What’s the deal? Part of the suite of housing legislation that the province has been enacting over the last half-year includes a law that barred most public hearings for developments in non-Vancouver municipalities. And while the legislation didn’t amend the Vancouver Charter to bar these public hearings, the pushback in this city came nevertheless.
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