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Review of federal environmental legislation

The federal government has created an Expert Panel to review its environmental assessment processes.  Go here for more information. David McNicoll attended a workshop on November 8, 2016. On December 22, the Greenspace Alliance made a submission to the Panel.  It argued that, if an environmental assessment amounts to assembling short-term data assembled to support a proponent’s proposal then this is “little more than a land delivery system, unmoored from

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DevAdmin February 9, 2017 October 7, 2024

Memorial to the victims of communism

22 February 2015 This is stretching the terms of our mandate a bit but a majority of the Board felt it was important and appropriate to join the chorus of comments protesting the dedication of a prime area on Parliament Hill to a memorial to the victims of communism.  Here is our letter. Local heritage architect Barry Padolsky was out of the gate first, with an open letter to the Prime

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DevAdmin July 24, 2016 December 8, 2024

NCC Urban Lands Plan approved

(posted to the GA List, 20 May 2015) As usual, the NCC has worked in its mysterious ways. Just over a year ago [in April 2014], on a tight deadline following a public meeting, one was asked to send in comments on a draft Capital Urban Lands Master Plan, its numerous Appendices and a draft NCC Policy for Parkways. Silence followed. Then, at its meeting of April 22, 2015, the

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Claudia Ruiz May 20, 2015 December 4, 2024

Comment on April 2014 draft of the CULMP.doc3/ 3

April 6, 2014 To: Madeleine Demers & Lucie Bureau Cc: Sandra Pecek & Jocelyne Moncion Hello, Please find below my comments on: – the Capital Urban Lands Master Plan, March 2014 draft – the CULMP Appendices – the updated NCC Policy for Parkways, March 2014 draft I would have preferred to share my draft comments with others in the community and send you comments on behalf of the Greenspace Alliance

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Claudia Ruiz April 6, 2014 December 4, 2024

Public consultations

On March 19, 2014 a meeting of the PAC was finally held. A large number of groups had been invited but only five people attended, representing the Poets’ Pathway, the Greenspace Alliance and Heritage Ottawa. Not much was learned, but repeated assurances were given that there were no plans to sell any land. The following week the NCC held public consultations about the NCC’s Urban Lands Master Plan, combined with

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Claudia Ruiz March 19, 2014 December 4, 2024

Preface

[page under development] In late 2008 the National Capital Commission announced that it would begin a process of review of its 1996 Master Plan for the Greenbelt.  The Review was due to be completed in 2012. Under the leadership of Alliance member Sol Shuster, a Greenbelt Coalition was formed in the fall of 2008 to provide a strong community-based voice in the NCC’s review.  The Coalition comprised virtually all the

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DevAdmin November 30, 2013 December 4, 2024

Greenbelt Master Plan approved

At its meeting of November 20, 2013, the NCC’s Board of Directors approved the Greenbelt Master Plan.  The final plan is here. A year later, on November 19, 2014, the Board approved an implementation plan (report and slides, 3.4 MB) which boiled the Master Plan’s 279 actions down to seven priorities: Greenbelt Visual Identity at entrances Greenbelt Branding, Communication & Marketing Strategy Visitor Services & Interpretation Restore Natural Lands Ecological Corridors

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DevAdmin November 20, 2013 December 4, 2024

Myths and Realities

MYTH 1 Development jumped the Greenbelt, so the Greenbelt failed. REALITY This is one of the most widespread Ottawa myths about the Greenbelt. While Jacques Gréber in his 1950 report significantly underestimated the future growth of the capital region, he did foresee that growth outside the Greenbelt would take place. His idea was that these outlying urban communities would be relatively self-sufficient – in essence, have approximately equal numbers of

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DevAdmin October 30, 2010 December 4, 2024

Greenbelt Coalition Position Paper

PDF version of this paper GREENBELT COALITION OF CANADA’S CAPITAL REGION Position Paper for the NCC’s Greenbelt Master Plan Review September 2010 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose 1.2 Background 1.3 Historical summary 1.4 The 1996 Greenbelt Master Plan 2 THE GREENBELT COALITION’S VISION AND GOALS 3 GREENBELT VALUES 3.1 Aesthetic values 3.2 Public ownership values 3.3 Environmental values 3.4 Agricultural values 3.5 Lifestyle and recreational values

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DevAdmin September 23, 2010 December 4, 2024

City Hall White Paper and rebuttal

On May 28, 2008 at Planning Committee, purportedly as part of the “Beyond 20/20” Official Plan review, City staff tabled a White Paper on “Development in the Greenbelt.” On whose request this paper was written has remained a mystery, though the rumour was widespread that it was written at the behest of then Mayor Larry O’Brien. The paper surveyed the economic impact of the Greenbelt, what it costs to maintain it,

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DevAdmin September 30, 2008 December 4, 2024