Sixteen mayors from Metro Vancouver have penned an open letter to B.C. Premier David Eby, outlining concerns with bills 44 and 47 and provincial overreach into municipal decision-making.

“The letter… expresses our collective concerns with the limited coordination and consultation by the province with local governments in developing Bills 44 and 47 (2023), the misalignment of province-wide requirements with the Metro Vancouver region’s land use and infrastructure context and regional planning frameworks,” the letter states.

“We’re just writing to the premier appealing to them to roll back this legislation, allow local governments to do what they were elected to do,” Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley said at a press conference on Thursday.

“Six units on a single family lot under 7,000 square feet

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