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Impossible to make blanket statements about the ‘ethnic vote’ in federal election

Douglas Todd

Impossible to make blanket statements about the ‘ethnic vote’ in federal election Douglas Todd: Amid all the anecdotes, campaign tactics, media trends and polls, the case of Jagmeet Singh stands out for illustrating both the power and limits of so-called ethnic politics

Douglas Todd

Metro Vancouver's 'grand bargain' over highrise clusters could be thrown into jeopardy

23.04.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Metro Vancouver's 'grand bargain' over highrise clusters could be thrown into jeopardy Douglas Todd: Residents have accepted the "grand bargain" when politicians create highrise clusters and leave other neighbourhoods more or less unchanged. But the pace of development is now feverish.

Douglas Todd

Easter: The peril and power of images in religious tradition

Easter: The peril and power of images in religious tradition

18.04.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Easter: The peril and power of images in religious tradition Douglas Todd: When the second commandment says to "not bow down before graven images,” what role can the visual arts play in spiritual life?

Douglas Todd

Who gets into Vancouver’s ‘below-market’ rental apartments? Douglas Todd: A flood of new below-market rental apartments are coming to Metro Vancouver. But deciding who gets into them is fraught.

Douglas Todd

Who gets in to Vancouver’s ‘below-market’ rental apartments?

Douglas Todd

Foreign interference tactics in Canada always changing, says target

10.04.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Foreign interference tactics in Canada always changing, says target

10.04.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Foreign interference tactics in Canada always changing, says target

10.04.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Foreign interference tactics in Canada always changing, says target Douglas Todd: Sometimes China interferes by launching attacks on politicians. Other times it is complimentary, say former MP Kenny Chiu and others

10.04.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Michael Kovrig comes to Vancouver: 'Ground zero' for his detention in China

Michael Kovrig comes to Vancouver: 'Ground zero' for his detention in China

08.04.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Michael Kovrig comes to Vancouver: 'Ground zero' for his detention in China Douglas Todd: He doesn’t necessarily think China’s navy is going to show up soon in Vancouver’s harbour, but he's getting out the message China is capturing the world's "elites” and intimidating its diaspora communities.

08.04.2025 10

Douglas Todd

B.C.’s fast-growing cities getting hammered by rapidly rising property taxes

B.C.’s fast-growing cities getting hammered by rapidly rising property taxes

05.04.2025 20

Douglas Todd

In a time of unaffordability, Canadian 'housing nationalism' shouldn't be a dirty word

31.03.2025 10

Douglas Todd

In a time of unaffordability, Canadian 'housing nationalism' shouldn't be a dirty word

Douglas Todd

This should be the first Canadian election that focuses on migration

27.03.2025 10

Douglas Todd

This should be the first Canadian election that focuses on migration Douglas Todd: Mark Carney is bringing in people who support high migration policies. The Conservatives are breaking Canada's old taboo against talking about it.

27.03.2025 10

Douglas Todd

New platform set to prevent financial elder abuse, especially with housing

25.03.2025 10

Douglas Todd

New platform set to prevent financial elder abuse, especially with housing Douglas Todd: “There are a lot of bad actors who are ready to swoop in” when seniors start to lose their abilities, says a major Vancouver real-estate executive. He says he has something to stop them.

25.03.2025 10

Douglas Todd

10 reasons fewer newcomers are becoming Canadian citizens

20.03.2025 10

Douglas Todd

10 reasons fewer newcomers are becoming Canadian citizens Douglas Todd: How do we explain the 40 per cent drop in permanent residents choosing to move onto citizenship? COVID-19, the devaluing of Canada and grim economics are among the factors.

20.03.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Push for below-market rental units in B.C. highrises is stupid, says UBC prof

Douglas Todd

Push for below-market rental units in B.C. highrises is stupid, says UBC prof Douglas Todd: Metro Vancouver residents are having to put up with uglier buildings and fewer amenities because highrise developers are promising to make 20 per cent of their units ‘affordable’

18.03.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Massive Jericho Lands development will be 20-times denser than its neighbourhood, architect says

Douglas Todd

Massive Jericho Lands development will be 20-times denser than its neighbourhood, architect says Douglas Todd: A public hearing is set for April on MST Partnership's disputed plan to house up to 28,000 people in 66 highrises in the westside Vancouver development.

