{"id":38329,"date":"2025-08-07T12:40:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=38329"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:02:31","slug":"ucs-65-king-david-contemplates-the-future-of-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2025\/08\/07\/ucs-65-king-david-contemplates-the-future-of-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"UCS #65: King David contemplates the future of BC"},"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>\n<ul>\n<li>BC Premier\u2019s comments on judicial matters threaten rule of law. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawsociety.bc.ca\/news-and-engagement\/news\/bc-premier%E2%80%99s-comments-on-judicial-matters-threatens-rule-of-law\/\">https:\/\/www.lawsociety.bc.ca\/news-and-engagement\/news\/bc-premier%E2%80%99s-comments-on-judicial-matters-threatens-rule-of-law\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Premier Eby\u2019s proposed legislation won\u2019t cut red tape\u2014but will give him more power &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraserinstitute.org\/commentary\/premier-ebys-proposed-legislation-wont-cut-red-tape-will-give-him-more-power\">https:\/\/www.fraserinstitute.org\/commentary\/premier-ebys-proposed-legislation-wont-cut-red-tape-will-give-him-more-power<\/a><\/li>\n<li>B.C. municipalities join First Nations in criticism of tariff bills (<em style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Canadian Press<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">, 21-May-2025) \u2013&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/vancouver\/article\/bc-municipalities-join-first-nations-in-criticism-of-tariff-bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/vancouver\/article\/bc-municipalities-join-first-nations-in-criticism-of-tariff-bills\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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: BC Premier\u2019s comments on judicial matters threaten rule of law. https:\/\/www.lawsociety.bc.ca\/news-and-engagement\/news\/bc-premier%E2%80%99s-comments-on-judicial-matters-threatens-rule-of-law\/ Premier Eby\u2019s proposed legislation won\u2019t cut red tape\u2014but will give him more power &#8211; https:\/\/www.fraserinstitute.org\/commentary\/premier-ebys-proposed-legislation-wont-cut-red-tape-will-give-him-more-power B.C. municipalities join First Nations in criticism of tariff bills<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2025\/08\/07\/ucs-65-king-david-contemplates-the-future-of-bc\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;UCS #65: King David contemplates the future of BC&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8579,"featured_media":38332,"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":[11232,24,26,6670,11235],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-housing","category-neighbourhoods","category-politics","category-urban-design"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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