On October 14, 2008, it was decided to abandon our appeal of the latest, and supposedly last, short-term permit to pump water at Leitrim Wetland. The Permit was valid until September 30 and the Ministry has given strong indication that no extension or further short-term permit will be issued. Another short-term Permit, which came to…
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On Tuesday, March 11, the Greenspace Alliance and the Sierra Club filed for Leave to Appeal a Permit to take Water issued by the Ministry of Environment on February 22. The permit would allow withdrawal of up to 17 million litres per day until September 30, 2008, in order to allow laying of water and…
On May 20, 2009 the Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital and the Sierra Club Canada filed an application with the Environmental Review Tribunal for Leave to Appeal a 10-year Permit To Take Water issued on April 27, 2009. They also filed a Motion for an Interim Stay. (Supporting the Motion was an Affidavit sworn by…
Appeal of Water Taking Permit at Leitrim Settled On March 23, 2010, the Environmental Review Tribunal accepted a settlement that had been reached between the developers of Findlay Creek Village and the Appellants (the Greenspace Alliance and Sierra Club Canada) acting on behalf of the Friends of Leitrim Wetland. In July 2009, the Tribunal had…
On December 19, 2008, on the heels of action at the municipal level, the Greenspace Alliance, represented by Ecojustice, filed an application for Leave to Appeal the award of costs issued by the Divisional Court on December 10. The application to the Ontario Court of Appeal asserts that the Divisional Court made errors of law,…
Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital P.O. Box 55085, 240 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1A1 Phone: (613) 733-7727 E-mail: admin@greenspace-alliance.ca Web site: www.greenspace-alliance.ca Sierra Club of Canada 412-1 Nicholas Street Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 7B7 Phone: (613) 241-4611 Fax: (613) 241-2292 E-mail: info@sierraclub.ca Web site: www.sierraclub.ca/national 11 April 2007 BY REGISTERED MAIL Patrick Hennessy Secretary Ontario…
May 26, 2007 The Ontario Municipal Board devoted four days (May 22 to 25, 2007) to a hearing on the merits of a motion by Tartan and the City to dismiss our appeals of two zoning by-laws. The Member is Marc Denhez. We are very fortunate to have been represented at this hearing by Linda…