August 2020, residents of Kemptville, near Ottawa, are stunned to learn the Eastern Ontario Correctional Complex (EOCC) will occupy 160 acres of prime farmland in their small town. To the dismay of Ford, the Coalition Against the Proposed Prison is demanding the 235-inmate.../2
https://twitter.com/MikeSchreiner/status/1559273236382334977
...facility be placed in an 𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙣 area;
Nov 2021, Ford's municipal affairs boss, Steve Clark, tried but failed to stifle residents' complaints by triggering an Elections Ontario inquiry, contending the group was illegally protesting, selling anti-prison signs, and .../3
Nov 2021, Ford's municipal affairs boss, Steve Clark, tried but failed to stifle residents' complaints by triggering an Elections Ontario inquiry, contending the group was illegally protesting, selling anti-prison signs, and .../3
...raising funds to send mail-outs to Kemptville businesses and residents outlining their concerns regarding the incoming correctional facility;
Local officials were in talks with former Solicitor General Sylvia Jones (now the embattled Health boss) over regional policing.../4
Local officials were in talks with former Solicitor General Sylvia Jones (now the embattled Health boss) over regional policing.../4
...and water and sewer infrastructure capacity concerns;
Ford's Eastern Region Strategy plans to invest $500 million over five years to modernize correctional facilities and support frontline corrections officers across Ontario, including the hiring of more than 500 new.../5
Ford's Eastern Region Strategy plans to invest $500 million over five years to modernize correctional facilities and support frontline corrections officers across Ontario, including the hiring of more than 500 new.../5
...correctional staff (while HCWs are in short supply);
A rally is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 13, 2022, to focus on the "absence of genuine consultation and the government’s failure to be truthful and transparent regarding the details of the EOCC," said a statement. /6
A rally is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 13, 2022, to focus on the "absence of genuine consultation and the government’s failure to be truthful and transparent regarding the details of the EOCC," said a statement. /6
A Notice of Application has been filed with the Divisional Court of Ontario for a Judicial Review of the Ontario government’s proposed plan to build the correctional complex (on prime farmland on the site of the former Kemptville Agricultural College).../7
Members of the Coalition Against the Proposed Prison
(CAPP), and the Jail Opposition Group (JOG), are representing community organizations and agri-food groups who have been frustrated by the province’s refusal to meaningfully consult with and provide adequate information.../8
(CAPP), and the Jail Opposition Group (JOG), are representing community organizations and agri-food groups who have been frustrated by the province’s refusal to meaningfully consult with and provide adequate information.../8
......to area residents about the prison plan, contending the province has contravened its own Provincial Policy Statement and the local Official Plan, at a time when the province is losing 318 acres of farmland daily../9
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