- 1. The Greenbelt Scandal in King: Senior Officials in the dark about second Southlake in King
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- The latest tranche of Freedom of Information files from EcoJustice exposes the internal wiring of Government as never before. Astonishing as it may seem, as late as 15 November 2022, senior officials ...
- Created on 31 October 2023
- 2. Province re-writes York Region's Official Plan but without explaining wh
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- ... Lavelle-Tuns was deputy Manager of Doug Ford’s 2018 PC leadership campaign. The Aurora "special provision" was one of five changing policy on specified lands. 80 changes The York Regional Official ...
- Created on 12 November 2022
- 3. Confusion Reigns as York Regional Council approves Official Plan in 14-7 vote
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- Yesterday, York Regional Council gave final approval to its Official Plan which guides development over the next 30 years. In a long debate punctuated by profound procedural confusion, pointed remarks ...
- Created on 01 July 2022
- 4. Taylor votes against York Region’s Official Plan and slams colleagues for undermining the entire planning process
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- Last Thursday, Newmarket Mayor John Taylor, voted against endorsing York Region's Official Plan (ROP) which guides development over the next 30 years. An angry Taylor said he had never voted against a ...
- Created on 19 June 2022
- 5. IT'S OFFICIAL: Lois Brown's hazardous election signs block sightlines and are unlawf
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- Yesterday, I wrote to York Regional Clerk, Christopher Rayner: “I am writing to you formally to draw to your attention a breach of York Region Sign By-law 2015-36 which forbids election signs on regional ...
- Created on 18 September 2019
- 6. Forrest doctors the official record
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- ... this sleight of hand. Which version is the official record? This could be important if the Town approves Forrest's rental building and, in so doing, votes against its own Zoning By-law and Heritage ...
- Created on 24 May 2016
- 7. Official: Newmarket Mayor Tony Van Bynen gets paid for being on Hydro Board
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- Bob Shelton, Newmarket’s Chief Administrative Officer, confirmed this afternoon (Thursday 18 June) that the Mayor receives remuneration from Newmarket-Tay Power. He serves as a Director by virtue of ...
- Created on 18 June 2015
- 8. Eagle Street: another departure from the Official Plan
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- On Monday 27 February Councillors will consider yet another departure from the Town’s Official Plan. This time, the focus of attention is 55 Eagle Street. Millford Development Ltd want an Official ...
- Created on 25 February 2012
- 9. Housing the homeless: the case against Tom "not in my patch" Mraka
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- ... in Aurora. Mrakas said it did not fit “seamlessly” into the Town’s Official Plan and Zoning regulations. But, by the same token, would putting homeless men in the Regional HQ – an office building – fit ...
- Created on 13 April 2024
- 10. Is Dawn Gallagher Murphy happy or sad for the nurses?
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- ... legislation" that limited nurses’ pay rises to 1% for three years. Dawn is everywhere on social media, opening things, shaking hands, congratulating people, awarding certificates and giving the official ...
- Created on 26 February 2024
- 11. Tom Mrakas and Emergency Housing
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- ... a more appropriate site in Aurora, one that aligns with the intent of our Official Plan.” Mrakas is now gilding the lily. At no stage during that January 2023 meeting did he explicitly mention a comparative ...
- Created on 19 February 2024
- 12. The Greenbelt Scandal: Michael Rice, John Dunlap, Steve Pellegrini and the new Southlake
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- ... Both Mr. Rice and Mr. McGovern, who also attended the meeting with the mayor and the chief administrative officer, told me these officials initiated the conversation about using some of this particular ...
- Created on 29 December 2023
- 13. We have a Government that stifles debate, ignores rules, trashes conventions and breaks the law. What is to be done?
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- ... general public. Bill 136 which returns lands to the Greenbelt, Bill 150 which restores Official Plan boundaries and Bill 154 on Ontario Place have all sped through the Legislature in a matter of days. ...
- Created on 06 December 2023
- 14. Christine Elliott goes from Health Minister to Private Sector Health Lobbyist in a Heartbeat
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- ... health minister Christine Elliott registered to lobby the Ford government on behalf of Clearpoint. Her official registration says her lobbying goals are to "engage the government in updating and increasing ...
- Created on 15 November 2023
- 15. The Greenbelt Scandal in King: Why don't they just ask him
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- ... On 1 February 2023 he demanded an apology from the Official Opposition at Queen's Park for their “slanderous” allegation. Elsewhere... We have had some movement from Southlake but there is more to come ...
- Created on 07 November 2023
- 16. The Sophistry of Doug Ford
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- ... processes in order to override official plans and impose boundary changes on Ontario municipalities, a move also since reversed. But with numerous comments in the emails and other internal communications ...
- Created on 04 November 2023
- 17. The Greenbelt Scandal in King: servicing the Bathurst lands
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- ... Doug Ford's Office was involved in municipal lands decision See also: Township of King Official Plan September 2019 Memo. To: Michael Rice Date: September 27, 2022 RE: Greenbelt / Oak Ridges ...
