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Ancaster’s heritage advocates worried making Ancaster’s community node part of city-wide density targets will cause the Old Village’s destruction.
Minister of Municipal Affairs Steve Clark calls freezing the urban boundary “anti-housing.” He can overturn Council’s decision.
Hamilton MPP Donna Skelly (Flamborough-Glanbrook) asked the Minister to comment on Hamilton City Council “pushing an anti-housing and anti-growth ideology.”
City staff tell Environment Hamilton they need more time to complete their comparative analysis and evaluation of the impacts of freezing the urban boundary. City staff ruled out freezing the urban boundary in their initial studies and recommendations.
You can see how much the Hamilton Needs Housing campaign is spending on Facebook.
82% of mail survey respondents select urban boundary freeze option.
Council to decide on urban boundary expansion during October 25 special meeting.