Numerous Mayors pushing back against the Undemocratic Housing Bills, including Bill 44.
Numerous Mayors in British Columbia are pushing back against the undemocratic housing bills including Bill 44.
View Royal Exploring Judicial Review regarding the legality of undemocratic housing legislation from the Province, that overrides Local Government powers. Invites other municipalities to join. – CRD Watch Homepage
Mayors call on province to scrap housing targets | Watch News Videos Online
Metro Vancouver mayors call on province to repeal housing legislation | Vancouver Sun
Metro Vancouver mayors opposed to BC government housing targets - Delta Optimist
Director Hurley (Burnaby Mayor) lambasted the UDI’s stranglehold over Provincial housing policy at the Oct 17, 2025 Metro Vancouver Mayors Committee Special Meeting: “You got everything you wanted”. – CRD Watch Homepage
R1 zoning, public hearings and 16 Metro Mayors calling on the Province to pause and reconsider | City of Burnaby “Last week, a meeting with the mayors of Metro Vancouver led to me sending a letter to Premier Eby on behalf of 16 mayors. We are calling on the Province to pause and reconsider its recent housing legislation.”
B.C. Housing Minister Boyle rejects calls for repeal of high-density housing laws
Metro Vancouver mayors urge B.C. to roll back housing density laws, but province ‘not going backwards’ | CBC News
See also:
The David Eby Confession: Premier Eby talking to the ‘Condo King’ Bob Rennie, finally spilled the beans in front of the camera, on how UDI lobbying played key role in the creation of the Provincial Housing Bills. – CRD Watch Homepage
Index of Articles Related to BC Bill M216 – CRD Watch Homepage
Index of articles revealing major lobbying influence on B.C. Provincial Housing Bills and Housing Targets. – CRD Watch Homepage
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Yesterday, on Dec 10, 2025 - I presented to the Special Committee to Review the Lobbyists Transparency Act, in the Parliament Building in Victoria BC. I consider that the Act is in critical need for major overhaul, as it has failed to provide the sort of transparency around lobbying that the name of the Act implies, and which is necessary for true democracy.
We have seen the failure to provide transparency in a major way, with the Provincial Housing Legislation over the last several years that overrode municipal decision-making regarding zoning and has denied vast amounts of public hearings.
The legislation was advanced, in the style of pseudo-crisis corporatism, very quickly and almost without any opportunities for debate or reflection. The consultation for the legislation involved top lobbyists and public officials signing non-disclosure agreements with the Province – something that defies any sense of transparency and democracy, that might be left with the Act.
The result has left much of the public disoriented dazed and confused, and their communities and environment are being transformed likely irrevocably, according to industry’s profit-based agenda, and which has as source (often hidden or disguised), lobbying from the development industry, real estate and peripheral sectors that profit from them, most notably the financial sector.
My full presentation, reference materials, submission to the committee, questions from MLAs, and answers to them can be read by clicking on the following link below:
Presentation by Sasha Izard to the Special Committee to Review the Lobbyists Transparency Act
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