This may not make or break Johnston's future with the city, but it does suggest that he's out of touch with the sentiment of some in the community, who are sick of political parties retaining a stranglehold on power in Vancouver.
There's been little examination of the moral underpinnings of taxation during the noisy debate over a controversial property surtax imposed by Finance Minister Carole James.
By mass upzoning most of Vancouver, this takes away the financial risk to developers to create high-density housing and it will sacrifice huge amounts of developer fees needed to build community amenities like community centres and green spaces.
