Many of British Columbia's mayors and councillors are in Vancouver for a two-day summit to discuss housing in their communities, and several came out swinging against provincial policies in the opening session Tuesday.
  • TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world
    9·
    9 months ago

    All I’m hearing is “Wah, it’s going to cost us money to take care of our residents and make our towns livable!😭”

  • grte@lemmy.caOP
    9·
    9 months ago

    I have little sympathy for the mayors. Housing has been a problem brewing for decades and precious few municipalities have done anything about it in that time. Now you get a whip cracked in your direction. Too bad.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      9 months ago

      Indeed, and as a new wester I’ve seen how much housing supply you can add if you embrace growth. I believe New Westminster is now the densest city in Canada - there’s one in the GTA that’s pretty close though.