Danielle Smith reacts to Calgary council’s vote to pass blanket rezoning
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she remains "concerned" after Calgary councillors passed blanket rezoning on Tuesday.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she remains "concerned" after Calgary councillors passed blanket rezoning on Tuesday.
Councillors voted 9-6 in favour of the amended rezoning bylaw, which will allow for more density in residential areas.
The move was made in an effort to help combat Calgary's affordable housing crisis.
The land-use amendment means the city will transition properties currently zoned as R-C1 districts – which only allow single-detached homes on them – to R-CG, which also allow for townhomes and duplexes.
Speaking at an unrelated provincial news conference on Wednesday, Smith said her initial concern with the proposed blanket rezoning was because it seemed to be tied to a bilateral deal the City of Calgary signed with the federal government.
"At first it seemed like the federal government said, 'Yes, they need to make these changes,' and then it sounded like the municipality said, 'No, no, no. We've got the authority to do this and there's no tie to the money.'”
She says it concerns her if municipalities feel that they have pressure from the federal government to change their policies in order to get funding.
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