Thread by @HeartAGlow

I have a serious ? #YYJ #YYJPoli . We're all debating/arguing #housing- what is the best path to get the results we want? BUT - how can we possibly agree on best route; if we haven't even discussed where we want to go? 1/

2/ I mean, really... think about it...
What is our destination?
What do we want #Victoria #YYJ to be now and in future?
How big?
How dense?
How many people?

3/I'm sure we can agree, that the need for housing keeps increasing, both from:
current residents (and I'll add former, who have been forced out)
AND rising demand from ppl wanting to move here to enjoy the west coast life style, climate.

4/ So-back to my question - how big do we want to be?
And importantly, who are we building for?
If we can't answer that.. then how can we possibly make *any* useful plans about growth?
#YYJ #YYJPoli #Housing #Affordability

5/ As I see it, we're just arguing like hikers lost on a trail: "go this way" "no go this way""my map is better than yours" "I'm a better navigator than you" ... but we don't even know where we're trying to go. #YYJ #YYJPoli #housing

6/ If we decide we want to become a #YYJ city of 1-5 million or more we'll need a different route than if we decide we want 200-500 thousand. (we're currently at approx 100T I think) #YYJPoli #Housing

7/It's not easy, probably not even likely,that as a group, we'll ever agree on an ultimate destination.
But surely,we need to try as a community, to work together to aim to reach a place that we can agree upon; so we can navigate together to reach it? #YYJ #YYJPoli #housing

8/ Then, we could at least tackle what to do now... to get to where we want to be. We've had so many ideas/proposals...and they all have relevance and logic; from the pov of the vision/the goal of those proposing them. #YYJ #YYJPoli #housing

9/ It's no wonder we're debating/arguing:
Some want to get to the place that ensures that everyone who resides here here now (including homeless) has affordable housing

10/ Some want to get to a place where there is enough housing, at any cost, that anyone who wants to and can afford to; buys here.

11/ and those are just the 2 sort of extremes:
There are many who want #YYJ to get to place which includes both those visions; and many more in between.

12/So, I ask, yet again.
When are we,#YYJ, going to have conversation about values and goals re #Housing which must (imo) be had *before* we can effectively adopt programs/processes (road map) of achieving them? #CartBeforeHorse #YYJPoli

13/ That's it. That's my question to #YYJ - to each+ every one of us, not only the #YYJElxn #YYJPoli candidates. How can we we expect any of them to somehow get us where we want to go: when each of us has a different destination in mind?

14/ I'll be very happy if anyone wants to chime in:
What do you want #YYJ to be?
How many people living here is ideal to you?
What people?That sounds horrid I know, but we need 2 ask ourselves:do we want to house ppl already here, or <build so as many ppl as want can move here?

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