City Primer — Part 6: Why Civic Literacy Matters
Part six of a six-part series exploring how municipal government works in Vancouver: what cities do, how decisions are made, where municipal powers come from, and why local government often feels both intimate and difficult to navigate.
By Erick VillagomezMost people do not spend much time thinking about municipal government. They think about finding housing, getting to work, walking their children to school, meeting friends in a park, navigating construction, paying taxes, or wondering how their neighbourhood is changing. They think about the city itself—not the institutions that help shape it. Yet municipal government quietly influences many of those experiences every day. Throughout this series, one theme has returned repeatedly: cities... Read more
