want to experience vicarious cringe? No problem! I'm embedding the vids at my website! Link below!
Here's a silly entry (sorry Bsky cropped it)
As a fun little project I've been making videos about Taipei urbanism & what Vancouver can learn.
Don't use TikTok or Insta? Want to experience vicarious cringe? No problem! I'm embedding the vids at my website! Link below!
Here's a silly entry (sorry Bsky cropped it)
Reposted by Peter Waldkirch
Fascinating how the "median single-family home" gets picked up as the easy basis for tax comparison here, despite lack of representativeness overall.
e.g. note that's a distribution reflecting only ~15% households in Vancouver - skewed toward wealthiest - compared to closer to ~40% in PoCo.
e.g. note that's a distribution reflecting only ~15% households in Vancouver - skewed toward wealthiest - compared to closer to ~40% in PoCo.
November 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Fascinating how the "median single-family home" gets picked up as the easy basis for tax comparison here, despite lack of representativeness overall.
e.g. note that's a distribution reflecting only ~15% households in Vancouver - skewed toward wealthiest - compared to closer to ~40% in PoCo.
e.g. note that's a distribution reflecting only ~15% households in Vancouver - skewed toward wealthiest - compared to closer to ~40% in PoCo.
Ken Sim and ABC are going to take an axe to funding arts and services in Vancouver all for the sake of a political stunt
a 12% CUT to arts and culture is coming to the City.
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Ken Sim and ABC are going to take an axe to funding arts and services in Vancouver all for the sake of a political stunt
Reposted by Peter Waldkirch
The hierarchy of controls in this article is excellent!
November 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The hierarchy of controls in this article is excellent!
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Someone in my neighborhood got FED. UP.
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Someone in my neighborhood got FED. UP.
I've been having fun making TikTok videos!
Connecting with people over housing and urbanism, all while embracing a bit of cringe? That is very up my alley.
Here's a few of my recent favourites, embedded in a webpage to make 'em easy to view:
pwaldkirch.ca/2025/10/31/t...
Connecting with people over housing and urbanism, all while embracing a bit of cringe? That is very up my alley.
Here's a few of my recent favourites, embedded in a webpage to make 'em easy to view:
pwaldkirch.ca/2025/10/31/t...
Adventures in TikTok land - Peter Waldkirch Webzone
I've been having fun doing short videos to connect with people about housing and urbanism--here are a few of my recent favourites!
pwaldkirch.ca
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I've been having fun making TikTok videos!
Connecting with people over housing and urbanism, all while embracing a bit of cringe? That is very up my alley.
Here's a few of my recent favourites, embedded in a webpage to make 'em easy to view:
pwaldkirch.ca/2025/10/31/t...
Connecting with people over housing and urbanism, all while embracing a bit of cringe? That is very up my alley.
Here's a few of my recent favourites, embedded in a webpage to make 'em easy to view:
pwaldkirch.ca/2025/10/31/t...
We're all laughing at this, but irl NIMBYs have destroyed more cities than Godzilla, just sayin'!
October 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We're all laughing at this, but irl NIMBYs have destroyed more cities than Godzilla, just sayin'!
Reposted by Peter Waldkirch
Vancouver council member Brian Montague got very worked up the other day, claiming without evidence that Vancouver police regularly ask drivers to not drive on Halloween. They don't.
He was responding to a notice from @lucymaloney.bsky.social, which would have asked the city to do so.
He was responding to a notice from @lucymaloney.bsky.social, which would have asked the city to do so.
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Vancouver council member Brian Montague got very worked up the other day, claiming without evidence that Vancouver police regularly ask drivers to not drive on Halloween. They don't.
He was responding to a notice from @lucymaloney.bsky.social, which would have asked the city to do so.
He was responding to a notice from @lucymaloney.bsky.social, which would have asked the city to do so.
Happy Halloween, here's one of my favourite movie death scenes
(from The Abominable Dr Phibes)
youtu.be/OvgYTXOw6EQ?...
(from The Abominable Dr Phibes)
youtu.be/OvgYTXOw6EQ?...
The Abominable Dr. Phibes - Death by Unicorn
YouTube video by Stephen King
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October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Happy Halloween, here's one of my favourite movie death scenes
(from The Abominable Dr Phibes)
youtu.be/OvgYTXOw6EQ?...
(from The Abominable Dr Phibes)
youtu.be/OvgYTXOw6EQ?...
Reposted by Peter Waldkirch
In voting down this motion, Clr Montague indignantly claimed that the VPD "puts out a message telling drivers to avoid non-essential travel every year" and that to suggest otherwise is "outright false." Can anyone find evidence of this? Here's their PSA for this year:
October 30, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In voting down this motion, Clr Montague indignantly claimed that the VPD "puts out a message telling drivers to avoid non-essential travel every year" and that to suggest otherwise is "outright false." Can anyone find evidence of this? Here's their PSA for this year:
Reposted by Peter Waldkirch
Over the past few years, I've frequently criticized Brian Montague for living in North Vancouver. Today I'd like to formally issue an apology.
It turns out he actually lives in Kelowna.
It turns out he actually lives in Kelowna.
Brian Montague, who bluntly has appeared to enjoy being a councillor less than any councillor I’ve ever covered, has announced he won’t be running for re-election
Vancouver councillor defends attendance record after selling local home, buying property in Okanagan
October 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Over the past few years, I've frequently criticized Brian Montague for living in North Vancouver. Today I'd like to formally issue an apology.
It turns out he actually lives in Kelowna.
It turns out he actually lives in Kelowna.