Toronto Region Communities Confront Sprawl

While the province's smart growth intitiative remains lacking in specifics and a firm commitment to action, three suburban Toronto communities find themselves actively wrestling with sprawl issues.

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May 30, 2003, 11:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Not much unites three ongoing battles in Pickering, Oakville and King Township except that all are politically messy (i.e. real, unlike the lighter-than-air vapours of "smart growth") and, this being a double-election season, volatile to the point of bitterness. But together their outcomes could help shape the entire region."

Thanks to Geoffrey Singer

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Tuesday, May 27, 2003 in The Globe and Mail

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