If your goal is to make Canmore a cheaper place to live, you either look to reduce demand, or increase supply. It's a pretty little mountain town an hour away from a big city with an increasing population...so I don't see demand going anywhere but up. So more supply is the only choice (there and elsewhere in the Rockies). Maybe more second homes aren't the best path forward to do that, but it sure is better than no homes at all. Saying no to these developments means the existing stock gets even more expensive, cutting even more people out.
But yep, Canmore is definitely not what it used to be. And neither is Banff, Cochrane, Calgary or pretty much any place within 2 hours of it. It's progress, for better or worse.
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