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Threats / Major Urban

LRT Extension through the Greenbelt and Beyond Road ecology Road through Stony Swamp Kanata North Urban Expansion Area (Area 1) Tree cutting incident of July 2014 and its aftermath Greenspace Alliance appeals OPA 173 and location of Stormwater Pond *Outcome of our appeal: A settlement and a loss South March Highlands Urban Expansion Area (Area 2) — 2015 and 2017 public meetings Kanata Lakes North (KNL) KNL’s application for an “overall

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Claudia Ruiz October 25, 2018 June 24, 2024

Threats / Rural

Goulbourn Wetlands Complex Chalk River radioactive waste disposal facility Chaudière Islands Ottawa on-side with Windmill (October 2014) Chaudière Islands: A letter (26 Jan 2016) & updates Order-in-Council on land transfers (December 2017)

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Claudia Ruiz October 25, 2018 June 24, 2024

Policy / Province of Ontario

A plethora of unsavory bills (Oct-Dec 2022) Ontario Elections, June 2 2022 (April 24, 2022) Don’t Shut Down the Local Planning Appeal Support Centre (Mar-Dec 2019) Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act (Dec 2018/Jan 2019)

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Claudia Ruiz October 25, 2018 June 24, 2024

Policy / Ottawa City Hall

Ottawa Municipal Election 2022 Ottawa’s new Official Plan       Preparing for a New Official Plan: Beyond 2036       Consultation on the new Official Plan, 2019        Workshops on Climate Solutions and Ottawa’s New Official Plan        Draft policy directions for new Official Plan approved        Planning Committee approves urban expansion, but not how much        City updates stakeholders

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Claudia Ruiz October 24, 2018 June 24, 2024

WARD 23 Candidates – Kanata South

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 Abuwa: “All four proposals you brought up appear to be matters that I can lend

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Claudia Ruiz November 3, 2017 October 7, 2024

General Meeting – 18 May 2006

Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital Meeting Minutes for May 18, 2006 Location: Champlain Park Field House In attendance: Billy Royds (Chair), Amy Kempster, Janice Seline, Daphne McCree, Erwin Dreessen, Thomas Kapler, Chantal Vicha, Theresa Jobateh (Impromptu Meeting Secretary) Regrets: Carol Gudz 1. Bill Royds called the meeting to order @ 7:40 PM 2. Agenda – adopted by consensus. 3. April 27th meeting minutes – discussions over word changes, etc. ED

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Claudia Ruiz October 13, 2017 October 13, 2017

WARD 22 Candidates – Gloucester-South Nepean

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. Scott Hodge: #1: “I admit that I need to research this further to properly understand the

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Claudia Ruiz September 12, 2017 October 7, 2024

WARD 21 Candidates – Rideau-Goulbourn

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. Scott Moffatt: #1: “In the rural area, I strongly believe that rural landowners shouldn’t be subject

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Claudia Ruiz September 12, 2017 October 7, 2024

George Wright

“1. Do not support. I don’t see any mention of who owns the land in question. With respect to public land, I support the recommendation. With regard to private land, I do not see that the Conservation Authority or the City would have any authority to rule or dictate legally, especially when you consider both of their track records. Just two off the top of my head, RVCA building their

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Claudia Ruiz September 12, 2017 October 7, 2024

WARD 20 Candidates – Osgoode

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. Liam Maguire: “I don’t have enough information to say I would or would not support these

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Claudia Ruiz September 12, 2017 October 7, 2024