Represented a coalition of heritage groups in opposition to a proposed 18-storey tower on the historic Capital Theatre (Allen Bros) site located along Kingston’s premier heritage corridor, Princess Street. Argued three-week case before the Ontario Municipal Board (“OMB”), calling some of Canada’s leading planning, urban design and heritage experts.
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Following this contentious three-month OMB hearing, awareness of the need for anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) grew into the current law, the Protection of Public Participation Act, 2014. We also drafted the forerunner to the Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008.
Successfully represented both PALS and Ms Grandoni in a thirteen-day OMB hearing challenging the City of Niagara Falls’ approval of a major urban boundary expansion onto prime agricultural land (suitable for grape, apple and pear production) adjacent to the Greenbelt. The OMB denied the application. Argued successfully against the City's subsequent Ontario Court of Justice judicial review application to overturn the OMB decision, with costs against the City.