Share this page!

Enter URL or ID to Unroll

You can paste full URL like: https://x.com/threadreaderapp/status/1644127596119195649
or just the ID like: 1644127596119195649

How to get URL link on X (Twitter) App

  1. On the Twitter thread, click on or icon on the bottom
  2. Click again on or Share Via icon
  3. Click on Copy Link to Tweet
  4. Paste it above and click "Unroll Thread"!
  5. More info at Twitter Help
Phil Pothen 🇨🇦 @Pothen.bsky.social Profile picture
Phil Pothen 🇨🇦 @Pothen.bsky.social
@pothen
Barrister. 🍁 Loyalist. The Hands off the Greenbelt guy. Arch-Adversary of Mr. Sprawl. Tweets aren't advice or statements from my client. he/him
Aug 20 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Why did nobody warn @FordNation's team that DISMANTLING efforts (e.g., Greenbelt, GGH Growth Plan, regional planning) to shift construction to more labour efficient formats would result in FEWER new homes- not more.

Oh wait, @EnviroDefence DID warn them. We have receipts.🧵👇 2022: @EnviroDefence & @MoreNeigbours warned "[trying to] open the Greenbelt & Bill 23’s extreme watering down of promised measures to facilitate more homes in existing low-rise “single detached” neighborhoods, will mean LESS housing supply...not more." environmentaldefence.ca/2022/11/04/sta…
Aug 15 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Holy fig! It turns out, this isn't just about Wasaga Beach Procvincial Park!

The Ontario government is targeting the law that protects ALL of Ontario's Provincial Parks from SECRET or surprise selloffs. 🧵👇 Image (2/6) If this amendment to the Provincial Parks & Conservation Reserves Act really weren’t going to lessen safeguards against the removal or selloff of other Provincial Parks, there would be no reason to amend the PPCRA - whose provisions apply to ALL provincial parks - at all. Photo of Sandbanks Provincial Park
Apr 10, 2024 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
I've had a first look at Bill 185 and the new proposed Provincial Planning Statement and WOW ... there's a reason why the Ontario government spent hours feeding reporters its spin on these laws before releasing their text to the public. Massive dangers hidden in this text. 🧵👇 Image 2/? Taken together, the Provincial Planning Statement and "Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act" seem calculated to ensure that the Greenbelt sprawl and real estate scandal spreads and expands into a wave of suburban “Greenfield Scandals”. Image
Mar 10, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Hi John, as one of the experts quoted in this article, I'm obliged to clarify: neither the Eby report nor the RCPO report takes away from the environmental & housing need to end exclusionary zoning & rapidly densify existing neighborhoods. They show more SPRAWL isnt needed. 1/4 2/4 The info in these reports shows there's no need for Greenbelt land, but it also shows that the # of units "in the pipe" in neighborhoods isn't enough to retrofit them into walkable densities that support cost-effective transit in time to head off runaway climate change.
Mar 10, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Hi John, I'm one of the experts quoted in this article & I obliged to clarify that neither the Eby or RCPO reports- take away from the environmental & housing need to end exclusionary zoning & rapidly densify existing post-war neighborhoods. They show more SPRAWL isnt needed. 1/4 2/4 The info in these reports shows there's no need for Greenbelt land, but it also shows that the # of units "in the pipe" in neighborhoods isn't enough to retrofit them into walkable densities that support cost-effective transit in time to head off runaway climate change.
Mar 9, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
@envirodefence & our allies, like ppl in @GGHfriends are DEMANDING a swift end to exclusionary zoning & other obstacles to densifying existing communities. We reject the methodology (the gov's own) that leads to such a low assessment of neighborhoods' capacity for growth.. (1/4) (2/4) The point of sharing Eby's tally of settlement area capacity using the GOVERNMENT's sprawling, exclusionary planning regime- isn't to now endorse what we've opposed for years. It's to show even their OWN approach wouldn't justify Greenbelt removals.
Oct 19, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
An engaging discussion on @TheAgenda's Twitter Spaces now re: why the public reaction to Toronto's deterioration is so muted. I think the answer has its roots in 2012 when TTC Manager Gary Webster was fired for telling Council that LRT was much more practical than a SSE. (1/?) Image (2/?) I'm not old enough to've followed City Hall for decades, but I clearly recall that prior to 2012, it was common for staff to make recommendations plainly at odds with a Mayor's stated preferences, and even to state plainly that the mayor's proposal would cause problems.