{"id":39009,"date":"2026-03-31T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=39009"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:25:43","slug":"ucs-92-if-youre-not-at-the-table-youre-on-the-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/03\/31\/ucs-92-if-youre-not-at-the-table-youre-on-the-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"UCS #92: If you\u2019re not at the table, you\u2019re on the menu"},"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<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Special address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, to the World Economic Forum<\/strong>&nbsp;(Davos, Switzerland, Jan 20, 2026) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/stories\/2026\/01\/davos-2026-special-address-by-mark-carney-prime-minister-of-canada\/\">https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/stories\/2026\/01\/davos-2026-special-address-by-mark-carney-prime-minister-of-canada\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Enactment of Vancouver\u2019s Official Development Plan (March 31, 2026)<\/strong>&nbsp;(The ODP results in prohibition of most public hearings in Vancouver.)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2026\/03\/31\/the-enactment-of-vancouvers-official-development-plan-march-31-2026\/\">https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2026\/03\/31\/the-enactment-of-vancouvers-official-development-plan-march-31-2026\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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: Special address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, to the World Economic Forum&nbsp;(Davos, Switzerland, Jan 20, 2026) \u2013&nbsp;https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/stories\/2026\/01\/davos-2026-special-address-by-mark-carney-prime-minister-of-canada\/ The Enactment of Vancouver\u2019s Official Development Plan (March 31, 2026)&nbsp;(The ODP results in prohibition of most public<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/03\/31\/ucs-92-if-youre-not-at-the-table-youre-on-the-menu\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;UCS #92: If you\u2019re not at the table, you\u2019re on the menu&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8579,"featured_media":39010,"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-39009","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 - 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