{"id":38140,"date":"2025-05-15T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=38140"},"modified":"2025-05-17T02:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T09:15:08","slug":"ucs-53-priorities-eh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2025\/05\/15\/ucs-53-priorities-eh\/","title":{"rendered":"UCS #53: Priorities, Eh?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36965\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-600x72.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-600x72.png 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-768x92.png 768w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-940x113.png 940w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate.png 1250w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>See our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2024\/05\/20\/urban-cartoon-syndicate-introduction-and-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Launch and Introduction<\/a>&nbsp;about the launch of the \u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2024\/05\/20\/launch-of-urban-cartoon-syndicate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement by CityHallWatch<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>Related Readings:<\/em><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-setdir=\"false\">\n<ul class=\"ydp1a62085wp-block-list\" dir=\"ltr\" data-setdir=\"false\">\n<li>\u2018We just want this done\u2019: Vancouver mayor vents frustration over province not abolishing park board fast enough&#8221;&nbsp;When the B.C. government made dozens of changes last week to the Vancouver charter, there was no mention of the city\u2019s park board, 18 months after the mayor and his ABC-majority council sought its abolition (7-May-2025) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/vancouver-park-board-mayor-ken-sim-bc-government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/vancouver-park-board-mayor-ken-sim-bc-government<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Throne speech focuses on economic security in face of Trump tariffs&nbsp;(18-Feb-2025) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/releases\/2025PREM0006-000119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/releases\/2025PREM0006-000119<\/a><\/li>\n<li>All-candidates townhall: \u201cOn the proposed removal of the elected Park Board, [David Eby seeking re-election] said it was very unlikely this would be a priority for the province before the next municipal election\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2024\/10\/16\/bc-election-video-summary-candidates-townhall-vancouver-kits-point-grey-12-oct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2024\/10\/16\/bc-election-video-summary-candidates-townhall-vancouver-kits-point-grey-12-oct\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See our&nbsp;Launch and Introduction&nbsp;about the launch of the \u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the&nbsp;announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: \u2018We just want this done\u2019: Vancouver mayor vents frustration over province not abolishing park board fast enough&#8221;&nbsp;When the B.C. government made dozens of changes last week to the Vancouver charter, there was no mention of the<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2025\/05\/15\/ucs-53-priorities-eh\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;UCS #53: Priorities, Eh?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8579,"featured_media":38141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spacing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UCS #53: Priorities, Eh? 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