Making Development Work for Residents

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Published on Thursday, 06 September 2018 13:39

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Jeremy Loveday

PAOV --

No matter where you look, Victoria’s skyline is dotted with cranes: a clear sign that we are in the midst of a development boom. Meanwhile, the city is facing an acute affordability crisis.

I've been fighting for affordability since the day I was elected. Together, we secured $90 million for the Regional Housing First Program that will create 2000 units of housing, worked to assure housing units are used primarily as homes, and advocated against speculative investment in the housing market.

Our next challenge is to make real estate development work better for residents. For the past four years, I have been pushing for inclusionary zoning policies that would mandate affordable units in all new developments and calling for our community amenity contribution policies to be strengthened. Every development passed without these policies in place is a missed opportunity for our community.

New inclusionary zoning and community amenity contribution policies are set to come before Council in early September.

Please sign the petition to show Council and the City of Victoria that you think this should be a priority and to demand that residents get a fair deal out of development.

Thank you for your support. As always, please don't hesitate to get in touch with ideas, input, or concerns.

All the best,

Jeremy Loveday
www.jeremyloveday.ca

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Just TEN DAYS Left Before Energy Connections!

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Published on Wednesday, 05 September 2018 14:08

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It's time for fossil fuel polluters to pay their fair share

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Published on Tuesday, 04 September 2018 17:08

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[Sjsall] job opportunity and upcoming events

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Published on Tuesday, 04 September 2018 11:36

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Dear Friends of SJS,

Here are a couple of job opportunities and events that may be of interest to those in the social justice community:

NETOLNEW - Immediate opening: 1-2 Research Associate / Graduate (PhD) Research Assistant positions

Kwe', Shé:kon, Aanii, tânisi, Edlánet’e, Weytkp, ÍY SȻÁĆEL, G̱ilakas'la, Ha7lh Skwáyel (greetings),

We are looking for one or two Graduate (PhD) Student Research Assistants / Research Associates to join our SSHRC Partnership grant research project NEȾOLṈEW̱ ‘one mind, one people’ to fill the positions of Coordinator, Community Partner Research, and Coordinator, NEȾOLṈEW̱ Indigenous Language Learning Atlas (NILLA) project.

Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and we will interview suitable candidates without delay. Application deadline is 4:30pm September 30, 2018.

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[evoz] Lectures about Latin America at UVIC

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Published on Friday, 31 August 2018 11:03

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Lectures at University of Victoria

Tuesday Sept. 18, 11-12noon Sedgewick C168

“Mining and Socioenvironmental Conflicts in Colombia”

Claudia Puerta Silva (Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Universidad Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia,)

Abstract: Although the proportion of mining as a percentage of GDP decreased in 2017, it continues to be of key importance to the Colombian economy and was considered in the Development Plans of the last governments as the engine of the country’s development.

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