Weston

Owner operator Jimmy's Mechanical & Jimmy's Pool hall.

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

@Dave_Eby So your asking the billionaires to fix what @adriandix f’ed up instead of just doing your job and making it right. Another reason we loose business’s to Alberta. @Dave_Eby

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

@JordanKealyPRN @RobShaw_BC @bcndp @BCConservCaucus Hey @JordanKealyPRN how’s your court case going?

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

@gavindew Thanks @gavindew for spotlighting the issue @GraceALore “let’s debate the path forward” that all your government does talk wasting billions while you do it. Do better your self. This is what Kelowna residents and tourists see every day. With no end in sight.

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

@SuttieBryan @JasJohalBC 😂

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

@CastanetNews Maybe @cityofkelowna should roll back the mayor and councillors 15% & 35% self appointed raise from last year and keep fees the same, you know for the good of the community…

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

What the f is this bull shit @Google @googlecanada @ParksCanada

No state parks here!!

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

Two questions asked.. 0 questions answered.. #bcdebate off to a good start.. 🤦‍♂️ #bcpoli

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

@Spencer__W__ @JoshuaKnaak @WestJet Maybe @pablorodriguez should actually step up for Canadians and hold these airlines accountable.

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

@AirCanada is there any particular reason you didn’t get wifi on the MAX 8’s

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

Just fyi @WestJet you are not getting any better.

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

@CityNewsVAN @Dave_Eby @adriandix these clowns will continue to destroy this province with there tone deaf attitude and government over reach.

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

@KahlonRav 🤡 for sure 👍

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

@yvrairport Great but let’s not forget that time people were stuck on a plane for 11 hours.. but yea your the best…

https://t.co/wiuoU4KCVw

[Todd Stone @toddstonebc]

There are serious allegations about potential “kickbacks” taking place in the admin of the @bcndp clean energy grant program. Yet, David Eby’s NDP voted down our BC United motion calling for an independent investigation and audit into this fiasco. Watch this video! #bcpoli

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

It’s pretty clear @Dave_Eby Dosen’t care about BC and its citizens the @bcndp will continue to run this province into poverty and bankruptcy for the average citizen while pandering to corporations and their own self interest.

[Conor in BC @conorsvan1]

Vancouver and BC are about to get a HARD lesson in unintended consequences if this Short Term rental bill goes through as written because it includes a critical change that few have noticed

This change will go into Law on May 1st.

At that stage, BC will have defined Short term rentals as 90 days and levied a death knell to the Movie & Tech industries, eliminated temporary housing for insurance companies in the event of fires & floods and rendered new immigrants or summer students unable to find accommodation prior to arrival in Vancouver.

I would suggest that @Dave_Eby outline how he expects people in the following categories to live in a province where the minimum rental term in defined in law as 90 days at a time.

Temporary workers such as those in the Movie industry or those on temporary placement in multinationals like the tech industry. The Circe du Soleil rent apartments for hundreds of staff when they visit every second year on a 3 month term. Deadpool brought in over a thousand staff for 10 weeks of filming in 2020.

New immigrants (Mostly tech workers) who rent a place for a month or two while they search for a permanent home. They cannot secure a property over Craiglist / traditional markets because of the risk of scammers so Short Term platforms act as a trusted custodian for those who cannot view a property but still need to pay upfront to secure it.

People who have had a fire, flood or are undertaking a renovation project and need to vacate their homes for repairs. This is a massive category of demand. All locals, all in need of shorter but not short term accommodation.

Vancouver snowbird emigrants who used to maintain a property here & have rented it due to the EHT, now rent monthly to come home in the summers.

There are other categories, like retirees visiting families for an extended term, but these segments are the main ones making up 80% of the demand. None of them are tourist type requirements & removing the option would create hardship for locals that are already struggling or damage the economy. I fear it would prevent the movie industry from considering Vancouver at all as a viable location if they cannot house staff.

Vancouver is not a small provincial city, the requirements of our population are different, & Vancouver needs some level of temporary accommodation.

The only winners here will be the hotels who already capitalized on the prior restrictions by doubling prices.

Those prices are not manageable for extended terms on months on end, in particular for families who need 2 or 3 rooms. A summer two month rental in the Burrard, a 3 star hotel would be priced at $21,000 right now. What will it be when it has to cater for every temporary accomodation need after these regulations go into play?

#VanPoli

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

What the F is this? @cityofkelowna more pandering to corporate greed, to support your pay raise. Won’t even try to step up to province to support its own citizens, but hey let’s support a “hotel” for short term rentals.

https://t.co/t5zIhIdl0y

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

@JmanHoDL @CastanetNews 😂 😂

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

@CastanetNews Maybe If we start paying them we might actually get some competent people, @MaxineDehart why do you think you deserve a raise?

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

@BCAA This is the best Perk
Of them all!!

[Weston @Jimmyspoolhall]

@GlobalBC Sure if the @BCTruckingAssoc wants to pay for this to make up for their inept members then have at it, but shouldn’t be the responsibility of tax payers.