The City of Surrey is launching a three-year plan to boost the number of new housing units to an average of more than four thousand per year.
A statement from the City of Surrey says the plan is enabled by 96-million-dollars in federal funding.
The plan aims to increase new unit delivery in the city by almost 28 per cent.
The statement says Surrey plans to improve the development processes for higher-density multi-unit housing projects and adjust zoning in areas around rapid-transit lines.
Karina Gould says the legislation would also put into law the principles that provinces and territories agreed to in funding agreements, including to cut parent fees and create more spaces.
There are 288 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 48 are in intensive care. In the past 72 hours, six new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,989.
Prior to the talks with Russia, Zelenskyy also said he was open to compromise on the future of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, which the Kremlin has claimed as its territory and where eight years of fighting prior to the recent Russian invasion left 14,000 dead.
Applications opened March 17 for a program to allow an unlimited number of Ukrainians fleeing war in their home country to come to Canada for up to three years while they decide whether they want to apply for permanent residency.
Randy Narine, a Brampton firefighter who said he is related to the family, identified the parents who died Monday as Nazir Ali, 28, and Raven Alisha Ali-O’dea, 29. He identified the children who lost their lives as Layla Rose Ali-O’dea, Jayden Prince Ali-O’dea and Alia Marilyn Ali-O’dea.
The police investigation is one of two probes into the 2017 vote, which saw Kenney defeat his main rival Brian Jean to win the top job in the party and eventually become premier.