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In Canada the major issue is that zoning bylaws are generally 30 years old and so no one can do anything “as of right” which means that everyone has to go through a very long public engagement process and negotiation / shake down from the municipality to fund whatever the latest political desire is. So 6 months is, unfortunately, very very optimistic. Most of my developer friends spend 2-3 years and then still have to fight through the tribunals to get to build anything, even things ostensibly in line with what the city says it wants (like density around new rapid transit).