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Government & Policy
Prime Minister Mark Carney has opened the door to potentially changing or abolishing the Indian Act, committing to work with First Nations on moving beyond the 150-year-old law that gives the Government of Canada extensi...
Government & Policy
Hullo Ferries has hired P&O Ferries executive Louisa Bell as its next permanent CEO, with her leadership role beginning in January 2027. Vancouver Island Ferry Company (VIFC), the company behind the privately-owned and o...
Government & Policy
It looks like Doug McCallum has dethroned Brenda Locke and will serve as the Surrey mayor for another four years. This is far from McCallum’s first rodeo, with 13 years of experience leading Metro Vancouver’s second most...
Government & Policy
To no one’s surprise, Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West has been re-elected to the position he has held since 2018. West, a popular figure in Port Coquitlam, hasn’t had much competition in previous elections, and in the las...
Government & Policy
Four of Vancouver’s top five mayoral candidates support extending SkyTrain to the University of British Columbia (UBC), but their commitments differ on how to advance the long-awaited project, which ultimately depends on...
Government & Policy
After running uncontested in the previous municipal election four years ago, two well-known Metro Vancouver mayors now have challengers. Brad West, who has been the mayor of Port Coquitlam since 2018 and served three ter...
Government & Policy
Private developers and non-profit housing organizations in British Columbia have joined forces ahead of the provincial general election, warning that rising costs are preventing them from building homes across a wide ran...
Government & Policy
Ken Sim is seeking re-election as Vancouver’s mayor, with public safety once again at the heart of his campaign. In August, prior to the municipal campaign period starting, Sim and his ABC Party voted to have a public sa...
Government & Policy
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) collects considerably less aviation-related revenue per passenger than several major for-profit airports overseas, according to a new report that urges the Government of Canada to st...
Government & Policy
With Ontario’s municipal election on Monday, October 26, voters across the GTA and Simcoe are hearing increasingly detailed debates about housing affordability, property taxes, infrastructure, development charges, and ho...
Government & Policy
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the federal government is mulling its options ahead of the expiry of Canada’s foreign homebuyers ban at the end of the year.
Government & Policy
Vancouver’s five leading mayoral candidates offered sharply different plans for reducing public disorder, controlling the escalating cost pressures of the City of Vancouver, and getting residential and commercial develop...
Government & Policy
Lorne Doerkson, the leader of the Conservative Party of B.C., announced the party’s public safety plan earlier today, promising to end open drug use in B.C.’s towns and cities. In a release, the party said that they will...
Government & Policy
Over the past few years, governments have taken important steps to improve housing affordability. Ontario and the federal government have worked together to significantly reduce development charges and lower the harmoniz...
Government & Policy
On October 26, voters across Ontario will elect the municipal leaders who will make some of the most important decisions affecting housing affordability and supply in their communities. This is a housing election, and vo...
Opinion
B.C. Premier David Eby already has the job, the majority power, and the authority to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s economic war. He has yet to explain convincingly why doing that job required interrupting the...
Government & Policy
Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk is proposing a new Fraser River waterfront destination and a cricket and rugby stadium as part of a push to bring major international sporting events to the city. Starchuk’s Imagine...
Government & Policy
The 2026 Municipal Election is a pivotal moment for housing policy. On October 26, voters across Ontario will elect mayors and councillors who have significant influence over how much housing gets built, where it gets bu...
Opinion
Written for Daily Hive Urbanized by Mike Starchuk, the Imagine Surrey candidate for Mayor of Surrey in the October 2026 civic election. A former MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale and a 32-year veteran of the Surrey Fire Service,...
Government & Policy
Small-scale infill projects have gone from a barely noticeable share of Toronto’s housing starts to a more meaningful one in just two years, according to a new analysis from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)...
Government & Policy
TRREB continues to address the growing impact of government taxes, fees, and charges on housing affordability across Ontario. Government-imposed costs can account for an estimated 30 to 36 per cent of the total cost of a...
Government & Policy
The City of Vaughan and Simcoe County announced substantial reductions to their development charges through the Ontario Development Charge Reduction Program (DCRP). These announcements highlight an important principle fo...
Government & Policy
Ontario’s highest provincial court has cleared a major legal obstacle to Premier Doug Ford’s plan to remove municipally-built protected bike lanes from several major busy streets within the City of Toronto. In an unanimo...
Government & Policy
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says he and his ABC Vancouver party colleagues have reached a “tipping point” over the city’s addictions and mental health crisis and the associated resulting public disorder, as he formally launc...
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