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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: The Government idea leading us down a dead-end street
Description: It seems doesn’t it that the Government, at the moment, is hellbent on forcing change on us in so many parts of our lives. Yesterday, it was the housing intensification changes - which the Christchurch City Council snubbed its nose at. There’s another one, though, that I suspect the Christchurch council - in fact, all councils around the country - might be quite excited about. The Government’s “Reshaping Streets” policy will make changes to land transport rules and the Local Government Act, to allow councils to change street lay-outs and street use...