In an announcement launched Sunday, Wendy Jocko, chief of the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation and Algonquin negotiation consultant with the AOO, mentioned she was “immensely disillusioned” at Chiarelli’s proposal to rethink Tewin.
The undertaking will mix respect for the Earth and the most recent expertise, in addition to offering socioeconomic advantages for the Algonquin folks, she mentioned.
“This was blatantly disrespectful to the Algonquin folks, and disregards our honest efforts to rebuild the Algonquin Nation all through Ottawa,” mentioned Jocko. “It’s, frankly, the type of colonialist method to decision-making that has hindered the Algonquin folks from taking our rightful place within the nation’s capital.”
Mayoral candidate Catherine McKenney, who was among the many councillors who opposed the growth lands, mentioned Chiarelli’s request to Clark is cheap and hopes the province agrees that creating the Tewin lands will come at a big financial and environmental price.
“As soon as it’s established, we all know it’ll price an infinite sum of money to service and keep,” McKenney mentioned on Sunday, pointing to a Hemson Consulting Ltd. overview for town launched final September that discovered it prices town $465 per particular person every year to serve new low-density houses constructed on undeveloped land, even past the prices town receives from property taxes and water payments.
McKenney believes the province is wanting significantly on the official plan because it was authorised final yr. “It’s a choice I consider was made in error. Now’s the time for residents to weigh in.”
Fellow candidate Mark Sutcliffe mentioned he’s “not fascinated about taking part in politics or re-litigating council’s selections.”
“I’m fascinated about transferring ahead to get the housing we want for our youngsters, grandkids and our weak who want neighborhood and supportive housing,” Sutcliffe mentioned in an announcement.
The town has authorised an official plan that features sufficient land to accommodate development for a few years and a whole lot of hundreds of recent residents should be housed by a mix of intensification and development within the subsequent 25 years, mentioned Sutcliffe.
“I assist that method, and I don’t assist any additional growth of our city boundary past what Council practically unanimously authorised.”
If the official plan is authorised by the province, then it’s important that each one new lands, together with Tewin, meet stringent 15-minute neighborhood good development requirements, he mentioned.
Chiarelli says there’s nonetheless a big future for the Tewin lands. However it’ll take time. In the meantime, the official plan’s short-term goal of 8,000 new housing items a yr won’t be sufficient to reverse the housing scarcity, and he desires the objective raised to 10,000 items instantly and to develop to 16,000 items over time.
Based on Chiarelli, the province might nonetheless resolve to approve a number of the plan, however not all of it. The province doesn’t have a deadline to approve plan.
