This was a very thoughtful article. I appreciated the former mayor’s comments about how people equate change with loss, not always the same thing, and that change will not happen overnight.
I’d suggest that part of the anger around this initiative is that it was supported by her and her council.
We’ve seen what happens when single-family homes get converted to two suites. The number of vehicles parked outside increases from one or two to three or even five. Now adjacent homeowners find there is one of the “lodgers” permanently parked in front of their homes.Richard GoatcherMissing middle is called compromise Re: “Why does ‘missing middle’ make people so angry,” Jan. 15.
Why would they be OK with unilateral decisions being made about their neighbourhood by a city planner who has no vested interest in what that neighbourhood looks or feels like to live in? He correctly points out that the rubric refers to forms of housing and wonders why it generates such antipathy. Former councils have already made a good start by loosening restrictions on secondary rental and garden suites. Far from making it easier for developers to get a spade in the ground, the city and its planners should be casting a critical eye on every proposal that seeks to increase Victoria’s stock of high-cost housing, or remove tree canopy, or both.
Then, months later, we had a very definitive switch. The Missing Middle presented to council last July called for a density increase of 75 per cent, and six-plexes and 12-plexes — a three-storey houseplex would in fact be 20 feet taller than a one-storey bungalow. That makes me angry. Even some on council seemed confused. Geoff Young said: “Only developers and architects truly understand the implications of this proposal.”
Can the city deny that blanket rezoning is contemplated that will turn lots previously zoned for single-family dwellings into multi-family dwelling zones ? If Victoria is approving this to add more “life” around the Inner Harbour, perhaps they would consider a public salt-water pool in the same area. It is with interest we read that, despite information to the contrary, a great deal of the third floor exhibits at the Royal B.C. Museum still exist and may soon, with some modifications, be again open to the public.
It is incumbent upon Dubois and the RBCM to ensure that the full story is told, both in the media and at the museum.Minister Dix had better things to do I’m incredulous. Health Minister Adrian Dix took time to plan and push Bill 36 through during a pandemic, when one in five British Columbians has no doctor, and gaping holes are appearing throughout our medical system.At 66, with a disabling chronic illness, I no longer have a doctor.
Clearly, people should have a choice whether or not to have shots. Other solutions could be found to allow them to safely work.
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