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Appeal of Water Taking Permit at Leitrim Settled On March 23, 2010, the Environmental Review Tribunal accepted a settlement that had been reached between the developers of Findlay Creek Village and the Appellants (the Greenspace Alliance and Sierra Club Canada) acting on behalf of the Friends of Leitrim Wetland. In July 2009, the Tribunal had granted leave to appeal a 10-year Permit To Take Water on three narrow grounds. Ever since,

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iWEBAPP March 23, 2010 December 3, 2024

Appeal of the 10-year PTTW (May – Aug 2009)

On May 20, 2009 the Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital and the Sierra Club Canada filed an application with the Environmental Review Tribunal for Leave to Appeal a 10-year Permit To Take Water issued on April 27, 2009. They also filed a Motion for an Interim Stay. (Supporting the Motion was an Affidavit sworn by Erwin Dreessen – 497 KB.) That motion was denied because the Tribunal concluded it had

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iWEBAPP August 26, 2009 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

Motion to dismiss the Leave to Appeal application fails

On July 21, 2008, the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal dismissed a motion by Findlay Creek Properties Ltd.  The motion sought to dismiss an application for Leave to Appeal a permit issued by the Ministry of the Environment to pump water out of Leitrim Wetland.  The appeal is spearheaded by the Greenspace Alliance and the Sierra Club of Canada on behalf of the Friends of Leitrim Wetland. The Permit To Take

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Claudia Ruiz July 21, 2008 December 3, 2024

Leave to appeal the PTTW to the Environmental Review Tribunal

On Tuesday, March 11, the Greenspace Alliance and the Sierra Club filed for Leave to Appeal a Permit to take Water issued by the Ministry of Environment on February 22. The permit would allow withdrawal of up to 17 million litres per day until September 30, 2008, in order to allow laying of water and sewer mains in Phase 2 of the Findlay Creek Village development. A summary of the

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iWEBAPP March 16, 2008 December 3, 2024

Application for a Permit to Take Water

On December 9, 2007, the Friends of Leitrim Wetland issued a second media release, encouraging the public to object to a new proposal for a Permit To Take Water at Leitrim Wetland that would see 17 million litres of water per day drained from the wetland for the next ten years. This is the equivalent of 50 Olympic-size swimming pools each week. Media Release Communiqué de presse Media coverage.

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Claudia Ruiz December 9, 2007 December 3, 2024