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Originally Posted by Changing City
There hasn't been a COPE dominated Council in over 20 years. Having one or two COPE members since then hasn't prevented City Council approving almost every rezoning that has come to a vote. Often it was NPA Council members who opposed projects, and sometimes Green members - but almost never enough to refuse a rezoning. When Council turned down the Chinatown condo rezoning on Keefer in 2017 members of the NPA and Vision were in favour and against the project - the vote didn't follow party lines.
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That's true but I think there's a clear difference with this council vs the last. Having a strong majority at least makes sure progress happens. Whether or not it's your personal flavour of progress, that's obviously up for debate.
The Stewart council spent days and hours ultimately doing nothing.
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