“What the City of Ottawa did and a number of other cities, was to institute this three phased pre-consultation. There’s no justification in the law. But what it’s done is, it has pushed the timelines for consideration of re-zoning and site plans out so long, that I literally have in my office, files representing thousands of units that are delayed because of the city." - Michael Polowin during our conversation on the podcast.

I’m thrilled to have Michael Polowin, Partner and National Municipal Group Leader at Gowling WLG, as our special guest in this week’s podcast. Click the link below to listen to our conversation!