- Created on 31 October 2023
- 18. The Greenbelt Scandal in King: Developer Michael Rice makes no mention of a second Southlake when asking for Bathurst lands to be removed from the Greenbelt
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- ... officials other than those involving the Mayor. The Township’s Official Plan (2019) - which was adopted by Council on 23 September 2019 and approved by York Region on 24 September 2020 - looks ahead ...
- Created on 30 October 2023
- 19. The Greenbelt Scandal: Chief Executive explains why Southlake has no records of the meeting when developer Michael Rice gifted land for a new hospital
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- ... a follow-up meeting with Holt. In his report at paragraph 289, the Integrity Commissioner noted that Michael Rice had been in communication with hospital officials about other possible hospital sites ...
- Created on 29 October 2023
- 20. The Greenbelt Scandal in King: Decision on naming mystery landowner who "brought forward idea of donating lands" for a new Southlake will be made by King Township on 6 November 202
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- ... This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. See also: Township of King Official Plan, September 2019 To Mayor Pellegrini: 15 October 2023 Dear Mayor Pellegrini We have been in correspondence before about your ...
- Created on 28 October 2023
- 21. Ford and Calandra rule out debate on Integrity Commissioner’s report censuring Steve Clark for his role in the Greenbelt scandal
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- ... this case, including talking to witnesses this government muzzled by confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements. But the Premier is just ignoring the commissioner’s recommendations to officially reprimand ...
- Created on 26 October 2023
- 22. CORRECTION: Review of Regional Governance
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- ... changes and wind back changes made by the Province to official plans. The Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister, Paul Calandra, said today: “In reviewing how decisions were made regarding official ...
- Created on 23 October 2023
- 23. Greenbelt U-Turn Bill tabled at Queen’s Park
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- ... by line scrutiny, prolonging the agony. The NDP official opposition has asked for a debate on the Integrity Commissioner's recommendation to reprimand former Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister, Steve ...
- Created on 16 October 2023
- 24. The Greenbelt Scandal: Why the RCMP should interview Steve Pellegrini under caution
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- ... for the hospital and a significant benefit for King Township.” No-one on King Council – neither elected officials nor senior staff – will admit to knowing where these “other lands” are. Nor will they ...
- Created on 12 October 2023
- 25. Discuss: the Ford Government and low ethical standards
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- Corruption is a spreading stain in the Ford Government. Ford and his enablers like Paul Calandra contaminate everything they touch. From their casual disregard for the truth to their shameless and ...
- Created on 04 October 2023
- 26. From the Globe & Mail: Proposal to build hospital on protected Greenbelt land cancelled
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- ... However, when asked by The Globe and Mail last week about the implications of the government’s Greenbelt reversal on its consideration of Mr. Rice’s land, a Southlake spokesperson said officials are ...
- Created on 03 October 2023
- 27. Did Ryan Amato know that Michael Rice had gifted land for a new Southlake on the Greenbelt at Bathurst? And, if so, what did he do about it?
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- ... a new hospital and it has no records of any meetings about this by elected officials other than those involving the Mayor. The Township’s Official Plan (2019) - which was adopted by Council on 23 September ...
- Created on 02 October 2023
- 28. Selling the Greenbelt: My Deputation to King Township to ask Mayor Steve Pellegrini what he knows
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- ... new hospital on the then protected Greenbelt at Bathurst. It would essentially be gifted. The Bathurst lands are designated in King’s Official Plan (2019) as “prime agricultural” lands in the Greenbelt’s ...
- Created on 29 September 2023
- 29. The Greenbelt Scandal: The Case for a Public Inquiry
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- ... me to the Province. We know there is nothing in King’s Official Plan (2019) which anticipates any development on the Bathurst lands. Pellegrini says he has been searching for a suitable site for a new ...
- Created on 24 September 2023
- 30. Doug Ford admits it was a mistake to open the Greenbelt for development and, astonishingly, reverses course
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- ... when the entire province mobilizes and takes the message to their elected officials,” Mr. Gray said in an interview. “It must have been a pretty rough time for members of provincial parliament, based on ...
- Created on 21 September 2023
- 31. York Region should challenge in the Courts Ford’s decision to open-up the Greenbelt for development
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- ... King’s Official Plan nor York Region’s Official Plan. It seems to me, M’Lud, that Mr Ford acted unreasonably by allowing Minister Steve Clark’s Chief of Staff, Ryan Amato, to decide which Greenbelt ...
- Created on 19 September 2023
- 32. The Greenbelt Scandal: Steve Clark cuts a pathetic figure as he clings on as Housing Minister
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- ... to site a new hospital on prime agricultural land in the Greenbelt and Naylor won’t say. There’s nothing in King’s Official Plan about a new hospital in the Township. I’ve filed an appeal on Stephen Naylor ...
- Created on 31 August 2023
- 33. "Call in the Police!" Greenbelt Rally outside Office of Dawn Gallagher Murphy this Saturday, 19 August, from 11am - 1p
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- ... say. Backed Financially by Michael Rice When she became the official PC candidate she was backed financially by Michael Rice, the developer who bought the Bathurst Greenbelt lands in King on 15 September ...
