It is disheartening to see such an ill-thought-out article coming from a university professor. I agree that we are constrained in Vancouver but to build in the ALR is ludicrous. If you had taken any time to do some research to back up what you said you would learn that the ALR provides much more than "overpriced strawberries." 

The development process does not contain arbitrary restrictions which you would also know if you had taken the time to read a bylaw or city strategy. They are justified and ensure that new developments are safe, healthy, and contain a proportion of affordable housing. 

What is constraining development in Vancouver is the fact that 80% of the city is zoned for single family homes leaving a small amount of land in the city available for densification. We need to allow more townhomes and low-rise development in the rest of the city; not more suburban sprawl in the ALR.