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Planning director’s departure increases daily online edition
BUSINESS TODAY
Vancouver city development uncertainty Telus gets into electronic
medical records
Telus Corp. (TSX:T) is
moving into the electronic
Builders call for radical policy changes to accompany any new Vancouver city-planning regime medical-records market,
following the acquisition
chain of command, such as
of Vancouver cloud-based
By Glen Korstrom the mayor, the mayor’s chief
electronic medical-record
of staff Mike Magee and city
provider Wolf Medical
D evelopers hope the City
of Vancouver’s January
31 firing of planning director
manager Penny Ballem.
The city said in a state-
ment that it’s embarking
Systems.
Vancouver-based Telus
announced that it plans to
Brent Toderian will change on an international search
use the acquisition to launch
how it extracts money to pay to find a planning director
a new line of business
for community amenities within six months.
within Telus Health Solu-
and make it easier to develop City hall watchers such
tions, called Telus Physician
projects in the city, which as CityCaucus.com blog-
Solutions.
issued $1.7 billion worth of ger Mike Klassen believe
Thursday, february 2
building permits in 2011. that the city’s next top plan-
Mayor Gregor Robert- ner will be “malleable” to
YYoga announces
son told media that he didn’t whatever Vision Vancouver
expansion plans
think Toderian was the right wants.
Vancouver-based yoga and
leader to spearhead new af- “What does Vision Van-
wellness company YYoga
fordable housing initiatives. couver want to do?,” he
has announced plans to
Some developers interpret said. “That’s the $64,000
expand the company in Van-
that as a positive sign that question.”
couver and into Toronto.
the mayor wants to make it After council endorsed
The expansion will be
Dominic Schaefer
easier to develop residential Toderian’s firing in an in-
supported by $9 million led
projects. camera meeting, Robertson
by institutional investors
Others, however, say that told reporters that council’s
Fiore Capital Corp. and
Robertson and his recently agenda was “housing afford-
Beedie Capital Partners.
re-elected majority Vision ability and economic de-
Founded in 2007, the
Vancouver council are ideo- Brent Toderian in 2010 with a model of a downtown office tower proposal: firing of Vancouver City’s velopment integrated into
company operates seven
logically driven to sock it to planning director has resurrected debate over its development practices and costs planning.”
centres in B.C. It will open
developers, so the new plan- Achieving results on
two new Vancouver loca-
ning director is unlikely to seeming arbitrary nature at, exactly what you can af- MacDonald Develop- those fronts will take more
tions in the next 12 months.
make radical changes. of how much they have to ford to pay for your land.” ment Corp. principal Robert diplomacy than Toderian
Thursday, february 2
“I expect change,” said give. Sometimes the CAC is McAllister has aban- MacDonald has gone further. typically showed, according
Ledingham McAllister based on the increased value He’s refusing to develop any- to Bob Ransford, Counter-
NowPublic.com
president Ward McAllister, of a property since 2009; “We’ve got $300 million of thing in Vancouver until city point Communications
co-founder launches
whose company has de- sometimes it’s based on the hall radically changes and Inc. consultant and urban
chore-solving site
veloped real estate in Van- property’s value in 2011. The business in Calgary where simplifies its CAC process. designer.
A co-founder of Vancouver
couver since 1905. difference can be huge. “We’ve got $300 million “We’re no longer talk-
success story NowPublic.
“The community amenity “There’s so much uncer- the system is predictable of business in Calgary, where ing about developments on
com is launching a website
contribution (CAC) program tainty in this business. The the system is predictable and a large scale,” he said. “With
for people who need help
at the city of Vancouver has one thing you don’t want to and there is no extortion” there is no extortion,” he developments within neigh-
with tasks and chores.
to be completely revamped.” be uncertain about is how said. bourhoods, and on small-
Michael Tippet’s
That program forces de- much the city wants to par- – Robert MacDonald, “It became better when er sites, we’re going to have
Ayoudo.com has nearly
velopers to give the city 70% ticipate,” McAllister said. principal, they kicked Brent Toderian to broker more trade-offs.
