Dartmouth residents hold rally to protect Southdale wetlands from development
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Austin isn’t alone in criticizing the province’s approach. NDP MLA for Dartmouth South, Claudia Chender, says she understands the importance of moving quickly on housing, especially affordable housing, but says the province’s approach the way to do it.
“I do think it’s a very strange usurpation of municipal powers by the provincial government,” said Chender.
“The excuse is that it will save time, but in fact, what it’s been is an excuse to say, from my perspective, that the government’s acting on housing while giving money to developers in quite a secret way.”
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