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Originally Posted by J.OT13
The Governments argument that the strong mayor system will speed up housing development is kind of ridiculous. What if a City elects a NIMBY mayor? Imagine Clive Doucet as Mayor of Ottawa. Or even Diane Deans. Allan Hubley, who has voted against very reasonable infills in Kanata.
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Or McKenney or Chiarelli or possibly Sutcliffe....
Yeah, strong mayor powers directed towards housing won't mean much if someone like McKenney who thinks Ottawa has built enough housing is voted in.
Currently none of the front runners are exactly that pro-housing (though the horizon/McKenney club is sure trying to paint Sutcliffe as a developer plant). Instead it looks like it's going to be 4 years of groundwork for massive increase in exurban population.