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Originally Posted by invisibleairwaves
I'm not necessarily opposed to the province stepping in to make broad changes to land use policy when cities are unwilling to allow enough housing. That's not really what's happening in Ontario though- using MZOs to do spot rezonings for specific projects creates a pretty blatant opportunity for corruption and the Ford government seems to be taking full advantage.
There's a really fine line between "bypassing the myopia and NIMBYism of municipal politics", and "bypassing the transparency and accountability of municipal politics". Not all red tape is created equal and some of it is there for a pretty good reason.
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Municipal politics features the
least scrutiny, media coverage, voter turnout, awareness etc. of any level of government.
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