Community Greenspace
Jules and family enjoying the cool breezes at Upton Farm. The Canada Lands Company recently hired the Toronto-based Canadian Urban Institute to confer with interested groups in Charlottetown about the best use for the Upton Farm property. According to its website, www.canurb.com, the CUI is: “…a national non-profit organization established in 1990 by the City of Toronto […]
Clifford Bernard, President of the PEI Shellfish Association, strongly supports keeping Upton Farm as greenspace because of the potential effects that developing the property as a mega-subdivision would have on the shell fishery in the North River. He received this reply from CLC to his letter of concern to Transportation Minister Lawrence Cannon. It is the same […]
Charlottetown MP Shawn Murphy received a reply from the Canada Lands Corporation (the Crown Corporation which presently owns the Upton Farmlands) in response to his letter requesting an 18-month moratorium on development of the lands. As you can see, CLC is making no promises to anyone, and we must keep up the hard work. We are […]
On April 11, 2007 Charlottetown Mayor Clifford Lee (above) sent the following letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper; the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister Responsible for Canada Lands Company; and Mr. Robert Howald, President of Canada Lands Company. Is this what led to CLC Vice-President Gordon McIvor’s decision to “hold off” on development of the Upton […]
According the The Guardian newspaper, the Canada Lands Company will hold off development of the Upton Farm until they receive a letter from the City of Charlottetown clarifying its position. The story by reporter Dave Stewart: Upton Farm Development Up In Air It isn’t exactly the moratorium some are looking for but Canada Lands Company […]
This is our reply to Mr. McIvor’s letter. It was submitted to The Guardian for publication on March 27, 2007. To the Editor: I noted with interest the opinion piece by Gordon McIvor of Canada Lands Company concerning the development of the Upton Farmlands (“Upton Farm: it’ll offer enjoyable public green space,” The Guardian, March 26, 2007). […]
Gordon McIvor is the vice-president, strategic acquisitions, Public and Government Affairs, Canada Lands Company. This is the text of his opinion piece, which ran in the Guardian on March 26, 2007: Upton Farm: it’ll offer enjoyable public green space By Gordon McIvor COMMENTARY Canada Lands Company CLC Limited (CLC) would like to take the opportunity […]
Canada Lands Company, the federal crown corporation that is selling the Upton Farmlands for subdivisions, has the decision-making power to allow the people of Canada to keep this publicly-owned land as greenspace. One of our supporters wrote the letter you see below to Mr. Robert Howald, president, and Mr. Gordon McIvor, vice-president, of Canada Lands. Would you consider sending the same type of […]
Research information received from a provincial government source indicates that there are 273 vacant lots available for sale in existing housing subdivisions in the West Royalty-Winsloe area of Charlottetown. That means 273 lots already for sale with infrastructure already in place. What need is there for more subdivisions in this area? BUT the Canada Lands Company […]