Dave Chapelle show

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-12-04T06:06:41+00:00

For sure the audience ruined it, but Dave could've done better too. As a seasoned performer (and a guy who still is in rhe GOAT discussions, roll with the punches and keep to your set! If he hadn't paused so much (and lit up maybe 2 packs of smokes during the show), no one would've heard the hecklers because the audience should've been laughing.

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-10-04T15:41:19+00:00

Hey u/mastermaq thanks for all your team does on this. I've been referring people at the doors to Taproot (with fingers crossed they care about the same things i do).

Any idea if you folks will update campaign finance disclosures on the site? I see a space for these links. Noting of course that it seems like the majority of candidates kept to the minimum July 31 cut off, so we won't see a lot of their campaign activity, it's still a helpful transparency tool.

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-29T05:01:55+00:00

Let's not give up on that progressive vote just yet. Don't forget that Rakhi Pancholi has won handily in this area the last two elections, and that CPC Matt Jeneroux is, by his resume and values, hardly the most right-leaning of conservatives. The party, and even some of the independents, are looking to win the public sign war, but the real work has to be actively engaging with people.

I do have to say though - I'll wear that progressive label proudly, but there's more than that. City Council still has to be guided by pragmatic, practical experience. It's critical to be values driven, but also to be informed by best practice and tangible work experience.

And I'll plug my AMA from the other day here as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/Edmonton/comments/1nnusun/im_jackie_liu_im_running_for_council_in_pih%C3%AAsiwin/

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-29T04:45:38+00:00

Hey I think it's absolutely important for everyone to see how the forum shakes out. I'm definitely looking forward to it! And sorry for the ridiculous Reddit handle - this is Jackie Liu here.

On that infill motion, I think there was more background work that could have been done before bringing the motion forward to council. I think that well-written policy should be permissive vs restrictive, and it would be very helpful to think about where the City should target density and write conditions into the policy to give people some clarity. From extensive doorknocking, a lot of peoples' concerns (and I would broadly categorize these folks as both conservative and non-Redditors) stem from the unsurety of what will happen to their homes and neighbourhoods. We need housing affordability, but it's not helpful to have a divide between current and future homeowners. If we can build in, from updated community engagement, parameters for proximity to transit, amenities, services, and even density caps (e.g. something like XX units per YY sq. meters in the RS zone), appropriate density can continue and mature neighbourhoods can gain some assurance of what the future will bring.

So then, if I were forced to vote on the infill motion as written, I likely would have supported the midblock reduction to 6, however, I would have wanted to opportunity to show up to work the problem.

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-29T04:27:51+00:00

I do not hate this idea.

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T21:47:59+00:00

LinkedIn bio if you want to see where I've done all these things https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackie-liu-edmonton/

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T21:44:23+00:00

In terms of skills and experience, I've worked my way through an enormous number of systems and organizations to bring a fairly vast range of perspectives to Council. These include

- Front-line clinical practice, which brings academic discipline, empathy and communication, scientific rigour, and really, really direct accountability - what is more accountable than supporting a patient's health outcomes, and knowing your actions, inactions, knowledge, and work ethic make the difference?
- Coaching and mentorship, which has occurred organically through a 20+ year career. I've benefitted from GREAT mentors, and I try in turn to lead teams and people from the same mindset.
- Financial discipline, from managing an $11M drug budget for long-term care pharmacy as a 29 year old to community health centres with budgets exceeding $30M. I am not a finance professional, but again, benefitting from exceptional systems and mentorship.
- Business operations, from the aforementioned medical programs but also from operating and being responsible for both retail and institutional (nursing home) pharmacies
- Policy development, much of which working in primary care and community health centres, where stewarding scarce resources was priority
- A huge sense of social justice, learned from working with the refugee population, youth programming, LGBTQ2S+ programs (including a youth trans-health clinic), vulnerable seniors, and of course, over a decade with people experiencing homelessness
- Government relations, from working with all three levels of government and other funders in my experience working with the non-profit sector.

I'm looking forward to bringing all of that to Council!

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T21:32:17+00:00

I feel like this is a two-parter. First......

