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SHAW: The quiet takeover — how centralization is erasing rural identity
April 21, 2026
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Over the last decade, a trend has become increasingly apparent across Canada: centralization. We are steadily seeing the levers of power drift away from regional centres of influence and toward centralized government institutions. This has become readily apparent in the news cycle with the proposed “comprehensive zoning bylaw” in Cowichan Valley, British Columbia.

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