The Editor,
A Tri-City News article sported the headline “Study says Tri-City red tape isn’t too onerous.”
I’ll say. Just look at how readily our council and city planners approve oversize homes that disrupt our established neighbourhoods. Just look at how zoning bylaws get relaxed or outright changed when they involve properties purchased by developers that have given generous political donations.
The study is quoted as stating, “There are significant factors involved where builders target their developments” and that the aim of their study is to investigate where these factors can be controlled — “namely, municipal regulations.”
I’ll say. The fact Coquitlam is documented as being less onerous is testament to the fact municipal regulations here are more easily controlled. The power to change municipal regulations seems to have shifted. No longer does council listen to long-term residents — we don’t make PowerPoint presentations to state our case.
I do not like living in a “target” city that can be “controlled” by way of lessening the regulations that protect Coquitlam.
Ken Holowanky, Coquitlam
