picard102
Senior Member
How you can compare the Supreme court to the OMB is unreal.
What project did the OMB green light in your neighbourhood that you opposed?
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How you can compare the Supreme court to the OMB is unreal.
What project did the OMB green light in your neighbourhood that you opposed?
How you can compare the Supreme court to the OMB is unreal.
You must not have read the article in the Globe and Mail about the OMB
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe...article621920/
Broken link.
You've also presented no cogent argument as to why the OMB shouldn't exist. Care to elaborate?
Then you do not know how to read the link I posted. "Like the Senate, the OMB dates from the 19th century, when it minded the railways and municipal finances. Up until the 1990s, its members also enjoyed lifetime appointments".
In case you choose not to read, here is another excerpt "For big cities such as Toronto, it seems only fair to allow for a locally-run, arms’ length appeals mechanism to guard against errors of law or lapses in due process. It rankles when non-Toronto appointees to the OMB issue edicts without explanation, undermining years of negotiations and planning work"
http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2013/08/27/how_the_omb_stifles_democracy_in_ontario_cohn.html
Then you do not know how to read the link I posted. "Like the Senate, the OMB dates from the 19th century, when it minded the railways and municipal finances. Up until the 1990s, its members also enjoyed lifetime appointments".
In case you choose not to read, here is another excerpt "For big cities such as Toronto, it seems only fair to allow for a locally-run, arms’ length appeals mechanism to guard against errors of law or lapses in due process. It rankles when non-Toronto appointees to the OMB issue edicts without explanation, undermining years of negotiations and planning work"
http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2013/08/27/how_the_omb_stifles_democracy_in_ontario_cohn.html
Palma...if and when Toronto Council and City Planning revises Bylaw 483-86 to a comprehensive overview for the City then you have an argument otherwise your polemics are not useful.....
Seeing I haven't figured out how to get someone's attention or direct a post to an individual (what can I say I'm a luddite at heart), I'll just say Hey Palma...
Here is something you might have an interest in...Jennifer Keesmat released a tool kit that could go a long way to getting Toronto off the OMB's radar
have a look at...
www1.toronto.ca/City of Toronto/City Planning/Zoning & Enviroment/Files/pdf/R/Reset_TO_Toolkit_2014.pdf
What do you think?
If Toronto council would listen to their planning staff (who abide by the provincial planning legislation) and vote based on the legal merits of a project rather than political merits, the OMB wouldn't be the big, bad monster that council says it is. The OMB removes the politics and NIMBYism from the planning process and evaluates a project based on whether it conforms to provincial legislation.
@RMarcheseNDP: No OMB freedom for Toronto: the Liberals & Tories just teamed up to kill #bill20 in committee. Municipalities must wait longer for respect