Michael Mortensen

@russilwvong Good luck Russil!

The OneCity nomination vote for Vancouver city council, school board, and park board candidates closes on Sunday May 10 at midnight, with the results announced on Monday May 11. My closing pitch to OneCity members: morehousing.ca/letter

Let's not forget TEAM NIMBY's voting record ... "No" to any sort of housing solution.

@Dyson Dyson, your message is unintelligible. Incorrect: “Your Dyson technology was unable to be delivered” Correct: “WE WERE UNABLE to deliver your Dyson technology” What package gets loaded onto a truck at 7:28am and then shows an “unable to deliver” 10 minutes later?

Sad irony for our southern neighbours

“Imported”? The stickers say “USA” @saveonfoods

@CanadianPM let’s have an immediate law that ALL Canadian Grocers MUST identify in 20 point font the origin of all products. Come on @saveonfoods …. You can lead this.

And a Canadian Flag - min 30 point font - on ALL products Canadian.

Leadership ...

@Ayan604 @MarkJCarney

“Middle powers must act together because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu." PM @MarkJCarney's address and Q&A at the 2026 World Economic Forum #cdnpoli youtu.be/hZCGD3ZTlZw?si…

@fabulavancouver Don't Retire ... Refire! Next chapters are going to be different and awesome!

A weird thing that happens as you get older is you go through something similar to your 20s: What am I going to do with my life? What kind of work/play/community work should I do that will give me purpose and identity? I know it seems like a settled thing but, trust me, it's not

It's such a good feeling to be able to apply almost 30 years of planning and development experience to help courts find just and fair solutions to real estate disputes.

@fabulavancouver I stick to simple old Excel!

Today, had to spend an hour trying to find out why Quicken appeared to have erased four years of my data, then had to grapple with the new X chat-messaging maze that lost several recent important messages in the switchover, so 2026 is going well so far.

@Vote4ABC @LondonDrugs DTES public disorder is a disaster. Retailers quitting in drives = a sign that BIG CHANGE is needed.

"London Drugs was a big bet on the Downtown Eastside being gentrified that didn't go anywhere...." says OneCity's Councillor Lucy Maloney. Writing off @LondonDrugs as a failed bet dismisses the challenges local businesses face downtown. ABC is focused on public safety that delivers real results and supports businesses, not excuses. Learn more and get involved: abcvancouver.ca

@JasJohalBC your Jan 13th guest Patrick Condon was spreading 100% misinformation about the cost of Co-op or Below-Market Housing. * Any Co-op or Low Income Rental apartment today requires c. $300K / unit up-front public subsidy. * Land is NOT the biggest cost. * Increasing the Intensity of land use REDUCES land cost. * Canadians cannot afford to have our government house everybody. Below-market housing does not grow on trees. All levels of government (Fed, Prov, Regional, City) need to reset housing policy and fees to make market ownership and rental housing less expensive to produce. A sample budget below. Please invite people with real housing knowledge and experience to your show.

Rob Bruno's letter to METRO Vancouver Board Deserves amplification. Governments need to reverse massive increases in fees immediately. METRO needs a more equitable funding model for essential infrastructure. Federal funds have been promised. Where are they?

@Ayan604 @BBCWorld And then there's this in my feed about a NYC studio facebook.com/reel/162529862…

@Ayan604 @BBCWorld Do you see these unit mixes as representative in most Canadian housing markets Andy?

"'Somewhere to put worker bees': Why Canada's micro-condos are losing their appeal" via @BBCWorld #cdnpoli #Bcpoli #vanpoli #VanRE bbc.com/news/articles/…

@CllrHardwick @pmcondon2 What’s funny is that @pmcondon2 could draw 100X same conclusion about Moderate Income Rental homes given the minuscule Development Cost Levy discounts offered by the City. But he distorted the incentive, downplayed the benefits and both of you opposed the rental program.

@CllrHardwick @pmcondon2 Show us the math.

“Many Vancouver residents don’t realize that creating the famous False Creek South and Champlain Heights co-ops required very little direct taxpayer funding — and the taxes generated by these developments quickly offset what was spent,” said @pmcondon2. vancouversun.com/opinion/column…

City of Vancouver Council today approved a suite of commonsense measures to bring down the cost of developing rental and ownership housing. Kudos to all those on council who voted to show some sensible leadership. council.vancouver.ca/20251210/cfsc2…