17 March 2016 – Happy St. Patrick’s day! My questions, with my Grade Eight green tie on, to the notional Mayor of the University Endowment Lands about community issues there. Water, infrastructure, governance, all canvassed in some detail.
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Video: Watch David’s Full Emergency Housing Town Hall Meeting
If you couldn’t make David’s Emergency Housing Town Hall meeting last night, not to worry. We have a recording available in full here below. With approximately 650 attendees at the Hellenic Hall, we heard from many passionate speakers from across the …
The Globe and Mail: B.C. housing affordability crisis is regionwide, says David Eby
March 17, 2016 | Frances Bula Quoted from the article: It’s not just Vancouver residents who are angry and frustrated about increasingly out-of-control housing costs, says an NDP MLA leading the charge on the issue. The much bigger scope of …
Van Mag Q&A: David Eby on our hot housing market
March 17, 2016 | Max Fawcett Quote from the article: “You’ve used the word crisis to describe what’s going on in the housing market. Why is it a crisis, from your perspective? It all depends on where you’re sitting in …
CBC: Vancouverites sound off about real estate prices at town hall
March 17, 2016 | Maryse Zeidler Quoted from the article: Hundreds of people attended a town hall on Wednesday evening to address concerns about Metro Vancouver’s real estate market. The standing-room-only event, organized by NDP MLA David Eby, was packed …
David Eby’s Open Letter to BC Real Estate Council Advisory Group
February 23, 2016 David Eby wrote a letter to member of the BC Real Estate Council’s independent Advisory Group. The independant Advisory Group named Carolyn Rogers, Superintendant of BC Real Estate, as their Chair on February 9, 2016 with the mandate to …
Georgia Straight: Real-estate panel chair says David Eby’s FINTRAC allegations will be part of the review
Feb 24, 2016 | Charlie Smith | Georgia Straight Quoted from the article: On February 23, Eby wrote a letter to Rogers and the other advisory-group members saying B.C. needs an “investigative body, not an opinion panel”. “Too often, whether …
David in Question Period: BC Liberal government applauds high housing prices hurting Metro Vancouver firms
February 16, 2016 – During this remarkable exchange in the legislature, the BC Liberal government actually applauds that Metro Vancouver technology firms are having trouble recruiting workers because of out of control local housing prices.
CBC: Eby applauds opportunity for 3 B.C. First Nations’ plan to buy Jericho land parcel
Feb 12, 2016 | CBC Quoted from the article: David Eby, the New Democrat MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey, said he hopes there is a high level of consultation, so that eventually affordable housing can be provided there. “I think this is …
The Province: B.C. NDP urges major probe of practices of some Metro Vancouver realtors Government asleep at switch amid ‘serious allegations,’ says Eby
By Jennifer Saltman, The Province From the article: The B.C. NDP says the provincial government needs to do a formal, arm’s-length investigation into allegations that some Metro Vancouver realtors are engaging in dubious practices and contributing to an unsustainable housing …