Province proposes limiting powers of Ontario Municipal Board

2016/10/06Margaret Procter

A provincial review of the OMB may limit the role of this powerful appeals board and give more consideration to local planning. A Toronto Star story by Jennifer Pagliaro summarizes proposals to restrict OMB decision-making, and notes that the province will hold town hall meetings between now and Dec. 19. Dates will be announced.

Toronto Councillors have been demanding changes to the role of the OMB for several years. Here, Councillors Kristyn Wong-Tam and Josh Matlow in 2012 (Toronto Star).

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Old and new in Harbord Village, May 2016

Thanks to many local photographers for images on this site. They include Wendy Smith and Margaret Procter (recent webmasters), Caroline Macfarlane, Richard Longley, Sue Purvis, Leslie Thompson, Graham Rempe, and other people who have enjoyed HVRA events and sent their photos.

The HVRA logo: Clarence Barnes (1934-1995) drew the pencil sketch used in our page header. (Wendy Smith added the touches of green.) Barnes lived on Brunswick and taught Chemical Engineering at U of T. He was also an active artist, part of the JAC Collective.