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Citizen promotes sustainable development

Central Saanich can grow while
maintaining its rural character
through sustainable development,
council was told Feb, 25.

Craig Darling, a “concerned cit-
izen’’ from Sidney, told council

most effective means by which
environmental conservation, com-
munity values and economic
development may be integrated in
a sustainable way.”

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“The way to sustainability is to
work from the grass roots level up,
rather than from the top down,” he
Said.

Ald. Clarence Bolt said the
notions of self-contained and self-

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“Sustainable development is
development that meets the needs
of the present without compromis-
ing the needs of future generations
to meet their own needs,” he said.

“The challenge is to identify the

Darling said.

And the community should take
the initiative to solve such prob-
lems without necessarily involv-
ing higher levels of government, he
added.

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For instance, the housing short-
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accentuated by a region-wide
“housing crunch,” which needs to
be dealt with at a regional level, he

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