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Follow us on TwitterIn August David McRobert and Paula Boutis asked if it was time for Ontario political parties to revisit the issue of intervenor funding and access to environmental justice. They have followed up and made an application under the Environmental Bill of Rights requesting a review of existing laws, regulations and policies related to public participation and hearings under the Environment Assessment Act and other environmental and planning laws.
Posts Tagged ‘Planning’
David McRobert and Paula Boutis Propose an Ontario Participant and Intervenor Funding Act
January 30th, 2012 by Iler Campbell LLPCitizens and the Ontario Municipal Board
June 10th, 2010 by Paula BoutisLast night I had the pleasure of attending the Sierra Club Peel’s annual celebration, where the Club highlighted the 5th anniversary of the creation of the Greenbelt, and efforts underway to expand the Greenbelt. As always, planning issues around the Greenbelt, and planning more generally, were a hot button issue.
As part of the provincial government’s raft of important planning initiatives around the time the Greenbelt was introduced, the government also headed the comments and concerns of citizens and municipalities that the battle to protect spaces and places was being lost by municipalities and their citizens at the Ontario Municipal Board.
