development – The 905er

The 905 Round-Up: The Tories True Colours on Development

Roland Tanner — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:59:59 +0000

This week had huge news in Hamilton. Local area MPP Donna Skelly earned some local headlines, by saying that #Hamilton city council made the wrong call in not expanding its urban boundary earlier this year. And the PC government tabled legislation based on the Housing Task Force report, and this gives a lot of power to developers, restricting municipalities in how they respond to proposals, and puts it all basically on the Ontario Land Tribunal to sort it out.

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A Stony Silence? Sarah Harmer, Graham Flint and Greg Sweetman debate the call for a moratorium on gravel mining.

Roland Tanner — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Multiple environmental groups have recently formed the Reform Gravel Mining Coalition aimed at province-wide change to the aggregates industry. They are calling for an immediate moratorium on all new gravel mining approvals in Ontario. We are joined by Greg Sweetman, to put the aggregate industry's case, and Sarah Harmer and Graham Flint, co-chairs of the Reform Gravel Mining Coalition, to explain their case for a moratorium.

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The 905 Round-Up – Bad Democracy and Civil Wars

Roland Tanner — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 18:34:05 +0000

Burlington's UGC change has finally been implemented. Has the city got what it was promised? Or has the barn door been slammed only after the province has let the horse run away? Hamilton has a new councillor for Ward 5, but Ward 5 didn't get to choose him. Why? 905 MP Erin O'Toole is facing a rebellion. What's going on with the CPC?

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905 Round Up: Disappointing Development and HCDSB Bad News

Roland Tanner — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 15:49:37 +0000

The OLT is not looking kindly on Burlington's downtown, regardless of changes that may be coming to the city's preferred intensification areas. And HCDSB is in trouble again.

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Nancy Hurst of Stop Sprawl HamOnt Draws the Line on Hamilton’s Boundary

Roland Tanner — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:22:46 +0000

Stop Sprawl Ham ONT is fighting to stop the proposed urban expansion of Hamilton onto farmland and to direct the focus to intensification in the downtown core. One of the founders of this group is Nancy Hurst. Nancy helped to found Stop Sprawl HamONT in January 2020. The campaign has gathered over 5000 supporters and peppered the city with anti-sprawl lawn signs. She joins us to discuss the campaign and how we should be thinking of our cities in the 905.

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Joel and Roland ask: What are the solutions to affordable housing?

Joel Macleod — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:26:28 +0000

Our previous episode gave us a lot to talk about, in terms of the housing and eviction crisis that is

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25: All the Premier’s Men – Developers, Donations and the Destruction of Environmental Protections

Roland Tanner — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 12:00:05 +0000

Joel and Roland discuss the connection between political donations and the policy priorities of the Ford government. If any single subject can be said to encapsulate the priorities of the provincial government since 2018, it must be the efforts to weaken the legislative checks and balances on what can be built where, and who gets to have a voice in shaping development proposals.

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24: Hassan Basit and Janet Sumner – Throwing Conservation Under the Omnibus?

Roland Tanner — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:00:23 +0000

We are joined this week by Haassan Basit, CEO of Conservation Halton, and Janet Sumner, Executive Director of CPAWS Wildlands League, to talk about the province's proposed major changes to the powers of Conservation Authorities in Ontario as part of the budget 'omnibus' Bill 229.

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