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December 25, 2024
The Fate of one of the last Surviving Garry Oak Groves in Cadboro Bay Hangs in the Balance: The District of Saanich Doesn’t Appear to Know What Will Happen to it. Read More
December 14, 2024
The UDI successfully lobbied the government against environmental streamside protection regulation. Read More
December 7, 2024
How the proposed “RapidBus” lanes in the Capital Region, including on McKenzie, were used as part of the UDI development lobby’s push for enforced densification/upzoning along rapid transit corridors, during their lobbying to David Eby in 2022 – CRD Watch Homepage Read More
November 23, 2024
Freedom of Information reveals that the Province of B.C. was working to implement what the registered lobbying organization, the Urban Development Institute, had been pushing for. This culminated in the recent Housing Bills that override local government authority on zoning.  Read More
October 4, 2024
How Crown Corporation BC Assessment’s Paid Membership with the Urban Development Institute is Being Obscured Read More
September 30, 2024
BC Assessment denied that it is a paying member of a registered organization on the BC Lobbyists Registry. However, the evidence shows otherwise. Read More
July 25, 2024
Registered Organization on the BC Lobbyists Registry: Urban Development Institute (UDI) Board Directors Officiate Over ‘University of Victoria’ (“UVic”) “Student Group” Read More
June 29, 2024
Did the District of Sooke Destroy Communications Material With and/or Regarding the Urban Development Institute (UDI), a Registered Lobbyist Organization Representing Development and Real Estate? Read More
June 29, 2024
Now, or Never? Sooke Mayor and Council Upon Learning that the District is a Paying Member of a Registered Lobbyist Organization for Development and Real Estate: Face ‘Tough Decision’ as to Whether or not the District Should Leave it. Read More
January 19, 2024
Is the UVic Real Estate Club Acting as a Lobby for the Development and Real Estate Industries in Greater Victoria? Read More
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