Recent Stories

December 7, 2024
Thrown under the Bus: how so-called rapid transit is being used to force high density on communities, while greenwashing the developers' for-profit agenda. Read More
November 23, 2024
After spending vast amounts of time successfully lobbying the government against public input, the UDI gets frustrated that the CRD won't give them 20 minutes instead of the 3 minutes provided to everyone else, to speak during public input. Read More
October 28, 2024
CRD Cleaning up its act on the Regional Housing Advisory Committee Read More
October 19, 2024
After a Comedic Exchange of Emails, BC Transit Admits that it has a Membership with the Urban Development Institute (The Implications of that for BC, may be more Tragic than Comic.) Read More
October 16, 2024
BC Assessment claims that its employees received reimbursements for memberships in a registered organization on the BC Lobbyists Registry. The organization, the Urban Development Institute (UDI) offers representation for private member companies involved in development and real estate that pay for its membership. Read More
October 15, 2024
Motion Debated at Oak Bay Council Meeting that the Urban Development Institute (UDI), Not Be Included as a Community Stakeholder on the District’s OCP Update. Read More
October 8, 2024
In One "Special Council Meeting" (Sept 23, 2024): The Majority of Saanich Council Voted to Eliminate Open Forum, and then Chose to Continue to Allow Unrecorded, Unminuted Backroom Meetings that the Public Cannot Attend Between the District and a Lobby for Developers. Read More
October 4, 2024
Questions for the B.C. Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists; as to whether there is any difference between a “lobbyist organization” in B.C., and a “professional organization” in B.C. – CRD Watch Homepage Read More
September 30, 2024
Save the Mighty Sequoia Tree at Centennial Square, Victoria BC Petition Garners Media Coverage from the CBC and from The Martlet Read More
September 30, 2024
The Conference of the Birds at Panama Flats: A Future Bottleneck for Species Extinction on Southern Vancouver Island? Read More
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