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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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