Also. Admittedly, song was in the context of the budget, the speakers opposed to it, and a council week that at times has felt like a bit of a (metaphoric) street fight, so for me, from the trenches it was the perfect motivator 🎯

Yes, Paul Weller et al, The Jam "In the City" was Quinn's win for the wakeup

You had me at The Jam wake-up song, but that interview was the golden icing on the cake!

Cllr Zhou brings amendment to cut funding for energy retrofits like residential cooing grants, to fill potholes...

On brand since Zhou also voted for lifting the natural gas ban - and in fairness he wasn't on council when 117 ppl died in the heat dome.
Ignorance is bliss.

Magnanimous gesture from ABC to include offer new funding for baby change tables, which would otherwise be defunded - and that's great who doesn't love babies!
No word on how it will be paid for though, sponsorship?
Having a sh!tty season? Enjoy this Canucks change table.

ABC have displayed a great deal of disinterest in dissenting opinion and democratic process: from censuring opposition councillors like me, to trying to suspend the integrity commissioner. One of ABC's first acts: to restrict procedure by-law on speakers time/access and ability to ask questions.

I would add that while I appreciate the mayor asking people to slowdown to allow the ASSL interpreter time on one hand, rigidly enforcing speakers' three minute time limit in that context is unjust to folk who may have carefully prepared and timed speeches.

Our procedure bylaws govern who and how people speak to council, the interpretation is up to the chair who I believe erred on several occasions here. There is a parliamentary option to "challenge the chair" but since ABC councillors outnumber, any challenge to Sim's ruling is doomed to fail.

I don't know what he said, but UBC Solomon soliloquy in Mandarin seemed like a chef's kiss

The mayor cutting off a speaker for suggesting no-one on council wanted to get elected to hurt people just now seems to be an over-reaction - I don't think that impugns motive or is disrespectful under 61 of our Procedure bylaw. But speakers, it is important to avoid that perception

Most appalling and galling, Sim's Deputy Mayor Sarah KY - despite having previously voted to support youth enfranchisement - puts hypocrisy of full display to shut youth voices out of local elections in Vancouver