1,000 members so far.
to 80% of the profit realized “Burnaby is probably the MacDonald Development out of here. He used to be a That will require a level of
Thursday, february 2
when properties are rezoned best CAC model in the re- planner in Calgary and the diplomacy that balances the
to accommodate more valu- gion. There are base densities complaint file on him from interests of residents, the de-
Full stories and other
able land uses. The city then on sites. If a rezoning in- doned the four projects that developers was a foot thick.” velopment community, pol-
local business news at
invests the money in social creases the allowable density, he recently wanted to de- MacDonald doubts that iticians, planners and all of
www.biv.com/businesstoday
housing, day care or heritage the City of Burnaby par- velop along the Cambie cor- significant policy change the stakeholders.” •
restoration. ticipates in that increase in ridor and has vowed not to will occur in the city’s plan- gkorstrom@biv.com Daily business news
What infuriates develop- density through a very de- develop another project in ning department because direct to your inbox!
ers more than the size of the fined program as a percent- Vancouver that requires a Toderian was acting under (See Peter Mitham, 16, and Sign up at
required “voluntary” con- age of market value. You rezoning until there is more the authority of decision- Peter Ladner, 32, for more on www.biv.com/newsletters
tributions, however, is the know exactly where you are clarity in the process. makers higher up the city’s Brent Toderian.)
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Gaming financiers battle over
$4.2 billion casino in Vietnam
Investors’ BC Supreme Court action alleges onerous loan terms for resort development
By Jenny Wagler None of the allegations that the company expects to
have been proved in court. complete its next phase on
I nvestors in Vancouver-
based casino developer
Asian Coast Development
In an email responding
to the civil claim, Lloyd
Nathan, CEO of ACDL,
schedule.
While Nathan said that
the 2009 global financial
Ltd. (ACDL) a re f ight- said: “ACDL is not a party to crisis and the current eco-
ing in BC Supreme Court that recent filing and is not nomic instability have cre-
over loan terms they al- in a position to comment on ated challenges for projects
lege amount to investor a dispute before the courts like ACDL’s, he expressed
misconduct. among its shareholders.” confidence in the project’s
ACDL is building a $4.2 He added that the project future.
billion casino development is “progressing rapidly” and “With half of the world’s
in Ho Tram, Vietnam, and population, 5% of the world’s
plans to open the first of five ”With half of the world’s gaming licences, and a
planned resorts, the MGM pent-up demand for gam-
Grand Ho Tram, in Febru- population, 5% of the ing, there is a significant
ary 2013. demand [and] supply im-
On January 18, a group world’s gaming licences, balance in Asia, and it con-
of the company’s Cayman tinues to set the pace for the
Islands and U.S.-based in- Far East gamble: a rendering of Asian Coast Development Ltd.’s MGM Grand Ho Tram, which is and a pent-up demand world in terms of growth
vestors filed suit against scheduled to open next year in the gaming industry,”
Cayman Islands-based Har- for gaming, there is a he said. “There are limited
binger Capital Partners with economic relations. equivalent to 50% interest, the company into a manage- short- to medium-term op-
Master Fund I, Ltd. and its The court document al- compounded annually, in ment shakeup and further significant demand [and] portunities for the creation
subsidiary, Luxembourg- leges that the defendants, the first two years and 42.5% onerous loan terms. of large-scale integrated re-
based Harbinger Capital with a $35 million invest- in the subsequent three. The plaintiffs claim both supply imbalance in Asia” sorts in Asia, and the Ho
Investments S.a.r.l. The ment in ACDL, unlawfully It also claims that, when loans caused “immediate Tram Strip in Vietnam rep-
plaintiffs are seeking dam- pressured ACDL into en- ACDL needed a further detriment” to ACDL, “to the –LLoyd Nathan, resents the next big step for
ages for what they claim to tering into a $3 million loan $12.5 million loan in 2010, ultimate detriment” of the CEO, growth in the region.” •
be unlawful interference agreement in 2009 on terms the defendants pressured plaintiffs. Asian Coast Development jwagler@biv.com
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ment relations, added that the men’s union have historic-
latest agreement creates “a ally proved as challenging
turn your next
tremendous commercial ad- as those with the longshore Robin Silvester, president and
vantage” for Canada’s Asia- locals. He noted that in ear- CEO of Port Metro Vancouver:
Pacific Gateway. ly 2009, during the previous “we’ve had this cycle of
“It certainly goes a long round of negotiations with
brainstorm session
three-year contracts during
way to dispelling the myth the foremen’s union in 2009, which there are two years of
associated with the Gate- shipping companies diverted negotiation and a one-year
way in terms of labour un- cargo to rival U.S. ports. breather”
into a hurricane.
