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Engaging our community

June 14, 2009 – 4:10 pm

Burlington is under tremendous pressure from population growth. Residents have seen schools, shops and parks disappear, replaced by houses and apartments. Urban sprawl and highways are carving up farms and greenspace. Our waterfront is threatening to become tower alley. Our city has more traffic – and more air pollution. Our taxes are going up. You [...]

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Halton’s grow-op a work in progress

May 31, 2009 – 10:01 pm

(originally published in the Toronto Sun) How do you curb sprawl when your population is growing like wildfire? That’s the question before residents, politicians and planners in the Golden Horseshoe. The short answer is to put more people in less space, and build on already developed areas rather than on greenfields. That was the intent [...]

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