First regulations (December 7, 2017) On December 7, the government posted two proposed regulations under Bill 139 on the EBR registry: EBR 013-1788 — transition provisions EBR 013-1790 — provisions about minimum information requirements for material sent to the tribunal The Ministry’s press release The Hon. Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi’s notice to the community…
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First round – June 2016 Discussion paper and Response (Oct – Dec 2016) Province announces its plans for reform (16 May 2017) Bill 139 : Submissions, Committee discussion, passage (10 Aug / 17 Oct / Dec 2017) Bill 139 – final stages and implementation (Dec 2017 – June 2018)
Way back in April 2012, the Ontario government included in its Omnibus Budget Bill (Bill 55) a proposal to amend the Endangered Species Act. That caused quite a furor and these particular amendments were withdrawn at the end of June. But before the year was out, the Ministry of Natural Resources came out with its…
The propositions: 1. Support for a strong site alteration by-law, with emphasis on “strong.” 2. Renewed commitment to an annual allocation towards an environmental lands acquisition fund. 3. Standing firm in support of the prohibition against future country lot subdivisions. 4. The City’s Advisory Committees should be genuine bridges between the public and Council. David…
Planning Committee on September 22, 2015 will consider key components of the redevelopment of the former CFB Rockcliffe. The Greenspace Alliance sent in the following comment today: To: Members of Planning Committee, and Melody Duffenais, Committee Coordinator Cc: the other Members of Council, and Dawn Whelan, Council Coordinator Re: Planning Committee, Item 3, Agenda…
August 2015 Al Crosby writes: One of the points that we failed to get across to the city, and by extension CLC, was the fact that we are not only talking about specific green goals and objectives of future developments. We should have stressed the point that there is an economic value to retaining natural…
2 July 2015 Other comments sent to the City include: + Al Crosby on the Tree Conservation and Environmental Reports; + Lorne Peterson noted that residents and local naturalists can provide consultants with better information for the planning documents in a community design plan; + Iola Price on tree preservation and the Parks Master Plan; + Ottawa-Carleton…
2 July 2015 Following a public meeting called by the City on June 25, 2015, the Greenspace Alliance sent in its response. Canada Lands Company is commended for its public consultation process and its generous designation of parkland, among other things. We do feel that more effort could be made to retain existing trees and that…
Section 2.1.5 of the Provincial Policy Statement states that “Development and site alteration shall not be permitted in: … d) significant wildlife habitat; … unless it has been demonstrated that there will be no negative impacts on the natural features or their ecological functions.” To help implement this policy, the Ministry of Natural Resources developed…
14 October 2014 – For immediate release Version française At the Ecology Ottawa debate on the Environment of September 24, candidate mayor Jim Watson, in response to a question from the Greenspace Alliance, committed to bringing forward a site alteration by-law. Going further, he said he would lobby the Province for stronger penalties against landowners who…