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New appointments at the NCC

On October 12, 2007, Minister Cannon, the Minister responsible for the NCC, announced new appointments at the Commission. Ms. Marie Lemay was appointed Chief Executive Officer (replacing Micheline Dubé, who remains Executive Vice-President); and former Ottawa Mayor Jacquelin Holzman and financial advisor Kory Bobrow were appointed to a 2-year and 4-year term on the Commission respectively. Like Ms. Holzman, Mr. Bobrow hails from the National Capital Region. Ms. Lemay has

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NCC initiates its Urban Lands study, again

23 June 2007 (updated 17 July 2007) The Citizen reported on June 19, 2007 that the NCC has advertised for a consulting firm to study federal land holdings in the National Capital Region outside Gatineau Park and the Greenbelt. The study is expected to start in a month and be completed in a year. (Read the article here.) NCC Director of Planning François Lapointe puts this study in the context

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New NCC Chair appointed

On May 3, 2007, Min. Cannon announced the appointment of the new Chair of the National Capital Commission, Mr. Russell A. Mills. See the NCC’s press release here.  The welcoming words were spoken by Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Micheline Dubé. Wikipedia says about Mr. Mills in a “stub” (not quite a full article): Russell Mills (born July 14, 1944, in St. Thomas, Ontario) is a former Canadian newspaper publisher. He

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Federal Budget: More money for the NCC

The March 19, 2007 Federal Budget Plan had this paragraph on the National Capital (p. 73): Preserving the National Capital The National Capital Commission (NCC) safeguards and preserves the Capital’s most treasured cultural and natural heritage assets for future generations. As noted by the NCC Mandate Review Panel, funding in recent years has not been sufficient for the NCC to maintain these assets. Budget 2007 proposes to address these needs

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Panel report published

The Mandate Review Panel released its report on December 21, 2006. Download the Report (5.6 MB).  Download the Press Release and Prof. Gilles Paquet’s remarks. Media coverage: CBC.ca news item, December 21 [no longer online] Articles in The Citizen, December 22, 2006: “Bolster NCC, don’t scrap it” https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20061222/282239481141330 “Incredible opportunity’ to improve capital” [no longer online] “Some Juicy Bits; Some No-Brainers” – column by Kelly Egan https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20061222/282252366043218 Erwin Dreessen commented

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Submission to the NCC Mandate Review Panel

As documented elsewhere on this web site (see “NCC Renewal“), in 2006 the federal government conducted a review of the NCC’s mandate. The Poets’ Pathway Committee made a submission to the Panel headed by Prof. Gilles Paquet. Here are some highlights, expressed in oral presentation: * For this project to be realized further, the cooperation of the NCC is indispensable. The Pinecrest and Southern Corridors as well as the shores of

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NCC Mandate Review Panel announced

Early in 2006, Minister Lawrence Cannon, the federal minister responsible for the National Capital Commission, let it be known that the mandate of the NCC would be reviewed. Members of the Alliance immediately went to work on forming a coalition of environmental groups to hammer out a position on this matter. The “Coalition for NCC Renewal” began meeting in May and developed four papers: on Gatineau Park, on the Greenbelt,

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