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he said, referring to the strike; there wasn’t. Not be- three-year contracts during
port’s long history of labour cause there was a lockout; which there are two years of
tensions. there wasn’t – but because negotiation and a one-year
Vurdela said last year’s there was uncertainty be- breather,” he said.
agreement has already helped cause the negotiations were “We’ve now got an agree-
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He added that the latest agree- said. the parties to sit down and
ment significantly improves Silvester called the fore- talk about what they need
port employers’ business men’s agreement a “great to work on together to con-
pitch to the Asian market. achievement” and said both tinue to make this one of the
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6. 6 NeWs Daily business news at www.biv.com February 7–13, 2012
full disclosure
There’s no business like show
business, and in the new digital world
sometimes there’s no business at all
The rush to develop more online content for TV shows is providing audiences with a richer interactive
experience, but local producers are struggling to find a business model that works in the Internet age
this transition period.”
At Omni Film Productions
Ltd., which has carved out a strong
local reputation for its interactive
content for its Ice Pilots NWT TV
series, partner and executive pro-
ducer Gabriela Schonbach echoed
Bromley’s cautious optimism to-
ward the digital trend.
“It’s good and bad,” she said.
“There are times when we have
to do something to satisfy cer-
tain requirements from both our
broadcaster clients and our fund-
ing agencies. But at the same time,
there are plenty of times we want
to do something because we know
it adds so much value and that it
has revenue potential down the
Dominic Schaefer
Dominic Schaefer
line.”
Schonbach said the biggest
challenge of going digital is the
extra time and money producers
need to devote to exploiting a sec-
Gabriela Schonbach, partner and executive producer, Omni Film Productions Moyra Rodger, president and CEO, Magnify Digital: developed software to help ondary platform. She said that
Ltd.: digital content can drive a show’s brand and help producers land crucial TV producers exploit digital platforms - and hold their own in digital rights even after a producer has accessed
additional seasons negotiations with broadcasters available funding for digital pro-
jects, producers might need to
By Jenny Wagler model, Rodger leveraged a mar- the ass, but to encourage broad- ”It gets people talking, and invest anywhere from $10,000 to
keting background and digital casters to enter into this new $50,000 into a project.
M oyra Rodger always says
she got off the plane before
it crashed.
know-how she’d accrued as a pro-
ducer to launch digital strategy
company Magnify Digital Inc. in
universe,” said Nathalie Cler-
mont, CMF director of program
management.
it’s really helped television”
– Gabriela Schonbach,
Bridging the gap
Besides the challenge of drum-
The plane was B.C.’s film and 2007. While Rodger has continued Clermont said the new require- executive producer, ming up extra capital, producers
television production industry. to operate Out to See, she said her ments have spurred innovation Omni Film Productions are having to increase their digital
The crash was the crisis of recent focus has been squarely on Mag- among television producers. But know-how to create multi-plat-
years, as recession, tax disadvan- nify, which provides digital strat- she noted that there’s still some form TV project concepts.
