Precisely.
The people arguing against this though are more concerned with the
type of Moncton that they want to live in. They are concerned about growth in general, and with such things as traffic, crime, congestion, small town character etc. Their arguments are much more existential.
They don't realize though that that horse has already left the barn. Moncton is a CMA nearing 180,000 people, and the 27th largest CMA in the country. Moncton ain't a small town anymore, and the type of community they fantasize about no longer exists.
Moncton needs to grow to accommodate all the people who apparently want to live here. We need growth to generate the taxes that will pay for the services that we all want to have. Growth is also necessary to give us the resources we need to deal with problems such as homelessness, addiction, street crime and petty theft.
These people need to sit back and think about what they are fighting against. If they don't want height and density then sprawl will be necessary to sustain growth, which will only worsen traffic congestion and commute times. If they are concerned about homelessness, then why are they fighting against new high density apartment construction? Dense neighbourhoods frequently have less street crime because there is more pedestrian traffic on the streets. None of their arguments make any sense really.
They are pining away for a Moncton that no longer exists..................