Press Release
Saanich Residents Speak out in Support of the Quadra Mckenzie Plan and Against Misinformation
Saanich- Residents in Saanich are speaking out in support of the Quadra Mckenzie Plan (QMP) and against misinformation being circulated by opponents. QMP supporters recently launched a website and petition at saveoursaanich.ca.Saanich and our region is in a housing crisis. The rental vacancy rate is one of the lowest in the country, and the cost of housing is far too high. Greater Victoria has the lowest fertility rate of any Census Metropolitan Area in Canada. Young people are leaving in droves.If we do nothing, these trends will only grow worse. The solution is obvious: we need to build more housing of all types, and not just in Langford and Sooke. We desperately need more housing in Saanich close to services, businesses and major employers. That is exactly what the QMP will do: it will make it easier to build the housing we desperately need closer to where it is needed.Unfortunately, opponents of this plan have needlessly polarized the debate by circulating falsehoods and flat-out lies about the QMP, including the following:
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“Under Saanich’s Quadra Mckenzie Plan, over the next few years, 8000 single family-homes will be demolished and sent to landfill”
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“The Plan will break local communities, destroy Saanich’s Tree Canopy, block wildlife corridors and bird flyways and demolish Heritage buildings”
This has caused completely unnecessary fear and panic,
including some residents who believe their homes will be
imminently destroyed by the QMP. This Trump-style rhetoric
does nothing except divide us and has no place in our
political discourse.We ask Saanich residents to visit our website at
saveoursaanich.ca, read the facts about what is happening,
and contribute positively to the dialogue on how we can
build a more inclusive and sustainable Saanich.For more information, please contact:
Edward
Pullman, Saanich Resident
250-415-0552
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