tages and Toronto-focused indus- egy services and has developed push-back from cash-strapped This is where Rodger believes
try consolidation have steadily software to help the public rela- producers across Canada, particu- she can empower the industry and
drained the pool of work for B.C.’s tions industry go digital. larly from those who focus on one- drive her own company forward.
producers. And now, in a twist of fate, off live events, for which creating Magnify Digital is in the midst of
But if Rodger saw the crash television’s digital revolution has online content can be a dispropor- adapting its digital strategy soft-
coming, it was because she and her brought Rodger back into the pro- tionate expense. ware for TV producers.
company Out to See Entertain- duction world – but this time, she “We still feel some resistance.” Rodger, who hopes to have the
ment Inc. had too long been vic- said, with a lifeline to throw an software on the market in early
timized by a “distasteful” power industry still struggling with a Vancouver players 2012, said the tool will help pro-
imbalance between producers and broken business model. In Vancouver, television producers ducers build multi-platform TV
broadcasters. For Rodger, the last have been making their peace with pitches for shows when money is
straw was Out to See’s deal to film Digital revolution the new requirements. tightest – at the concept stage, be-
a live Anne Murray show for the While TV viewers have for years “Like most things, when you fore any show funding has been
CBC five years ago. clamoured for more online con- get told, ‘You have to do this,’ lined up.
“It finished me off.” tent to accompany shows, the there’s always this feeling of ‘Oh, Roger said the ALERT-TV+
Rodger said the deal required major push for Canadian TV pro- is this the right thing, how are software will allow producers to
her to re-invest 90% of the produc- ducers to go digital came in April we doing this, how is it going to gauge the size and interests of the
tion’s tax credits back into finan- 2010. Directed by the Depart- work?’ It feels a bit unnatural,” online audience for a show and
cing the show. ment of Canadian Heritage, the said Rob Bromley, partner and thus pitch broadcasters more ef-
“The deal was ridiculous, and Canada Media Fund (CMF), the president of Vancouver-based fectively, all for a licensing fee set
as an independent, I took a lot of industry’s key federal funding production company Force Four within producers’ reach.
risk.” agency, began mandating a digital Entertainment. “You can go to a broadcaster
Swearing off TV production’s component to TV projects. “I would say though that we’re and say, ‘There’s a million moms
broadcaster-dependent business “It was a real kick, not to say in all going there ... willingly. It’s just in Canada talking about how they

7. February 7–13, 2012 Business in Vancouver News 7
full disclosure
advising producers to nego-
tiate hard to keep as many
rights as possible or ensure
that broadcasters pay well
for them and are committed
to exploiting them.
Mary Quinn is a digit-
al strategist with Switch
United. The Vancouver-
based interactive enter-
tainment studio is behind
Omni’s online Ice Pilots
content and, by many ac-
counts, the current go-to Mary Quinn, digital strategist
digital media company for with Switch United: advises
Vancouver’s TV producers. producers to keep ownership
Quinn said she’s advis- of key online content, such
ing producers to maintain as Facebook page and fans,
Created by Switch United, the ownership of key online to facilitate the international
digital content for the Omni content such as a show’s Fa- distribution of a TV show
Film Productions’ Ice Pilots NWT cebook page and fans.
