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‘The Other Mirabel’ – English Translation
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English translation of 'L’autre Mirabel'. News article from Marc Godbout of Radio Canada. Released October 12, 2022
Update Newsletter #71 – October 5, 2022
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Comments on Proposed Changes to Agricultural System Map for Durham Region’s Official Plan
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We have submitted comments on proposed changes during Durham Region’s Official Plan Review. We cheered plans to protect three important farming areas as Prime Agricultural Areas under the Province’s Agricultural Mapping System. We also called for the Region to eliminate several wrongheaded exclusions:
• The “Pickering airport lands.” The Province has rightly identified them as a Prime Agricultural Area.
• Rouge National Urban Park’s farm areas. National parks aren’t excluded by the Province so why should they be excluded by the Region?
• Rural Pickering areas called “Major Open Space” – a designation based on false premises. The sought-after “greater variety of economic uses” already exists as “On-Farm Diversified Uses.” No need for Pickering or the Region to create redundant designations.
We backed up our arguments with facts and sources. It’s time the Region listened.
Update Newsletter #70 – August 8, 2022
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Update Newsletter #69 – July 3, 2022
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Update Newsletter #68 – June 1, 2022
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Charting a New Path: Coalition of Advocates Pressing Feds to Release Pickering Federal Lands for Park – Matt Durnan
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Posted with permission of the publisher of NRU Publishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis GTHA, Vol. 25, No. 13, Wednesday, March 30, 2022.
Update Newsletter #67 – March 2, 2022 (Special Anniversary Edition)
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Update Newsletter #66 – February 11, 2021
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Update Newsletter #65 – December 31, 2021
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Update Newsletter #64 – November 24, 2021
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The Big Lie Exposed
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Those who support an airport in Pickering – and this small but vocal crowd includes local politicians and general aviation pilots – insist on repeating a Big Lie: that KPMG “determined that the GTA would need a new airport by 2036.” The KPMG report did not say this. Here's what it did say.
UPDATE Newsletter #63 – October 6, 2021
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Comments on Proposed Policy Directions for Durham Region’s Official Plan
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As part of the Durham Region Municipal Comprehensive Review, we responded to the following sections of the Proposed Policy Directions report of March 2021:
• Prosperous Economy (4. Proposed Direction: Pickering Federal Airport Lands, p. 19)
• Healthy Communities (6. Proposed Direction: Greenhouse Gas Reduction, p. 24; and 8. Proposed Direction: Air Quality, p. 28)
• Vital Urban System (52. Proposed Direction: Settlement Area Boundary Expansion, p. 94)
• Thriving Rural System (54. Proposed Direction: Goals for a Thriving Rural System, p. 99)
Our submission was endorsed by: Ontario Nature, York Region Environmental Alliance, Pickering Naturalists, North Durham Nature and Environmental Action Now Ajax-Pickering.
UPDATE Newsletter #62 – June 19, 2021
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