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Originally Posted by Drybrain
Click the link to the CBC article; it's in there. The idea isn't to require lots to be built with four units, but simply allow it. It won't prevent an individual or a developer from building single houses. It just won't prohibit them from building up to fourplexes if they prefer.
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There is a bit of sleight of hand happening here where NIMBYs make it sound like they're on the side of property rights. But being allowed to build on your property is a right too, and arguably closer to the original intent of property ownership than claims about being free from shadows on your property, or noise, or traffic around your property.
Municipalities implement a
ban on most medium or high density construction on most urban land in Canada, going down to even 2 or 3 units on a large building lot in many cases, and sometimes restricting density below the existing historical norm in some areas. The debate is about relaxing the ban.
I think Colin's probably out of touch here in that the Liberals are polling terribly and feel they have to scramble to implement policies like this. Far too late, and it's crazy that they didn't plan for the increased immigration flows they created, but better late than never I guess.
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