August 23, 2010 - 11:28 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
In Montreal getting my fill of smoked meat and other Montreal goodies, but this story from this morning’s Province is great news for local tourism-related businesses which have really been struggling since the close of the Olympics.
This definitely lends to the theory that if you build it, they will come. Once again, the Canadian side of the equation had better get their shit together if we are going to take advantage of the money ($8 billion) that Obama has put on the table.
The minor details like cost of customs changes are petty, and I am happy tha the BC government is at least pushing for ease to allow Amtrak to proceed with its plans. Now it is a matter of getting the federal government to shift their attention to Vancouver-Seattle-Portland over Windsor-Quebec City or even Edmonton-Calgary (which I still don’t quite understand in terms of its place on the list of priorities).
Ok, more later on in the day. Off to Schwartz’s.
October 26, 2009 - 9:39 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
CivicScene’s examination into the the potential rewards available at the municipal level in Canada’s three largest cities, as well as the means to access them, begins today with a breakdown of the issue of services being contracted out.
Is this the thinking behind Vancouver's City Hall in-progress transformation?
There seems to be three main targets for the “rewards” of civic government – real estate, community grants and services that are being contracted out.
But with the filth that is emerging in Montreal over multi-million dollar civic contracts, it seems like the most obvious place to start.
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October 22, 2009 - 9:31 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
Yesterday I dealt with the rocky road that MMA has had to encounter in Vancouver over the past few years. Today I want to delve into what I outlined as the three most pressing issues that City Council will have to consider in the vote that is now expected sometime in November:
- Safety
- Liability
- Economic Impact
While at one point these might have been considerations that Council could use as justification for delaying the return of professionally sanctioned fights to Vancouver, the concerns have largely been alleviated by the facts.
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