I'm curious about the ongoing discussion about having a city wide plan.  Wouldn't each neighbourhood rather have a plan that is specific to their own area and its needs?  Wouldn't residents of a neighbourhood rather have discussions and input with the city into their own specific neighbourhood?  I know I (and a lot of my friends and neighbours) partook in a lot of the open houses and discussions when the West End Plan was being worked on.  

If a city wide plan would have plans for each neighbourhood anyway then what is different from what is already being done?  Create an area plan for each neighbourhood and now you have a city plan specific to each area.

I guess what got me wondering is this article talks about the need for a city wide plan but the changes mentioned are happening in areas that already have neighbourhood plans.