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Mark McCullagh

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Strong mayor powers used to expedite redevelopment project
GuelphToday
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Seems silly that 9 units requires all this drama
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Sounds to me like an awesome plan, we need lots more housing.
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Same. The uselessness of the routes is the problem, not the fares. Hub and spoke just doesn’t work.
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The choice is between that and sprawl. Density is far better environmentally, financially, in terms of service delivery, and for transit.
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Questioning the idea that all these services should be in one specific place isn't an attack on people needing those services.
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I think the mayor’s position is reasonable. These services are already overrepresented in downtown. I like someone’s idea of refurbishing the old correctional centre. It could be a comprehensive facility run by the city which would be better than the hodgepodge of facilities run by private groups each with their own policies, agenda etc.
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Thanks for writing such an in depth article and thanks to Ms Hoekstra for her service to the community!
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Yay finally! Can’t believe how long this has gone on
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This looks great, we need lots more housing
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I think the idea is that it will lower house prices, see e.g. https://institute.smartprosperity.ca/unlocking-canada-s-housing-crisis
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Awesome! Just bought tickets
Every addition to supply lowers prices, even expensive additions, because they become options for people who'd otherwise contribute to demand for lower-priced options. Every new housing option contributes to fixing the affordability problem.
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