There isn't much difference between this fictional movie poster and the life and death drama surrounding "colours" in Vancouver - an emerging story that is directly connected to the top office in the city.
The Georgia Straight’s Charlie Smith, one of Vancouver’s top investigative journalists, continues to hit homeruns with his stunning exposé of Vision Vancouver’s troubling colour associations, and the frightening implications for our beloved city.
3 of these will soon be on the streets of Vancouver.
Just left this event. The cars look pretty snazzy, and the launch seemed like more than your typical corporate/government type of photo opportunity.
Media Advisory: Province of British Columbia, City of Vancouver, BC Hydro and Mitsubishi Motors
Electric cars delivered to Vancouver
November 18, 2009
The City of Vancouver and BC Hydro will receive three of North America’s first production-ready, highway-capable electric cars, the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, at a handover event:
When: Friday, November 20, 2009
11 am
Where: Sunset Community Centre
6810 Main Street
Blair Lekstrom, B.C. Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources will be joined by Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and representatives from BC Hydro for the car delivery. Mr. Tomoki Yanagawa, Vice-President of Sales/Marketing and Corporate Planning of Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada Inc. will represent the manufacturer.
Photographers will be able to capture images of the dignitaries, the new vehicles and a new public electric plug-in station at the Sunset Community Centre.
The Province of B.C., City of Vancouver and BC Hydro signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Canada and Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada Incorporated earlier this year to allow the cars to be demonstrated in B.C. Two cars will be added to BC Hydro’s fleet and the City of Vancouver will receive one.
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Here are some random thoughts from this pilot program:
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Vancouver’s West End is 204 hectares and is home to 44,000 people (as at 2006) and has increased 5.8% in the previous 5 years and 66% moved since the last census. 61% speak English as their mother tongue. The majority are in the 20-39 year old age group. 59% are one person households, with 8,710 families and an average household inome of $38,000. There is a total of over 28,000 private households.
“We’re really asking people to be respectful of the diversity of our community. People live down here because of the diversity, they feel safe within diversity, and that’s a really important value for us.” – Brent Granby, West End Resident’s Association
