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Canada 2019 Election: Economy & Taxes

On Monday, October 21st, Canadians will be convening at polling stations across the country to decide their nation’s future. And this — is…

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Canada 2019 Election: Climate & Environment

On Monday, October 21st, Canadians will be convening at polling stations across the country to decide their nation’s future. And this — is…

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Canada 2019 (Series) — Josh Messmer

On Monday, October 21st, Canadians will be convening at polling stations across the country to decide their nation’s future. And this - is no easy task. Elections, by their very nature, are filled with difficult and contentious divides. And their solutions are made no easier by the rise of 21st-cen

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Josh Messmer Essays • A podcast on Anchor

Productive Public Discourse

Josh Messmer Essays now available in Podcast form

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Ep. 01 - 2018 Vancouver Municipal Election: Simplified by This Here Vancouver • A podcast on Anchor

This was originally designed to be another video essay, but alas: I've run out of time. Welcome to the very first episode! I apologize for any mis-edits in the audio - those kinks are usually worked out during the animation process, and I haven't developed a podcast workflow yet. ----- 2:47 - Episode Start 3:54 - Vancouver Government Explained 5:53 - Vancouver Political Parties Explained 12:07 - Housing 18:49 - City Founded Housing Projects (Housing Cont.) 25:39 - Homelessness + Opioids 28:54 - Opioids and Addictions (Cont.) 30:09 - Transportation 35:44 - Government and Democracy 39:25 - Business and (more) Taxes 42:55 - Arts and Culture 44:33 - Environment, Parks, and Waste Management (Cont.) 45:44 - Environment and Parks (Cont.) 46:47 - Parks and Community Centres (Cont.) 48:37 - Schools 51:35 - Childcare 52:15 - Seniors ------- My Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BNP1wzjtYp6hxpFa1lWxusY8RKlAevpEl7b3MYfnsAc/edit?usp=sharing City of Vancouver 'Plan Your Vote' Resource: https://vancouver.ca/plan-your-vote/index.aspx Cambie Report Podcast: https://cambiereport.ca/ Platforms: https://coalitionvancouver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Platform-v10-1-1.pdf https://www.votecope2018.ca/the_city_we_need https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/vangreens/pages/2779/attachments/original/1538584178/Green_Platform_-_Council.pdf?1538584178 https://npavancouver.ca/housing-plan/ http://www.onecityvancouver.ca/platform https://www.provancouver.ca/our_priorities https://www.kennedystewart.ca/platform https://www.shaunaformayor.ca/platform http://www.vancouver1st.ca/policies/ http://www.votevision.ca/priorities http://www.votevision.ca/news https://yesvancouver.ca/letsfixhousing-action-plan/ https://yesvancouver.ca/assets/media/2018/09/LetsFixHousing_Action_Plan.pdf -------------------- www.ThisHereVancouver.com https://twitter.com/HereVancouver https://www.patreon.com/thisherevancouver www.JoshMessmer.com https://twitter.com/JoshMessmer

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This Here Vancouver • A podcast on Anchor

A podcast about Vancouver, for Vancouver. :) Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisherevancouver

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One white cloud in a field of gray:

it was (if my memory is true)

once the make of two clouds,

Their wispy arms reaching out for the other...

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Carlyn Andres’ cover of Florist’s 1914