https://crdwatch.ca/2026/04/04/exposing-the-shadow-planners-special-presentation-for-metro-vancouver-region-crd-watch-with-video-and-materials/CRD Watch Homepage en2026-04-04T17:28:38+00:00Exposing the “Shadow Planners”: Special Presentation for Metro Vancouver region (CRD Watch) with video and materialslobbying, udi, politics, Urban development Institute, province of BC, local government, CRD, history, investigation, separation of lobby and state, urban planning, Bill 44, Bill 47, BC Lobbyists Registry, Federal Government, District of Saanich, Housing Bills, Transit Oriented Areas, Transit Oriented Development Areas, BC NDP, state capture, regulatory capture, corporate capture, Metro Vancouver, community planning, Sasha Izard, communities, City Hall Watch, Presentation, Metro Vancouver City Hall Watch, charts, diagrams, City of Vancouver, Regional Governance, Bill 2026 (2021), radical deregulationhttps://crdwatch.ca/2026/04/03/content-from-bc-ministry-of-housing-and-municipal-affairs-foi-deemed-a-refusal-by-the-oipc-reveals-that-in-may-2021-the-bc-government-invited-udi-lobbyists-for-confidential-consultations-about-publ/CRD Watch Homepage en2026-04-04T06:58:04+00:00Content from BC Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs FOI, deemed a refusal by the OIPC, reveals that in May 2021, the BC government invited UDI lobbyists for confidential consultations about public hearings (reducing them) and delegating some local government decision-making from elected officials to staff.lobbying, udi, Urban development Institute, province of BC, lack of transparency, separation of lobby and state, Freedom of Information, Public Hearings, DAPR, oipc, legislation, local governments, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, Freedom From Information, Ministry of Housing, Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Consultations, BC NDP, deemed refusal, UDI Pacific Region, UDI Okanagan Chapter, variances, Bill 2026 (2021), Gary Pooni, Jeff Fisher, UDI Vancouver, Development Approvals Process Review, MUNI, BC Government, delegations of powers from elected officials to staff, pandemic, DARTC, Development Approvals Review Technical Committee, Integrated Transportation and Development Strategy, ITDS