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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>points well made Greg- good for you in recalling
this history of boggled "intentions".</FONT><FONT size=2
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Lori S.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jjackson@web.ca href="mailto:jjackson@web.ca">John Jackson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=all@gren.ca
href="mailto:all@gren.ca">GREN ></A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 17, 2017 12:37
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [All] Letter from Greg in Globe
and Mil on Friday on developers' behaviour in Waterloo region</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I thought people would like to see a letter to the editor from
Greg that the Globe and Mail published last Friday. Thank you Greg.
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<P
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class=selectionShareable><STRONG
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OMB</STRONG></P>
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class=selectionShareable>Ontario developers have once again mustered to try to
prevent reform or replacement of the Ontario Municipal Board, by forming a new
lobby group Building TO Inc. (Ontario Builders Lobby Against Reform, July
11).</P>
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class=selectionShareable>You report that Building TO spokesperson Stephen
Diamond says the government needs to ensure that under the new system
“municipalities don’t undermine the province’s goals to build denser, more
transit-friendly communities by shutting down new development to please
ratepayers.”</P>
<P
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class=selectionShareable>In 2009, Waterloo Region, now ranked as the
fourth-fastest-growing municipality in Canada, undertook extensive public and
institutional consultation to produce a meticulously researched new Official
Plan that not only met but also exceeded provincial densification directives
under the Places to Grow Act.</P>
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class=selectionShareable>In that case, a consortium of 27 developers and land
speculators launched an appeal to the OMB <EM
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class=selectionShareable>The OMB sided with the developers’ proposal to
sacrifice 12 times as much farmland (much of which the developers owned) to
urban growth as the region would.</P>
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class=selectionShareable>The decision resulted in a protracted conflict that
included accusations of OMB bias and procedural irregularities, formal court
appeals, and an eventual capitulation by the region because of the spiralling
legal costs, resulting in a five-year hiatus during which planning had to
proceed under outdated guidelines.</P>
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class=selectionShareable>I can only conclude that some mysterious hidden
agenda leads our developers to such contradictory positions in these two
cases.</P>
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class=selectionShareable>Could it be money?</P>
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Michalenko, Waterloo, Ont.</EM></P>
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<DIV>John Jackson</DIV>
<DIV>17 Major Street</DIV>
<DIV>Kitchener N2H 4R1</DIV>
<DIV>519-744-7503</DIV>
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