皮克林市投票通过了7万套住房计划, 将扩大到农田. City of Pickering votes on 70k housing plan expanding into farmland.

皮克林市将投票通过一个主要的住房开发计划, 可以容纳超过7万人, The City of Pickering is set to vote on a major housing development plan that could accommodate over 70,000 people, expanding the urban boundary into agricultural land. 城市长凯文·阿什支持该项目解决住房短缺问题, 但它面临来自斯卡戈岛第一民族的密西萨加和倡导团体的批评. 他们认为这会造成昂贵的扩张以及缺乏充分咨询. Mayor Kevin Ashe supports the project to address housing shortages, but it faces criticism from the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation and advocacy groups who argue it causes costly sprawl and lacks adequate consultation. 投票已延期至5月20日. The vote has been delayed to May 20.