The short form video approach is clever for breaking down complex housing economcs. Your point about land constraints versus greed is spot on. People tend to default to moralizing the issue when the real problem is structural. The comparison with Edmonton makes it so much clearer why Vancouver's situation is diffrent.
Edmonton, also, is one cohesive city ... it expands concentrically slowly swallowing up unincorporated areas and is now, effectively, knocking on the door of St. Albert to the north-west, and Sherwood Park to the east. To my knowledge, they have no "ALR" type restrictions either. I heard recently that 25% of ALR land is not being farmed - I'm curious if you've heard the same or similar AND if you think the political will exists to make "adjustments" to this. With greenhouse technology and vertical farming, having thousands of hectares of land (in Delta largely growing blueberries for export, corn for cows, and potatoes) isn't as important for our food security any longer (in my opinion).
Excellent! Does Vancouver City Hall send up a plume of white smoke when they approve a new apartment building?
The short form video approach is clever for breaking down complex housing economcs. Your point about land constraints versus greed is spot on. People tend to default to moralizing the issue when the real problem is structural. The comparison with Edmonton makes it so much clearer why Vancouver's situation is diffrent.
Edmonton, also, is one cohesive city ... it expands concentrically slowly swallowing up unincorporated areas and is now, effectively, knocking on the door of St. Albert to the north-west, and Sherwood Park to the east. To my knowledge, they have no "ALR" type restrictions either. I heard recently that 25% of ALR land is not being farmed - I'm curious if you've heard the same or similar AND if you think the political will exists to make "adjustments" to this. With greenhouse technology and vertical farming, having thousands of hectares of land (in Delta largely growing blueberries for export, corn for cows, and potatoes) isn't as important for our food security any longer (in my opinion).
Love the video. Has a movie star like quality to it; looks good on you. Even reminds me a little bit of Zohran Mamdani