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The Development Industry promoted “Inclusionary Zoning” with “Missing Middle” housing. Once they got it, the developments are being sold as “Exclusive” “Luxury” residences.


By Sasha Izard
May 3, 2026


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During the 2022 election, the narrative that took up almost the whole narrative of the election, was that created by the development industry, no doubt with plenty of help from well heeled Public Relations companies – that of inclusionary zoning and so-called missing middle housing.

Now that those have been not just delivered, but forced through Bill 44, we can see what they really meant by that.

The following is a textbook example of the real world result of industry/political doublespeak.

Last year, I wrote the following article: The Fate of one of the Last Surviving Garry Oak Groves in Cadboro Bay Hangs in the Balance: The District of Saanich Doesn’t Appear to Know What Will Happen to it. – CRD Watch Homepage

The following was the result:

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If it was clear from the beginning, inclusive zoning for the development industry was a way of getting special access to neighbourhoods, so that they could advance luxury developments at increase intensity and magnify their profits.

The environment suffered and they gained.

As they say: “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me”.

It’s time overdue for the public to see the trickery from the development industry for what it is. They will use the same public relations tricks over and over again to achieve their objectives. The result will come at nature’s expense.

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Index of CRD Watch articles concerning the environment/ecology. – CRD Watch Homepage

The New DeveloPer’s Lexicon: How the Discussion around Housing has been Framed by Industry – Sasha Izard

“Trees can be managed, but they cannot be controlled. The only way to eliminate all risk is to eliminate all trees.” – Arborist Disclosure Statement to multiple municipalities. – CRD Watch Homepage

How the Development and Real Estate Lobby Pressed Mandatory Housing Targets, Mass Upzoning, Captured Official Community Plans, and Made the Shutting Down of Public Hearings the Norm in British Columbia Under the NDP Government – CRD Watch Homepage

Freedom of Information reveals that the Province of B.C. was working to implement what the registered lobbying organization, the Urban Development Institute, had been pushing for. This culminated in the recent Housing Bills that override local government authority on zoning.  – CRD Watch Homepage

Index of articles revealing major lobbying influence on B.C. Provincial Housing Bills and Housing Targets. – CRD Watch Homepage