Watch the videos below and send a letter to city council asking them to stop the demolitions and allow these deeply affordable building to stay occupied during this housing crisis.

This first video with Halifax resident Kathleen Flanagan caught a lot of attention on Facebook, where it received tens of thousands of views and had several thousand people engage with it (likes, comments, and sharing the post).

Peggy Cameron recently spoke to City Council & showed them how their plans just aren’t adding up.

Among the many presentations opposing the Robie St widening proposal, we heard from Pamela Johnson, a Halifax resident who doesn’t live near Robie but has personal experience with the deadly consequences of building urban highways.

Follow the Friends of the Halifax Common on Instagram and Facebook, share and engage with our posts, join our newsletter, and write to City Council now.

If you feel the evidence speaks for itself and that Halifax shouldn’t move forward with the Robie St widening, tell City Council using our mailing tool or write to them directly by copying the text below and pasting it into your email’s “to” field.

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