WATCH: The federal government, through Canada Lands, is beginning to hold consultations on the future of the Wellington Basin. The area has been largely abandoned in recent years but now there are efforts underway to turn it into a brand new neighborhood. But some advocates want it to feature entirely social housing. Phil Carpenter reports.The area is former federal port lands on the south side of the Peel Basin bordered by Mill and Bridge streets along the Lachine Canal. The 8.
“I think it’s the opportunity for affordable housing that I think is the most important thing,” says architect Ron Rayside of the firm, Rayside Labossière. His company was one of the groups consulted about the project. “The second thing is making a real neighbourhood that makes sense.
“When we talk about some parts of this project being affordable housing, based on 80 per cent of the median prices around here, there’s a lot of expensive houses around here,” he reasons.Deportation hearing set for truck driver in deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash