It was, for a lot of reasons. We need more housing. The developer wanted to get people to work to build more housing. However, I think that the province saw that the area, being a flood zone, also created some environmental concerns, and they wanted to make sure their two ministries were brought to the table before the municipality was able to consider making an approval or any recommendation on that project.
On October 23rd, 2023. See this statement in context.