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Comments by the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario

(Click here for a PDF version of this topic. Download the excerpts from the links below.) The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO), in his 2009-2010 Annual Report issued September 2010, made mention of the efforts to protect Leitrim Wetland. Besides reporting that a leave to appeal to the Environmental Review Tribunal had been granted on a few narrow grounds, the Supplement to the Report describes and comments on two applications

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Claudia Ruiz June 14, 2017 October 7, 2024

Comment on Audit of The Population Growth Projections

We were pleased to see this report.  Of course, as is acknowledged, the promoters of the myth that was the population growth projected for the 2003 Official Plan have now themselves long conceded to the facts.  We would like to remind Council that at the time, in 2002, the Alliance provided advice in the clearest possible terms that these projections were not credible and we explained why, by their own

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Claudia Ruiz May 4, 2017 October 7, 2024

Comment on Audit of The Environmental Commitments in The Ottawa 20/20 Growth Management Strategy

The overall impression one gains from this report is that there are a few bright spots but that the city has a long way to go to meet its stated commitments.  (We appreciate the scope of an Audit report and therefore do not consider to what extent the stated commitments fall short of a realistic, environmentally sustainable strategy.) Management’s Response to Recommendation 1 in effect argues that the Audit report

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Claudia Ruiz May 4, 2017 October 7, 2024

Comment on Audit of The Development Review Process

This report paints a picture of a review process that leaves both city and proponents unhappy  – a process that has “significant communication/logistical and process management shortcomings.”  In addition, the property tax payer is subsidizing the process to the tune of at least $4.3 million per year.  This comes on top of the fact, as we see it, that Development Charges stay well short of covering off the cost of

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Claudia Ruiz May 4, 2017 October 7, 2024

Comment on 3 Ottawa Auditor General Reports (2008)

The 2007 reports of the City of Ottawa’s Auditor General were tabled at the 11 June 2008 meeting of Council. At its July meeting, the Alliance decided to send in comments on three of the reports: on AUDIT OF THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS  (Chapter 1) on AUDIT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS IN THE OTTAWA 20/20 GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY (Chapter 3) on AUDIT OF THE POPULATION GROWTH PROJECTIONS (Chapter 10) The 2007

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Claudia Ruiz May 4, 2017 October 7, 2024