Mark Sakai 🍁

Mark Sakai 🍁

@marksakai.bsky.social

Housing government relations staffer, fan of good urban design, Lions STH, and committer of golfing atrocities. β›³ Canada🍁 is a proud sovereign nation, and always will be. More Housing Options, For More People, In More Places. Opinions are my own.

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The contrast between two speeches today: PM Carney's powerful address in Davos and Trump's aimless blabbering is so jarring that it's hard to believe that they're actually both speaking English.

Poilievre showing the nation on a live interview that he's learned no lessons over the past year, has no plan for Canada, and is not, in any way, someone that should be taken seriously as a future Prime Minister.

BC Ferries is a lightning rod. But it can't be easy to run an operation with so many routes, ships, personnel, a lot of aging equipment and challenging weather. And when you read stories like this, it shows that this is an organization with a heart, as well. vancouversun.com/news/kindnes...

vancouversun.com'It’s our pleasure': Small acts of kindness at B.C. Ferries soothe weary travellersOpinion: A very late night at Langdale ferry terminal turns into something special for passengers and crew alike.

If we want to really address our housing crisis, this is one of the many nuts we need to crack. Another great video by Uytae Lee.

Uytae Lee@uytaelee.bsky.social

I’m excited to share my latest video with Urbanarium, "Why It's So Hard to Mass-Produce Housing." Factory-built housing is a promising idea in theory, but it turns out to be a very complicated endeavor in practiceβ€”here’s why: youtu.be/26iVJfiDgP0?...

This is one of the best sm posters anywhere. So happy to see them here on the sane site!

All The Right Movies@alltherightmovies.com

CASABLANCA was released 82 years ago this week. One of the biggest and most iconic films to ever come out of Hollywood, the story behind the scenes is like the beginning of a beautiful friendship… 1/53

Turns out that when you invest billions in a transit system designed to get people to and from work in the downtown core, using it on off-peak hours and weekends for special events also works quite well. Who'da thought?

I'm not sure of the budgets (they must be considerable, given the national exposure), but I'm wondering what the taxpayers of these conservative-led provinces think about these high-rotation propoganda ads crowing "Scrap the Cap", and "Look how great we are in Ontario".

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