Public: too tall, will add too much traffic; too much like Vancouver
In addition to the complete and utter piffle about "looking like Vancouver" - in what galactic realm of unreality does a small region of 400K look like Vancouver....which has 3 million people not to mention hundreds of taller buildings to our...what... two dozen?? - my favorite nonsensical comment among those who complain that "quaint" Victoria is no longer "their Victoria" almost always references the Victoria of 60 (or more) years ago.....
Please show me one major city in Canada or, North America for that matter, that hasn't changed in a HALF CENTURY+++.
Including this one BTW which has changed and evolved from a bunch of muddy huts to trading outpost, to fort, to capital city to a larger capital city. Yes folks even 'quaint' l'il Victoria has been changing since Day 1 so it should be ZERO surprise it continues to do so 160 years after its founding. Good grief. The horror...the horror!!