Anyone who has followed the development of mid-scale or large-scale residential projects in Canada's major cities will have seen that the construction phase its

Anyone who has followed the development of mid-scale or large-scale residential projects in Canada's major cities will have seen that the construction phase itself is perhaps the easiest and often the quickest part of the process. This is true even for large concrete highrises. One to three years of construction can easily be eclipsed by the unnecessary, onerous, and very lengthy "planning" processes imposed by government, especially if tribunals, appeals, and other bureaucratic overhead is imposed on a project.