Our Kanata North Councillor Cathy Curry initiated her first motion at Council and hit it right out of the park! The motion asks our provincial government to assist in opposing ClubLink’s ongoing legal and planning pursuit of a residential development of the Kanata Golf Club lands and requests an intervention equal in scale to the solution Oakville received for its Glen Abbey problem. It passed unanimously!
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eNews – It is time to write some letters
Given the gift of Glen Abbey that Minister Steve Clark gave Oakville and its residents last year; given that both the Planning and Municipal Acts have provincial oversight and serious controls, we don’t agree that issue management should be quite so one-sided. We do hear and agree with your messages – our Ontario government should do more to help Kanata North keep our community intact. And so, last week the KGPC wrote this letter to MPP Fullerton to explain why we feel she should do more. Continue reading
eNews: Thank you for Your Response to Our Call for Funds
We were truly impressed and gratified… but not really surprised. We understand how critically important this issue is to all of you because it is to us too. That’s why we volunteer – to provide the strategy and organization to ensure that you and our community have every chance to win against ClubLink/Minto/Richcraft. Continue reading
eNews – We Have Had Enough – We are Taking it to ClubLink
This eNews has a lot of information that you need to read. The OLT is almost over, leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, return to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, upcoming Town Hall on Wednesday…and more.Continue reading
eNews – More on OLT and Our Upcoming Town Hall
Some of you have been watching the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing (OLT) and sharing your thoughts with us. To be honest, those thoughts have been quite negative. It seems everyone is disappointed with what seems to be a superficial approach to determine the contentious and complex issues rooted behind this development proposal. We will host a Virtual Town Hall on February 23rd.Continue reading
eNews – Only 5 Cozy Dinners left and OLT Update
Only 5 dinners left. And on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 the City filed its application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) on a narrow ruling and decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) in late November 2021.Continue reading
eNews – We’re Right in the Thick of Things
The Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) will deliver a livestream of the ClubLink – 7000 Campeau Drive hearing on the Ontario Land Tribunals – YouTube. The hearing begins Monday January 17th at 10 am.Continue reading
eNews – Facts You Need and Our Next Steps
The situation is just not as bleak as media reporting began to sound on Friday. We’re writing today with a step by step review of where the community really sits after the Court of Appeal decision. Your team at the Kanata Greenspace Protection Coalition (lawyers and all) has been working through the weekend, setting our next steps in motion for the coming week, and reassessing our short and medium term plans given Friday’s decision.Continue reading
eNews – Time for Thanksgiving
While everyone continues to wait for the 40% Agreement decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal, we’re keeping busy on your behalf. Our experts will work throughout October on their written opinions in advance of the October 29 submission deadline for the January Ontario Land Tribuna (OLT) hearing.Continue reading