What I've heard — but don't have confirmation of — is that it's all to do with financing. A building's value insofar as lenders are concerned depends on the rent the landlord charges, not its income stream or occupancy. So they have an incentive to raise rents even at the cost of good tenants.

Thank you!

Good move!

I spent 15 or so years building our X acct to 64K for @nationalobserver.com I put it in my own name when @jameswsthomson.com said CNO doesn't belong there.

But after 3 minutes on X tonight it was SO VILE I deactivated the account forever.

Wow the WNBA refs have baby skins

Some new hardware in the mail!

Perhaps the least hinged quote I've seen from this government so far.

I give you: my billionaire former boss clapping his hands in delight at what has been better described as "Cocomelon for adults"

For so many people, education has become synonymous with condescending elitism.

And to those people, we need to say: "synonymous" means "words that mean the same thing."

When Canadian Press reporter Wolfgang Depner asked Rustad if he was paranoid, Rustad said no. While the scrum was still underway Rustad’s chief of staff, Brad Zubyk, called it a “bullshit question” and said the reporter would be barred from asking questions in the future. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Couldn't agree more. This kind of predatory landlord behaviour needs to be curbed or we're going to lose our downtowns.

You know how local media is getting decimated as disinformation floods in?

Well, my friends at @nationalobserver.com have created an incredibly cool new tool for keeping an eye on local politics.

Check it out:

Should research published by banks be held to the same anti-greenwashing rules as other corporate documents? One shareholder group is pushing a Quebec regulator to decide, in a move that could open up a new battleground for corporate accountability. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n...

2017: Media outlets pivot to video. Tech bros: learn to code

2024: Tech companies destroy coding jobs with AI. Tech bros: learn AI

2025: AI companies pivot to video

so so so so so sooo sad

Know who else tried fleeing fascism by going to Spain? Walter Benjamin. Did it work out for him? It did not.

BC Conservatives continue to have a very normal month

He wasn't. He said he rebooked for tonight but isn't sure what will happen.

That is definitely what they're highlighting and no issue there from me. But it seems to be leaving the door open to other uses that have nothing to do with First Nations.

Three headlines that tell a very disturbing story

I'm picturing, for example, Victoria and Esquimalt squabbling over police costs. That should be done in the open, not behind closed doors. This seems like it would allow that to be closed to the public. Same with transit funding in the Lower Mainland. Closed meetings should be extremely rare.

The BC government is moving to make it easier for local councils to close meetings to the public in two instances: negotiations with First Nations and negotiations with other local governments.

The First Nations part makes sense. But why other local governments? What instances would this cover?

Today I received an Access to Information request package from Global Affairs Canada.

I filed the request 2 years and 10 months ago. The package consisted of four pages, two of which were redacted 👍

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