A 'Dumb' Version Of Smart Growth?
1 June 2001 - 8:00am
The Sierra Club of Canada criticizes Ontario's Premier Mike Harris for his policies and abuse of the term "Smart Growth."
"Premier Mike Harris' version of smart growth - building new highways, encouraging urban sprawl and refusing to fund public-transit operations - is the antitheses of good urban planning, a well-known environmental organization says... The Sierra Club issued a report card giving Harris a F+ for his version of smart growth, which calls for five more highways in and around Greater Toronto and the Niagara Region."
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Smart growth 'dumb'
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The Toronto Star, May 31, 2001
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