I read utter disbelief that Saanich council has added an amendment to the OCP potentially allowing for 18-storey buildings in the Quadra-Mckenzie area.

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With projected population growth on the Island, future councils will consider it part of densification and cramming more people into less space in the B次元官网网址減opulation centresB次元官网网址� of Saanich. There are no specific plans at this time to build one of these towers and itB次元官网网址檚 always subject to rezoning approval but take notice: a seed has been planted.

Karl Schreiner

Saanich