Opinion While much of the recent attention has been on the ongoing saga related to the Waterfront Hotel site, under the radar there has been a lot happening at the Ontario Land Tribunal. Within two hours of city council announcing […]
As many of you may know, the city has received planning applications to redevelop the Waterfront Hotel site. In response to the submission of applications the city knew were coming, city council requested city planning staff to restart and complete […]
Burlington’s experiment with an Interim Control Bylaw was arguably the worst planning decision in the city’s history. After spending two years and hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars, it appears the Interim Control Bylaw (ICBL) imposed by Mayor Meed Ward […]
Mayor Meed Ward completes her third year in office as her supporters are demanding transparency, expressing disappointment, betrayal, and calling for her resignation. There has been no shortage of controversy during the mayor’s time in office. However, the most recent […]
It has been confirmed, an application has been received by the City of Burlington proposing the redevelopment of the Waterfront Hotel, a 30- and 35-storey development to replace the existing hotel. This application will now be considered following the usual […]
The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Steve Clark has delivered on his promises. Further to the press conference he attended with Mayor Meed Ward and MPP Jane McKenna, the minister has released his decision on Regional Official Plan Amendment […]
Mayor Meed Ward’s contempt for the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) goes back several years to when they were called the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). The basis for her position is basically that municipalities, and Burlington in particular, should have unfettered […]
The city’s motion to release the Interim Control By-Law, (ICBL) from all land, except for those that are included in tIhe zoning bylaw 2020-418 that emerged from the ICBL, has been approved. These lands are generally those south of the […]