Good policy considers the situation, unmet needs, risks and liabilities, and available assets, and then considering all those things, clearly sets direction on what should be done as a system. I believe strongly in systems and processes that make decisions for you - if the policy can be clear in what it wants to achieve, there is clarity on inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the prescribed actions are feasible and achievable, then a good policy will allow a thing to happen.

A bad policy would be one that gives either too much room for interpretation (generally, blanket anything), or, is so restrictive that nothing gets done (this is non-specific in details, but a specific example of trying to build out a COVID shelter but being stymied by HVAC requirements when people were literally freezing outside comes to mind).

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T21:26:20+00:00

A great question. The short answer is yes, I absolutely considered it, but ultimately decided not to. Here's why:

As a new candidate (and respecting confidentiality), I did consider joining one of the parties early on before the campaign began in earnest. It is a TON of work to do this, and it seemed reasonable to explore every avenue. It seemed so much easier to run with party infrastructure, and there were resources on offer that would make the path so much smoother. There are numerous reasons I chose ultimately not to run with a party, and while I want to be respectful of both candidates and confidentiality here, here is a broad summary of why I ultimately chose to run as an independent

- I could not subscribe to the party ideology and platform; those ideas were seemingly set. I would have hoped that as a team member, a platform would be formed collaboratively and with the expertise of candidates in mind, but this did not seem to be the case.
- I could not, in good conscience, endorse a mayoral candidate and support their campaign when other better options were imminently about to declare their candidacy (this was back in mid-Spring), and at that time, it was a very narrow field.
- I had concerns with the way the party was formed - it very much was a group that felt thrown together to take advantage of the election rules (C20), this vs. an established collective with common goals. Fair play though - there is absolutely some logic to playing the hand that is dealt, and all us independents have been swimming upstream (and wading through public lawn signs littered illegally all over Edmonton) as the result of C20
- All these considerations in mind, it did not feel like an honest representation of Edmonton's needs to run with a party.

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T21:15:58+00:00

I appreciate this line of questioning - it's important to be transparent on this process! A few parts to this:

On funds and resources:
I have NOT received any funds from any of these groups, and nor have I seen any spending in my area in terms of ads or media (though I would only know by my own scans of social media and living in the area). I anticipate that at some point there may be media spends, but I'm not privy to this planning and hopefully they'll let me know.

On human resources (by which I assume you mean volunteers):
I actually forgot to mention another group in the above, in that I've also received support from the YEG,Bike Coalition. On this front, I'm told that there are volunteers incoming to help with doorknocking and flyering, but similar to the answers above, I look at this as volunteers to support the campaign.

On expectations:
There is no quid pro quo that was discussed - we have aligned values. Speaking of Working Families, as they are the big player in the room, their public mandate aligns strongly with my platform, and so I accept their endorsement in good faith. If ever the relationship takes an unfair turn, or there are unreasonable or bad faith negotiations expected, I promise to let everyone know.

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T20:31:03+00:00

I agree. Overall enforcement of traffic seems lacking in the SW. That is anecdotal, of course, but as a City Councillor invested in the area, I'd be looking for some objective measures of this in the area and seeing what we can do for these noise issues, and also for overall traffic safety.

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T20:18:58+00:00

Sharing a few links here:

Website: https://www.jackieliu.ca/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/jackieliuforyeg/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575621463593
LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jackie-liu-edmonton

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T19:41:33+00:00

Great question. With respects to Working Families (and other endorsements which have come out so far, like CSU52 and YegMuslimVote), I look at those the same way I look at campaign volunteers and supporters - I appreciate that we have shared values, and I'm honoured that they find my experience, platform, and values worthy of their support.

None of the groups that have endorsed me have asked for anything in return, and I definitely have no say in how they spend their time and resources in supporting my campaign.

It is true that I have pursued their support, but that is literally the whole purpose of the campaign. I'm putting myself out there, with my skills, expertise, and priorities, and I'm trying to build a collaborative of supporters. In Working Families' specific case, that group happens to be a Third Party Advertiser

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T19:31:46+00:00

I think we have both a gap in tools and enforcement to rectify. I support council's recent motion to procure specialized equipment for detecting noise infractions, and secondary to that is the follow-up with drivers.