TV series has earned Omni a “Often the broadcast- few years, producers’ luck
reputation as a local leader for ers want to take the rights may be turning. One ex-
multiplatform TV content to everything they can on- ample, she said, is the terms
line,” she said. “If you can of trade agreement that the
thus far, a web-driven brand own the Facebook page and Canadian Media Produc-
lift has been a more signifi- all of your fans there, you’re tion Association signed
cant gain than new online in a much stronger pos- earlier this year with five
revenue streams. Bromley ition if you sell [the show] private-sector Canadian
can’t get their toddlers to eat agencies is that producers pointed out, for example, internationally.” broadcasters, a deal that’s
vegetables. This would be a come in and they don’t have that social media channels But with online monet- widely expected to give pro-
great concept for a show.’” a clue; they say they want ‘a have proved an effective and ization models still shaky, ducers more negotiating
Besides identifying the game.’ Instead, the conver- relatively cheap promotion- Clermont said broadcast- leverage when they’re deal-
online market demand for sation could be: ‘These are al tool for the industry. ers have been scooping up ing with broadcasters. (See
a show, she said, the soft- our objectives. Here’s why early days for monetizing “It’s a great way to pro- digital rights for cheap. “Entertainment producers
ware helps producers craft we think a game could work. producers’ web content. But mote television,” he said. “It “Since there’s not a lot of hail rights deal as huge vic-
a strategy that leverages And what about something she said Omni is seeing rev- gets people talking, and it’s money to make from these tory” – issue 1138, August
digital tools, such as social like [Vancouver-based tech enue opportunities with really helped television.” rights right now and the 16-22.)
media or online games. The company] Pug Pharm’s online advertising and e- And Schonbach said that business models are not E x ploited cor rec t ly,
strategy-building process, new platform that does A, commerce that range from heightened brand awareness really tested, the value seems Rodger said, the digital age
she said, pushes producers B and C.’ That’s a whole dif- show episodes for download can, indirectly, lead to addi- to be quite low,” she said. promises more gains for
to identify a rationale and ferent starting point than to DVDs and merchandise. tional revenue by increasing Rodger argues that her producers and new mech-
goals for each digital tool ‘Wouldn’t it be cool to have “We’re more and more the likelihood that a produ- software will arm producers anisms to right the broken
selected. a game?’ and the reference able to distribute ourselves cer will land another season with the knowledge need- business model that turned
Rodger said that at the point for some traditional a nd d i rec t ly dea l w it h for a show. And that, she ed to hold their ground in her off the TV production
concept stage, a sound digit- producers is Pac-Man.” buyers.” said, is key for producers’ digital rights negotiations business.
al strategy will strengthen Clermont added that profit margins. with broadcasters. “With the convergent
a project pitch. She added Finding digital returns some producers across Can- “It’s like anything else: it “I think it’s going to em- world, producers for the
that after a project is OK’d While the digital age is ada have started generating takes so much to build the power the television pro- first time can attract the
and producers can afford to throwing new hurdles at revenue by selling month- first season and if you can ducer to do a better job audience – those valuable
hire digital media experts, a producers, it’s also open- ly subscriptions to online get more of them, then you negotiating the rights, be- eyeballs – themselves, with-
digital strategy will add sub- ing up new revenue oppor- games. start seeing better return.” cause they’ll have more out going through a broad-
stance to producers’ inter- tunities for an industry that “For now it’s not huge understanding of what’s at caster,” she said. “I don’t
actions with digital media has traditionally relied on revenue, but some busi- Scramble for rights stake.” think we’ve even started to
talent. broadcast licence fees to ness models are starting to While it’s still unclear how Rodger added that after see where the monetization
“The frustration I’m survive. emerge.” valuable digital rights might the production commun- opportunities are.” •
hea r i ng f rom [d ig it a l] Schonbach said it’s still Local producers said that become, digital experts are ity’s struggles of the past jwagler@biv.com
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SportS Daily business news at www.biv.com February 7–13, 2012
Golden Goals
BoB Mackin
B.C. no longer in Olympic Games biz;
Clark drops Campbell’s torch, scuttles London promo
C anada’s national women’s
soccer team is going to the
London 2012 Olympics, but the
The U.K. is also among 27
members of the European Union,
which is nearing a free trade deal
can’t reveal to you conversations
that take place in cabinet.”
Campbell, now Canada’s high
share its expertise and help U.K.
Trade and Investment maximize
Olympic business opportunities.
state of women’s soccer January
26. Women’s football has become
“interesting economically.”
