https://crdwatch.ca/2026/04/24/from-policy-to-practice-regional-planning-perspectives-udi-luncheon-held-on-april-16-2026/CRD Watch Homepage en2026-04-24T16:39:57+00:00“From Policy to Practice: Regional Planning Perspectives” UDI luncheon held on April 16, 2026development, real estate, lobbying, udi, housing, Urban development Institute, CRD, province of British Columbia, separation of lobby and state, urban planning, housing needs reports, legislation, Housing Targets, meetings with developers, luncheons, Metro Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Board, City of Vancouver, Regional Governance, CVRD, Cowichan Valley Regional District, OCPs, Director Hurley, RHAC Committee, City of Coquitlam, City of Burnaby, Local Government Staff attendance at lobby eventshttps://crdwatch.ca/2026/04/24/what-cowichans-revolt-teaches-saanich-and-victoria-about-trusting-the-process-by-arthur-mcinnis/CRD Watch Homepage en2026-04-24T16:00:07+00:00What Cowichan’s Revolt Teaches Saanich and Victoria About “Trusting the Process”, by Arthur McInnisdevelopment, Saanich, OCP, public input, Amalgamation, victoria, Arthur McInnis, regional government, zoning, residents, Municipal Governance, Amalgamation debate, local governance, CVRD, Cowichan Valley Regional District, CZB, Director Abbott, public pushback, Cowichan Revolt, Trust The Process, farmer's rights, rural vs. urbanization, local autonomy, financial models, labour plans, restructuring, draft Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw, Cowichan Valley, local elections, Victoria Saanich Amalgamation proposalhttps://crdwatch.ca/2026/04/23/bc-housing-has-handed-out-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars-of-taxpayer-money-to-sponsor-industry-organizations-including-lobbies-refuses-to-reveal-the-full-name-of-industry-organization-that-it-hande/CRD Watch Homepage en2026-04-23T16:48:43+00:00BC housing has handed out hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money to sponsor industry organizations including lobbies; refuses to reveal the full name of industry organization that it handed almost $100,000 of public money to in one payment.lobbying, udi, urban-development-institute, lobby, province of BC, accountability, bc-lobbyists-registry, transparency, FOI, lack of transparency, lack of accountability, Freedom of Information, fippa, government, public funds, BC Housing, Freedom From Information, missing-information, Crown Corporation, FOIPPA, committees, sponsorship, backroom committees, Provincial Government, money, HAVAN, Greater Vancouver Home Builders' Association, GVHBA, Canadian Homebuilders Association of British Columbia, Incomplete Information, data fields, spreedsheet, partnership, public subsidization of the private sector, taxpayer funds, tax money, industry sponsorship, industry sponsorship account, BC Crown Corporation, lack of transprencyhttps://crdwatch.ca/2026/04/22/vancouver-proves-exactly-what-happens-when-a-council-abandons-its-legal-tools-by-arthur-mcinnis/CRD Watch Homepage en2026-04-23T05:14:55+00:00Vancouver Proves Exactly What Happens When A Council Abandons Its Legal Tools, by Arthur McInnisdevelopment, real estate, OCP, politics, community, Missing Middle, housing, Victoria Council, local government, prezoning, accountability, urban planning, Bill 44, Bill 47, Public Hearings, Local Government Act, broadway plan, Vancouver, City of Victoria Council, SSMUH, blanket upzoning, law, bylaw, Arthur McInnis, Bill M216, zoning, housing policy, Master Development Agreements, 2026, CACs, Victoria OCP, VictoriaBC, YYJ, Municipal Politics, #RuleOfLaw, VictoriaElection2026, Community Voice, Planning Law, Mount Pleasant, Victoria municipal election, Carol Volkart, Mike Mangan, reductions in public input, lack of public hearings, City staff, DP conditions, development permit conditions, Phased Development Agreements, rezonings, rules, legal tools, votershttps://crdwatch.ca/2026/04/22/bc-government-committee-to-review-the-lobbyists-transparency-act-recommends-a-person-not-be-considered-an-inhouse-lobbyist-below-50-hours-of-lobbying-annually/CRD Watch Homepage en2026-04-23T04:29:18+00:00BC Government Committee to review the Lobbyists Transparency Act, recommends a person not be considered an “in-house lobbyist”, if they lobby the provincial government for less than 50 hours a year.bc-ndp, lobbying, british-columbia, politics, province of BC, lobbying influence, lta, history, lack of transparency, BC Lobbyists Registry, MLAs, Lobbyists Transparenct Act, under the radar, in-house lobbyists, Special Committee to Review the Lobbyists Transparency Act, Committee, lack of accountability., Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, cloaking, in-house lobbyist, recommendations, hidden-lobbying-influence, eby-government, opposition-mlas