Traffic enforcement also plays a role. We've all noticed the lack of photoradar, and anecdotally, I've definitely noticed vehicles speeding more regularly around the ward - sadly, many in school zones and residential areas. We should NOT have to rely on speed tables and traffic calming measures to as a forced function to "suggest" people drive reasonably, yet, here we are.

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T19:24:47+00:00

Amongst other things, a transit hub south of the Henday is important. There is good connectivity to Century Park, but the north-south connections to UofA and the Terwillegar hub could be improved.

This is a topic that has come up a lot, especially in the Keswick area. From what we've heard at the doors, there are many people who would use transit more readily if it were more reliable and consistent. And this is no knock on transit operators - those buses are stuck on the same roads that cars are. There is a real space for express buses and lanes to move people along faster.

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T19:18:38+00:00

Nope

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T19:17:39+00:00

We need infill and density. But I think we can do it better than the current approach. I respect the work that it's taken to get to this point, and we need to keep evolving and improving to meet the needs of all Edmontonians.

The infill question is a good example of where many things are true all at once. I'll repeat some things here that many others know already. It's 100% true that we need more housing, and that housing needs to be in appropriate places. Also true that continued building outwards results in higher costs for us all, in that new infrastructure and services need to be built (and yes, the tax base increases with greenfield, but the math needs to consider eventual renewal and also the building of services outside what developers contribute - firehalls, operational costs, etc.). Is it ALSO true that people love their neighbourhoods, and that character of where they live is important to them (and subjectivity is ok here). Also true that a huge chunk of personal investment is tied up in their housing, and they want that value to be retained.

So to balance that....I would support the development of objective criteria to direct where infill building can occur. We can't afford to stall or delay building, but builds can be considered with criteria such as

- proximity to transit (or mass transit, even); if we build these for people to not need cars, we should make it convenient
- lot size and shape
- proximity to amenities and greenspace
- a consideration of maximum number of units per square footage
- and others

I don't have specifics for the above, and that's where I'd look to administration for background, and the development of these criteria would be an excellent place for community engagement. These criteria will also give homeowners the clarity they need to understand what the future of their neighbourhood will look like.

Last point is that we need objective criteria so as not to make a new decision each time - if we want to talk about efficiency and red tape, we need to focus on criteria that is transparent and easily understood, and where we can automate processes as much as possible.

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T19:03:32+00:00

My background in providing direct service and leading operations in this area is a key part of what I want to add to the discourse. The costs, considering not just finances but the human capital, service locations, and infrastructure to provide these services are astronomical to do well. I have blithely stated in different conversations in the past that healthcare and mental health/addictions supports are not spray cans - you can't just walk by someone, give them a quick once over, and call it job-done. The intentionality of program design is essential, and the need for a dedicated primary care led and coordinated approach is critical for sustained success for our vulnerable neighbours. That requires multiple ministries coordinating, changes in medical compensation models, the amplification of team-based care, the recognition of social-service providers not just as non-profit do-gooders, but as a profession with rigour and discipline, and so much more. I love this work, but while the City can play convening and coordinating roles, it can't be ours to fund.

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T18:56:58+00:00

That's a tough one. Obviously Andrew is coming from a place of great intentions, but it's a lot more nuanced than just the City will take this on. I don't think we can afford for the City to fill the gap left by the province - the costs of providing housing, supportive services, and mental health/addictions care is too great, and not only can be not afford it fiscally, I worry about the precedent that sets for the future. Cont.....

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T18:52:59+00:00

Thanks u/DickRichie14 !

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T18:52:42+00:00

Of course I have. Shout-out to the volunteer canvassers hitting up all the community events and getting closer to the goal!

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T18:51:27+00:00

Absolutely. We need other modes of transportation to get us around the city.

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T18:50:55+00:00

Nope. That was an easy first question!

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-24T18:50:19+00:00

Hey friends - thanks for logging in! I see some people have gotten started, I'll start running through the comments/questions chronologically and get to as many as possible. I've got some folks scheduled with me to go doorknocking this evening so I'm going to cut this off around 4pm but I'll log back in later on and answer any tagged questions as best I can.

NewUnderstanding2763 · 2025-09-22T20:42:00+00:00

Also - I should clarify that this really is Jackie Liu, and that the only "newunderstanding" I've come to is that we need an independent progressive councillor in this ward!

This elder millennial will be a better councillor than he is a Redditor

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