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July 9, 2025

Urbanists vs. the Nature in My Backyards. District of Saanich – Special Council Meeting for Draft Quadra McKenzie Plan July 7th, 2025 by Carollyne Yardley

Urbanists vs. the Nature in My Backyards. District of Saanich – Special Council Meeting for Draft Quadra McKenzie Plan July 7th, 2025 Carollyne YardleyJuly 9, 2025 https://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/community/community-planning/centre-corridor-and-village-plans/quadra-mckenzie-plan.html A Special Council Meeting was held at the District of Saanich’s July 7th… Continue reading

April 3, 2025

Public release of UDI March 10, 2022 presentation slides, agenda, and lobbying letters to David Eby.

Public release of UDI March 10, 2022 presentation slides, agenda, and lobbying letters to David Eby. By Sasha IzardApril 3, 2025 As revealed by Freedom of Information, below is the agenda, presentation slides and lobbying letters for David Eby on… Continue reading

March 8, 2025

More Freedom of Information data surfaces, this time from Saanich, regarding the May 7, 2024 UDI event at the Union Club: “Pathways to Progress: Uniting Land Use and Transit Strategies for Sustainable Growth”

More Freedom of Information data surfaces, this time from Saanich, regarding the May 7, 2024 UDI event at the Union Club: “Pathways to Progress: Uniting Land Use and Transit Strategies for Sustainable Growth” The Urban Development Institute (UDI) is a… Continue reading

March 1, 2025

FOI Request to BC Transit yields information about the UDI event: “Pathways to Progress: Uniting Land Use and Transit Strategies for Sustainable Growth” which took place the same day that Saanich adopted its new Official Community Plan and rendered its Local Area Plans legally non-binding.

FOI Request to BC Transit yields information about the UDI event: “Pathways to Progress: Uniting Land Use and Transit Strategies for Sustainable Growth” which took place the same day that Saanich adopted its new Official Community Plan and rendered its… Continue reading

February 20, 2025

Letter to Mayor Murdock regarding your Chairing at the Feb 11, 2025 Saanich Special Council Meeting

Letter to Mayor Murdock regarding your Chairing at the Feb 11, 2025 Saanich Special Council Meeting By Sasha IzardFeb 20, 2025 Hello Mayor Murdock, I am writing in regard to your Chairing at the Saanich Special Council Meeting that took… Continue reading

December 7, 2024

Thrown under the Bus: how so-called rapid transit is being used to force high density on communities, while greenwashing the developers’ for-profit agenda.

Thrown under the Bus: how so-called rapid transit is being used to force high density on communities, while greenwashing the developers’ for-profit agenda. By Sasha Izard,Dec 7, 2024 BC Transit is a paying member of the Urban Development Institute (UDI). … Continue reading

December 5, 2024

How the proposed “RapidBus” lanes in the Capital Region, including on McKenzie, were used as part of the UDI development lobby’s push for enforced densification/upzoning along rapid transit corridors, during their lobbying to David Eby in 2022

How the proposed “RapidBus” lanes in the Capital Region, including on McKenzie, were used as part of the UDI development lobby’s push for enforced densification/upzoning along rapid transit corridors, during their lobbying to David Eby in 2022 AKA Thrown under… Continue reading

November 27, 2024

Saanich and a lobbying organization for development and real estate discussed decoupling the Local Area Plans from the Official Community Plan in the spring of 2022

Saanich and a lobbying organization for development and real estate discussed decoupling the Local Area Plans from the Official Community Plan in the spring of 2022 The removal of the Local Area Plans (LAPs) from the OCP Bylaw, thus decoupling… Continue reading

October 18, 2024

After a Comedic Exchange of Emails, BC Transit Admits that it has a Membership with the Urban Development Institute. The Implications of that for BC, may be more Tragic than Comic.

After a Comedic Exchange of Emails, BC Transit Admits that it has a Membership with the Urban Development Institute (The Implications of that for BC, may be more Tragic than Comic.)In doing so, BC Transit inadvertently confirmed what I had… Continue reading

October 16, 2024

BC Assessment claims that its employees received reimbursements for memberships in a registered organization on the BC Lobbyists Registry that represents private companies involved in development and real estate.

BC Assessment claims that its employees received reimbursements for memberships in a registered organization on the BC Lobbyists Registry. The organization, the Urban Development Institute (UDI) offers representation for private member companies involved in development and real estate that pay… Continue reading