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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
The article appears to speak to some of it, but also appears to be a power move by the "friends of" people to try to wrestle the process more in their favour.
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That's exactly what it is. The signatories are on the Friends of the Common website, and they're all the usuals: Haiven, Cameron, south end homeowners, etc., as well as some stranger bedfellows like the military heritage people.
The funny thing is they're talking about opening up consultation to underrepresented groups--which I take to mean renters, lower-income people, African Nova Scotian and Indigenous communities, weighing in on things that affect them, etc.
But that's obviously not really what these people want; they're just couching their demands that way. Cameron and the rest are obviously just peeved that consultation doesn't equal deference, and that projects can proceed despite their opposition. I don't believe for a moment that they want more diverse viewpoints represented. They just want to dominate the discussion and cast doubt on the consultation process because they don't always get their way.