Not sure Ebey is correct in every nuance, however, Municipalities currently have the power to approve housing development but they don't. How else can there be shortages... All that comfort and vested interest in the status quo is like a giant water buffalo sitting in the middle of the road. It won't move. You are required to use either a carrot or a stick. If you choose carrots. You will need a lot of them and that will get expensive. A stick on the other hand may only need to be shown once.
If Ebey does plan to give away the province, hopefully, he will give it to the people. Currently the province has been hijacked (see paragraph one) and someone is keeping a whole generation on the outside looking in. Never a good solution. Eventually the natives get restless. When that happens bad things can unfold. Study history. If someone chooses to shoot the water buffalo it is a terrible mess and can take decades to clean up
Would changes like this affect Tofino? Didn't John Enns just lose the election while pushing the "tiny home" solution? Are Tofino's OCP and zoning rules reasonable? https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-announces-sweeping-housing-changes-allowing-up-to-three-units-on-many-residential-lots-1.6124078
Municipalities are mad about losing their housing authority – won’t someone think about the poor City planners? Quite frankly, I hear the world’s tiniest violin playing.
If they wanted to keep their powers, they should’ve done their jobs better. But they didn’t. They prioritized the interests of well-off homeowners and locked an entire generation of Canadians out of homeownership.
The provinces are now belatedly stepping in, and, even if they’re doing so imperfectly, it’s still a start.
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Ending the rent increase freeze is the simple solution to the supply problem.
Ebey will give away the province
Not sure Ebey is correct in every nuance, however, Municipalities currently have the power to approve housing development but they don't. How else can there be shortages... All that comfort and vested interest in the status quo is like a giant water buffalo sitting in the middle of the road. It won't move. You are required to use either a carrot or a stick. If you choose carrots. You will need a lot of them and that will get expensive. A stick on the other hand may only need to be shown once.
If Ebey does plan to give away the province, hopefully, he will give it to the people. Currently the province has been hijacked (see paragraph one) and someone is keeping a whole generation on the outside looking in. Never a good solution. Eventually the natives get restless. When that happens bad things can unfold. Study history. If someone chooses to shoot the water buffalo it is a terrible mess and can take decades to clean up
Would changes like this affect Tofino? Didn't John Enns just lose the election while pushing the "tiny home" solution? Are Tofino's OCP and zoning rules reasonable? https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-announces-sweeping-housing-changes-allowing-up-to-three-units-on-many-residential-lots-1.6124078
Municipalities are mad about losing their housing authority – won’t someone think about the poor City planners? Quite frankly, I hear the world’s tiniest violin playing.
If they wanted to keep their powers, they should’ve done their jobs better. But they didn’t. They prioritized the interests of well-off homeowners and locked an entire generation of Canadians out of homeownership.
The provinces are now belatedly stepping in, and, even if they’re doing so imperfectly, it’s still a start.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-provinces-housing-powers-affordability-crisis-municipal-nimbys?__vfz=medium%3Dstandalone_content_recirculation_with_ads
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