Kit Sauder (@kitsauder.bsky.social)

On Friday July 22nd, @CityofVancouver Council will debate The #VancouverPlan. And it doesn't go nearly far enough to meet the moment we're facing as a city & a civilization. We need to demand better. 👇👀📰 #VanPoli 1/24 🧵 dailyhive.com/vancouver/vanc…

“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one…” ~ George Bernard Shaw #WordsOfWisdom #Meditation

My God I love this

~4.5 Million Canadians & Americans need Blood Transfusions every year. 🇨🇦 🩸 💉 🏥 🇺🇸 Today was donation #8 over the past few years w/ @CanadasLifeline. #GiveTheGiftOfLife #InYouToGive #DonateBlood

Yes, this is expensive. Yes, it’s pretty large. Yes, this is stunning. But in most places, this is not allowed as of right and still requires a cumbersome process that only makes it more expensive. Middle housing is diverse. It offers housing diversity. It’s not a silver bullet to housing affordability but it’s required and can empower small scale builders to do this rather than simply building single family homes and duplexes.

This is your Fall reminder that librarians are some of the most helpful and wonderful people in the world. They're critical to public knowledge and the infrastructure that enables it. Thank you, librarians!

3rd piece of this week's daycare saga: Responses from provincial & municipal politicians, incl. Vancouver councillors looking to reverse daycare's rejection -- and also pledging reform to make it easier for daycares to open in midst of child-care shortage: vancouversun.com/opinion/column…

I find it fascinating that the creator economy allows people to find and fuel their tribes. One person sells information, the other clothes, another kitchenware, and blue light glasses. People can pursue their interests, build meaningful products, and sustain their lifestyle.

The housing crisis won’t be solved with triplexes. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… #canpoli #onpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #topoli

As the Federal Liberal Cabinet meets in Charlottetown for a reset on housing, I am as optimistic as ever that the politics is finally arriving on the crisis. That said, here are 10 THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND if the government wants to be successful on this issue. A 🧵👇

This looks like a map you see in a video game right before game over.

@MikeKlassen Councillor, you and many of your colleagues were loud proponents of Four Floors & Corner Stores before getting elected. Rezone the city for flexible commercial permitting, with reasonable scope for community needs. Rewrite the book, you’re the authors, not the audience.

This morning I was disappointed to read that an application for more much-needed childcare spaces in our city was rejected by an independent review board. Increasing childcare spaces is a priority for our communities, and I’ve asked city staff what mechanisms there are to review this decision. Thanks for your reporting @fumano.

Canada isn't broken. We just need mass war-time-style efforts to address climate change, housing, and healthcare while taming rising toxic polarization, high consumer debt, stagnant wages, a drug poisoning crisis, weak industrial output, growing hate crimes, & unaffordability.

Meditation for the day: “What does it mean to live a finite fragile life in an infinite eternal universe?” ~ @ProfBrianCox #WordsOfWisdom

The best kind of public hearing is no public hearing. Info sessions give a chance for informed comment without the cheap talk. Actionable community plans provide certainty & transparency from government. buff.ly/3QEDCgO