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Leave to appeal cost award

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, as well as errors of mixed facts and law in awarding costs against the Greenspace

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Claudia Ruiz December 19, 2008 December 3, 2024

City Goes After Greenspace Alliance for Costs – A Threat to All Community Organizations!

Sol Shuster, Vice-Chair of the Greenspace Alliance, on December 18, posted the following to the Alliance email list: In an unprecedented move, the City of Ottawa recently asked a judicial review panel to require that its legal costs be paid by the Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital (GA). These costs arose in relation to an unsuccessful legal challenge before the Ontario Divisional Court. The challenge was part of the Alliance’s

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Claudia Ruiz December 18, 2008 December 3, 2024

Chiarelli Media Release on Cost Awards against Community Groups

As supplied by Councillor Chiarelli’s office, 16 December 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Councillors Rick Chiarelli and Alex Cullen are sponsoring a measure that would prevent City lawyers from suing community based public interest groups who participate in public tribunals on matters of policy and public interest. If approved, the Notice of Motion, moved by Chiarelli and seconded by Cullen would stop City lawyers from filing claims for “costs” against such

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Claudia Ruiz December 18, 2008 December 3, 2024

Chiarelli-Cullen Motion on Cost Claims against Community Groups

Introduced at Council on November 28, referred to Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee for its meeting of January 6. Moved by Councillor Rick Chiarelli Seconded by Councillor Alex Cullen WHEREAS residents, community groups and resident organizations contribute significantly to public policy development at the City by offering advice and by putting aspects of Council decisions to the test; AND WHEREAS community and resident public interest organizations contribute to the

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Claudia Ruiz November 28, 2008 December 3, 2024

Leitrim Cost Award: Media Coverage

Metro, on page 3 of its November 5, 2008 Ottawa edition, had a newsflash: “Court costs will break us, environment group claims A city environmental group that unsuccessfully challenged an OMB decision fears it will have to shut down if a developer’s demands for legal costs are awarded. The Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital says the developers of Findlay Creek Village and the city want more than $72,000 in costs.

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Claudia Ruiz November 25, 2008 December 3, 2024

Debate of the City’s policy on cost award claims

On November 28, 2008, Councillor Rick Chiarelli, supported by Councillor Alex Cullen, introduced a Motion at Council to clarify the City’s policy with regard to requiring community groups or individuals to pay the City’s litigation costs.  The Motion was referred to Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee and is expected to be considered at its meeting of 6 January 2009. Read the Motion here. Councillor Chiarelli issued a media release.

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Claudia Ruiz November 18, 2008 December 3, 2024

Developers, City demand over $72,000 in court costs

Following the dismissal on October 2, 2008 of our application for a judicial review of an OMB decision, lawyers for the City of Ottawa and the developers of Findlay Creek Village demanded partial compensation for their costs of having had to face the Greenspace Alliance before the Ontario Divisional Court in its fight to save Leitrim Wetland. The City wants compensation for 30 hours of work ($5,120) and lawyers for

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Claudia Ruiz November 4, 2008 December 3, 2024

Court declares the application moot

UPDATE — Jan 17, 2008 The court session for our Judicial Review has now been set for April 7, 2008. UPDATE — Feb 25, 2008 The new date for a court hearing on the Judicial Review is now June 9, 2008. UPDATE — Sep 19, 2008 We now have a firm court date for the Judicial Review of the OMB’s dismissal of our appeal of two zoning by-law amendments that

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Claudia Ruiz October 17, 2008 December 3, 2024

Appeal of “last” short-term Permit abandoned

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 light only recently, is for surface water diversion (up to 32.4 million liters/day) and remains

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Claudia Ruiz October 14, 2008 December 3, 2024

Yet another PTTW application

While an application to take water over the next ten years is still pending, the developers of Findlay Creek Village have filed yet another short-term application, so they may dig a deep trench to start the final major phase of their development. The application was posted on the EBR web site under EBR # 010-5426. Here is a Site Plan, showing the trench the developer wishes to dig (the red

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Claudia Ruiz October 13, 2008 December 3, 2024