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Omnibus amendment to the new Official Plan

New updated content: 2024-11-21 11:07:37 An omnibus Official Plan Amendment (OPA) was to be considered at Planning and Housing Committee on August 28. The GA made a submission regarding the specific issue of Country Lot Subdivisions, which led to a meeting with the lead planner to further elaborate on the issue. We later learned that the Omnibus OPA will be brought to Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee on October 3

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Paul Johanis November 21, 2024 November 21, 2024

PPS 2024

New updated content: 2024-11-21 11:07:37 The latest version of the PPS has been published, incorporating changes and revisions based on the several changes to legislation and policies made by the provincial government over the last few years to boost housing supply, often to the detriment of environmental and natural heritage. An analysis of the new PPS will need to be made to identify and assess these impacts locally.

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Paul Johanis November 21, 2024 November 21, 2024

Bill C-73, Nature Accountability Act and Nature Strategy

New updated content: 2024-09-24 15:44:20 Stephen gave an update on the tabling of Bill C-73 in the House of Commons in June. This bill will likely be debated in the fall session, which will provide an opportunity to comment. The accountability framework and strategy would be key elements in meeting the 30% by 2030 nature conservation target adopted in COP 15. The strategy also includes a target for the restoration

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Paul Johanis September 24, 2024 September 30, 2024

Ottawa Wildlife Strategy

New updated content: 2024-04-15 08:20:13 City of Ottawa Wildlife Strategy The City of Ottawa is reviewing its Wildlife Strategy. This strategy covers mostly the issue of resident-wildlife interactions, not the broader issue of wildlife conservation and biodiversity. The current policy, which dates from 2013, is considered regressive, involving mostly trapping and removal and in the case of beavers, habitat destruction. GA member Ottawa Carleton Wildlife Centre has been very active

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Paul Johanis April 15, 2024 September 30, 2024

Ontario Bill 185

New updated content: 2024-04-15 08:20:13 Ontario Bill 185 Just this week, the Province has announced yet another omnibus bill to spur more rapid residential construction, walking back some provisions of previous housing bills, bringing back provisions previously dropped in similar earlier bills and other general flailing around to address housing supply. There has been no time to analyze the new Bill more carefully but one provision that stands out is

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Paul Johanis April 15, 2024 September 30, 2024

Ontario Bill 97

New updated content: 2023-04-17 12:18:14 The GA participated in a workshop on the Transportation Master Plan sponsored by POP and led by the FCA. It was held on April 15 at the Jack Purcell Community Centre and was attended by about 40 people. The meeting of the Transportation Committee at which the TMP was to be considered was pushed forward to April 17 from April 20, leaving very little time

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Paul Johanis April 17, 2023 August 30, 2024

A plethora of unsavory bills

With their new majority, the Conservatives unleashed a barrage of new legislation chipping away at representative municipal government and laying siege to the province’s natural heritage, under the subterfuge of more housing, quicker. Bill 109, the More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022 was introduced on March 30, 2022 and received Royal Assent on April 14, 2022. It mostly imposed fixed deadlines for city approvals of planning applications, with fines for

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Erwin Dreessen January 14, 2023 June 24, 2024

Ontario Bill 23

New updated content: 2022-11-21 10:30:13 Bill 23 protest On November 15, the AG participated in a rally organized by the POP group outside City Hall. It was held immediately after the inauguration event of the new City Council and a number of returning and new councillors attended. Overall a good crowd showed up on short notice, with effective speakers and good media coverage. The opposition to this Bill is widespread

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Paul Johanis November 21, 2022 August 30, 2024

Ottawa Municipal Election 2022

For this election cycle, the Greenspace Alliance decided to endorse candidates for Mayor and City Council seats. This is the list of candidates that, in our opinion, would be most likely to advance and take action on climate, environmental and greenspace issues in the next term of Council. The upcoming municipal election is the first one to be held after the City’s declaration of a Climate Emergency. This gives us

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Erwin Dreessen October 13, 2022 September 3, 2024

Zoning Bylaw review

New updated content: 2022-08-29 09:59:31 Comprehensive Zoning By-law review Paul provided an update on the pre-consultation work being done by a broad stakeholders group, which includes the GA and the FCA, on the Comprehensive Zoning By-law review. Three meeting have been held to date, each dealing with the potential trade-offs in the context of given high level zoning scenarios applicable to the area designated as Neighbourhood in the new Official

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Paul Johanis August 29, 2022 November 21, 2024

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