February was a full and eventful month in Port Moody!
My latest newsletter covers the Official Community Plan Public Hearing, the new Tree Protection Bylaw, and min size guidelines for housing & Lunar New Year celebrations! Read it here: buff.ly/AtgZTgY
The world is on fire because two men will do anything to avoid jail.
Evergreen tweet, unfortunately
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I had no idea city council could choose a time zone. We can’t change anything about SSMUH or TOA but we can choose a time zone? Seems potentially chaotic.
Who saw/hear the meteor last night?
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www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Can I just share my awe and appreciation for my child’s artistic skills…watch to the end.
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A photo of ocean and blue sky with some buildings in the background.
We are so lucky to live here.
This 👇
To defend international law does not mean supporting the horrific Iranian regime, and to defend international law is not merely principled but an act of self-interest for Canada.
I wrote about just that earlier this year: justiceinconflict.org/2026/01/12/f...
People of all ages in walk, stand, play and sit in a Bilbao "school street". The traffic filtered pedestrian zone contains bollards, planters, playground equipment, painted murals, and benches, and is lined with trees and buildings.
People of all ages in walk, stand, play and sit in a Bilbao "school street". The traffic filtered pedestrian zone contains bollards, planters, playground equipment, painted murals, and benches, and is lined with trees and buildings.
People of all ages in walk, stand, play and sit in a Bilbao "school street". The traffic filtered pedestrian zone contains bollards, planters, playground equipment, painted murals, and benches, and is lined with trees and buildings.
People of all ages in walk, stand, play and sit in a Bilbao "school street". The traffic filtered pedestrian zone contains bollards, planters, playground equipment, painted murals, and benches, and is lined with trees and buildings.
A compelling case of advocacy affecting policy, Lersundi Kalea is Bilbao’s first pedestrianized “school street”. Rather than a top-down initiative, it was a product of years of activism by families from nearby Colegio Público Cervantes concerned about safety, pollution, and quality of public space.🧵
Got my dose of Canadian winter. Au revoir Ottawa.
The weather here is a bit different than Vancouver.
These photos are a great example of how unsustainable asset management is with single family zoning of this scale. There is no way to reasonably expect current rates of property taxes to fund the massive scale of infrastructure debt looming in communities everywhere. You can't refute the real data.
Personally, I think we should publicly fund elections. Not only would we remove any appearance of influence, I think it would remove barriers. Obviously, there are a lot of details to be worked out but I think it could be done.
At tonight's Finance meeting, on the agenda:
⬆️ Increase Utility rate to maximize revenue
🐶 End the "dog park loophole"
⚠️ Note: $14M lost revenue to provincial port tax caps since 2004.
How Port Moody funds services:
💰 55.6% Property taxes
💧 30.6% Fees & charges
Read the report: buff.ly/361yIjD
The title page of the book I am reading says Chapter 1: A preacher, a prosecutor, a politician and a scientist walk into your mind. Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Latest library book: Think Again.
Tomorrow, the City Initiatives and Priorities Committee will be hearing presentations from Metro Vancouver staff on two studies: Housing and Transportation Cost Burden and Affordable Housing Gap Analysis. The meeting starts at 4 pm (& will be recorded if you miss it). Agenda is here: buff.ly/d2GgQFT
Government income supports for seniors must be improved: adjusted for inflation food & rent costs have risen significantly more than inflation.
Senior economist Iglika Ivanova calls for non-market housing to be expanded as one way to address seniors' poverty.
Verified Tumbler Ridge fundraiser organized by Parent Advisory Council
My heart is with the people of Tumbler Ridge.
But I do know that Port Moody has roughly 3 m of water sin per person - this is similar to Ottawa.
Unfortunately this is still on my “to do” list!
New Brunswick dumps X
"government agencies around the world have launched probes into X, and its parent company xAI, for the way its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was used to generate and share sexualized images of people without their consent."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#cdnpoli #yyj
This is content I didn’t know I needed. It’s so relaxing.
It’s a multi-espresso kind of day ☕️
I hope to have a good discussion on these points when we see the report from staff on minimum unit sizes.
The latest edition of my newsletter is out. In it, I share my thoughts on the Public and Social Media Communications Guidelines Task Force, the Anthem application (specifically, unit size) and the differences between TOA & OCP. Reminder: the OCP public hearing is tonight. buff.ly/Jn8qA09
Notice of Public Hearing – February 3, 2026, 7pm. Council is holding a Public Hearing to consider Bylaw No. 3522, relating to the Official Community Plan. Details at https://portmoody.ca/publichearing