13.03.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Canadian governments fail to stop money laundering because they want the cash, says law prof

Douglas Todd

Canadian governments fail to stop money laundering because they want the cash, says law prof Douglas Todd: "Once it is in the system, dirty money behaves just like clean money,” says law professor Sanaa Ahmed. Governments quietly rely on it to prop up the domestic economy.

11.03.2025 10

Douglas Todd

New Westminster is paying the price of becoming Canada’s second-densest city Douglas Todd: Overcrowded schools, rapidly rising property taxes and distressed boulevard trees amid downtown's towers are some of the downsides of this historic city’s swift-rising population, says a city councillor.

Douglas Todd

New Westminster is paying the price of becoming Canada’s second-densest city

Douglas Todd

Is it time to talk about reforming B.C.'s Agricultural Land Reserve?

28.02.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Is it time to talk about reforming B.C.'s Agricultural Land Reserve? Douglas Todd: Although it’s almost taboo to discuss opening up the ALR to housing, some argue it’s the key to combating unaffordability

28.02.2025 10

Douglas Todd

New Catholic archbishop for Vancouver region stresses reconciliation with First Nations

26.02.2025 10

Douglas Todd

New Catholic archbishop for Vancouver region stresses reconciliation with First Nations The incoming archbishop, Richard Smith, co-ordinated Pope Francis’s historic visit to Canada in 2022, when the pontiff, who is now in critical condition, apologized for the church's treatment of Indigenous people

26.02.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Makeshift dog parks hand Vancouver developers huge property-tax breaks

21.02.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Makeshift dog parks hand Vancouver developers huge property-tax breaks Douglas Todd: The U.S. developer of a chunk of land in Point Grey gets a $611,000 property tax reduction by making it available to dogs and gardeners. That's just the tip of what's going on across the region.

Douglas Todd

Should birthright citizenship be a global human right?

16.02.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Should birthright citizenship be a global human right?

16.02.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Three Vancouver Safeway developments: 'Overbuilding everywhere!'

Douglas Todd

Three Vancouver Safeway developments: 'Overbuilding everywhere!' Douglas Todd: Developers are pushing to build soaring rental buildings in part because the city no longer requires them to provide as many millions of dollars worth of amenities for rental buildings, say critics.

11.02.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Surrey buses 'absolutely packed' — and so is everything else, says Brenda Locke

Douglas Todd

Surrey buses 'absolutely packed' — and so is everything else, says Brenda Locke Douglas Todd: It’s not only bus drivers apologizing. So are staff at the city's only hospital. So are principals running overflowing schools in Surrey, the second fastest growing large municipality in Canada.

05.02.2025 10

Douglas Todd

It's time to end our obsession with bloated big cities, like Vancouver and Toronto

Douglas Todd

It's time to end our obsession with bloated big cities, like Vancouver and Toronto Douglas Todd: The future of housing affordability in Canada lies in providing support to mid-sized centres, such as Kamloops and Kitchener-Waterloo

Douglas Todd

Metro Vancouver has become a 'resort' that squeezes out locals, says major real-estate player

29.01.2025 10

Douglas Todd

Metro Vancouver has become a 'resort' that squeezes out locals, says major real-estate player Douglas Todd: “We’ve got a whole bunch of people, from all over the world, who use Vancouver as a resort,” says Ross McCredie, CEO of Sutton Group. “And you start thinking, ‘How can our kids compete to buy real estate?'"

Douglas Todd

Why does the B.C. government ignore this low-cost passenger rail network for the Fraser Valley?

Douglas Todd

Why does the B.C. government ignore this low-cost passenger rail network proposed for the Fraser Valley? Douglas Todd: A carbon-free, 99-kilometre light rail network that would connect many cities and communities untouched by the SkyTrain extension, is enthusiastically supported by public polling

Douglas Todd

China 'corruption' allegations hit $45 million real estate case in Metro Vancouver Douglas Todd: A wealthy family insists it's the rightful owner of more than seven Metro properties being claimed by the family of a man they allege is under investigation in China for corruption and money laundering.

Douglas Todd