British Columbia government with Canada. commissioner to U.K., inked the The 2011 Women’s World Cup
is not. so-called Fellowship of the Rings Wright now in Germany drew 845,000 spec-
There will be no event or ex- “I cannot comment memorandum of understanding Terry Wright, the VANOC exec- tators, registered a 55 million
hibit promoting the 2010 Winter with economic development of- utive vice-president who handled Euro profit, and there were al-
Games host province’s tourism on any organizational ficials of other Olympic cities in transportation, accommoda- most 30 million viewers of the
and trade in the 2012 Summer the B.C. Canada House on the tion and security, was a marquee final in the U.S. and Japan alone.
Games host city. It violates the aspects of the firm” penultimate day of Turin 2006. addition to KPMG’s Vancou- The next Women’s World Cup is
spirit of a 2006 memorandum of He wanted economic legacies to ver-based major sporting events Canada’s in 2015 and BC Place is
– kPMG spokesman Michael
understanding and ends the gov- be felt along with those in sport practice last summer as senior aiming for the final.
Bodsworth, on the major sporting
ernment’s Olympic promotion and culture. But the global eco- adviser. Canada beat Mexico before
events practice shakeup
streak at three Games. nomic crisis of 2008 meant VAN- A source tells Golden Goals 22,954 fans – a record for a B.C.-
“We think it would be very OC needed a taxpayer bailout that the unit has been downsized hosted women’s team sport event
crowded and cluttered, particu- Premier Christy Clark’s focus and the economic legacies of the and that the Toronto 2015 Pan – in the CONCACAF semifinal
larly during a Summer Games is on China, India, South Korea Games are debatable. American Games organization January 27. BBM ratings estimate
held in Europe,” said Jobs, Tour- and Japan, despite the province’s More than $25 million was is seeking Wright’s services. Nei- Sportsnet averaged 473,000 view-
ism and Innovation minister historic trade, tourism and cul- spent on B.C. pavilions for Turin ther Wright nor KPMG global ers, peaking at 727,100, despite
Pat Bell. “So, to have the level tural ties to the U.K. The real 2006, Beijing 2008 and Vancou- infrastructure lead Joel Finlay the 8 p.m. PT/11 p.m. ET kick-
of impact that we would need reason for no London 2012 pro- ver 2010, but London didn’t re- returned calls. KPMG’s spokes- off. The underwhelming January
would’ve required an expendi- motion is her desire to make B.C. quire such treatment. When the man did nothing to refute the 29 final against the champion
ture we couldn’t justify.” forget her predecessor, Gordon London 2012 organizing commit- shakeup. U.S. drew another record 25,427
The United Kingdom gener- Campbell. That was the word tee, U.K. government and British “I cannot comment on any or- crowd and ended the tournament
ally delivers 200,000 travellers that leaked out of cabinet when Olympic Association cancelled ganizational aspects of the firm,” with almost 98,000 spectators.
and 2,000 immigrants a year to Finance Minister Kevin Falcon plans for a pavilion in Vancou- said Michael Bodsworth. The Canadian Soccer Asso-
B.C. and bought $293.7 million made a failed, last-ditch propos- ver, B.C. allowed them to use ciation had a $1.3 million budget,
in 2010, mainly coal, lumber and al for a London 2012 presence in the Terminal City Club and B.C. Soccer pitch with $250,000 in grants from
fish. Canada exported $15.55 bil- January. Showcase for four events. Dur- Thierry Regenass, the FIFA dir- each of the feds and B.C., and
lion to the U.K. in 2010, making Bel l was noncommit ta l: ing a Robson Square reception ector of member associations and $81,000 from city hall. •
it the country’s second-biggest “You’re asking me questions you attended by Princess Anne, B.C. development, said it best during 2010goldrush@gmail.com
trading partner. know I can’t answer because I signed the Host 2 Host MOU to a Wall Centre conference on the @bobmackin
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