- Created on 16 August 2023
- 34. Selling the Greenbelt: Former Steve Clark aide, Luca Bucci, out as CEO of Ontario Home Builders Association
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- ... generating buzz was the revelation a former top Conservative official had left suddenly as chief executive officer of the Ontario Home Builders’ Association, an influential lobby group for property developers.ullscreen ...
- Created on 03 August 2023
- 35. Taylor says Del Duca's attack on York Region's planners is unnecessary, derogatory and inaccura
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- ... do with municipalities.) Regional Official Plan to be replaced by nine plans Georgina’s Margaret Quirk asks the Region’s Chief Administrative Officer, Bruce Macgregor, if there would still be a regional ...
- Created on 29 June 2023
- 36. Olivia Chow shatters the mould to become Toronto's new Mayo
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- ... Ana Bailão, and I thought: “Oh no! Here we go again.” In the event Chow won by a decent 34,000 votes – or 37.1% to Bailão’s 34.2% The official results, certified by the City Clerk, are here. The ...
- Created on 27 June 2023
- 37. Ford decrees Newmarket is to get 15,000 new neighbours - and a hospital on former Greenbelt land
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- ... new developments, even if it means throwing their Official Plans – and their priorities - out of the window. Ford does not have a mandate to do this. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Ford is putting developers ...
- Created on 17 June 2023
- 38. Timeline: Southlake and the sale of the Greenbelt lands in King
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- ... months I have been trying to find out as much as I can about the sale of the Greenbelt land in King. It was never earmarked for development. Neither King's Official Plan nor the recently adopted York Region ...
- Created on 09 June 2023
- 39. Selling the Greenbelt: Southlake and Transparency
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- ... told me on 7 February 2023: “Now that the (Rice) lands have been removed from the Greenbelt, presumably natural heritage features will still be protected and the official plan and zoning by-law will ...
- Created on 30 May 2023
- 40. Documents reveal hospital proposal on Greenbelt
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- ... in Southlake Regional Health Centre’s expansion, revealing he began discussions with hospital officials before buying a property largely located in the Greenbelt, an arc of protected farmland, forests ...
- Created on 29 April 2023
- 41. A second Southlake in King? We need to hear from Stephen Naylor
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- ... own Official Plan (OP) would not have allowed a hospital on prime agricultural land. On 10 September 2020 York Region approved King’s OP which addresses the Township’s long term planning requirements to ...
- Created on 26 April 2023
- 42. Why did Blair McArthur help fund Tom Vegh’s campaign for re-election?
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- ... any business with the Town of Newmarket. Blair McArthur also contributed to Vegh’s 2018 election campaign on 11 January 2019, again after the campaign period had officially ended. Back then McArthur ...
- Created on 02 April 2023
- 43. The Big Stitch Up: Dawn Gallagher Murphy and the secret deal
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- Tomorrow, 4 March 2023, marks the first anniversary of Dawn Gallagher Murphy’s appointment as the Official Progressive Conservative candidate for Newmarket-Aurora. Our Progressive Conservative MPP was ...
- Created on 03 March 2023
- 44. Newmarket Regional Councillor Tom Vegh asks for more time to clear his election campaign deficit
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- ... with the Town Clerk is 2pm on 31 March 2023. But candidates can file their Financial Statement before that date if they have formally ended their campaign. The official guidance on Campaign Finance issued ...
- Created on 17 February 2023
- 45. $11,160 cost of MPP’s “Free BBQ and Corn Roast” event was paid by the taxpayers
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- ... MPP and Minister of Health Christine Elliott. The long-time official had announced she would not run for re-election that same day.” Can you tell me a bit more about the signs that were acquired on ...
- Created on 16 February 2023
- 46. Selling the Greenbelt: Can hospitals be built in the Greenbelt?
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- ... told me earlier today: “The planning system in Ontario is based on a conformity hierarchy, meaning to be permitted in a zoning by-law a land use must conform to the local official plan, which must conform ...
- Created on 07 February 2023
- 47. What the UK National Archives say about Tony Blair's first visit to Canada as P
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- ... was first elected in 1997) and how Britain’s Prime Minister developed his strategies for governing. Fake News! I discover the British Government was airbrushing people into Official Photographs – Soviet ...
- Created on 31 December 2022
- 48. MPP's Pledge: Lands will be returned to the Greenbelt if Construction hasn't started by 20
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- ... to reiterate: efficient local decision-making. It also gives elected officials the tools they need to remove barriers that are stalling development, like housing. I want to reiterate that point: It’s ...
- Created on 11 December 2022
- 49. Town will not object to new Homes that Tower over Bungalows next door
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- ... official top of the roof at 116 Eden Court is 1.42 metres (or 4' 8") below the actual top of the roof that we can all see with our own eyes. My photo shows a man standing on the top of the roof. The ...
- Created on 30 November 2022