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If your point is that there was a democracy before the Charter existed, sure, no one would argue against that. But if the Charter expressly allowed legislatures to override democratic rights by use of the notwithstanding clause, then we'd be in big, big trouble.

You can never have too many flags. Just ask that guy on Strathearn Drive.

I mean, it's been clear for a while that the modern conservative movement is willing to use and abuse power in a maximalist way. The old norms -- not attacking the judiciary, using the notwithstanding clause sparingly, letting independent commissions draw electoral maps, letting schools pick...

The notwithstanding clause is proving itself to be a horrifically bad inclusion in the Charter, but if it applied to s. 3 we would no longer have a functional democracy at all. It would be beyond catastrophic.

THANK GOD

Interestingly, I saw about 4 or 5 cops (not together) milling or standing around inside City Centre Mall during the lunch hour yesterday. Was notable to me only in the sense that they really stood out in a surprising way. I almost never see them walking a beat on the street, though.

Oh, I'm afraid the updated renders will be QUITE operational by the time @Avenuer arrives.

Really a lot of irony in this statement, given how beloved McPhee was by the UCP.

Agreed. Especially the "no taxpayer subsidy" part.

THE HORROR!!!!

Manulife was really the last vestige of "old downtown luxury retail" that simply doesn't exist anymore. As much as City Centre Mall's decline has marred downtown recovery, getting decent tenants back into Manulife is pretty damn important, too. I'm very curious about this whole thing.

Conversely, I think the minority report's recommendations are absolutely gerrymandering lol. And the UCP may decide to adopt that dogshit map over the majority's recommendations: https://bsky.app/profile/thebreakdownab.bsky.social/post/3micwy2moc22i

In which case Westrich has done Regency a major favor here.

Kind of a sign of how desperate ECC is for tenants to permit something like that, frankly.

Ah! An optimist, I see.

We're also sadly at a point where new movie theatres just aren't getting built anymore, almost anywhere. So, yeah, timing was a big negative here.

I see -- I didn't realize the mall-facing entrance was supposed to be a "true" exterior entrance. Thanks.

I'm also struggling to picture how that will work... the former Revolver space (which faced the food court, just like the gym) was just recently renovated into a dental clinic.

Go see it in person, dude.