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Paul Renaud
Lanark Highlands, Ontario
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Paul is a local high-tech executive, field naturalist, and is well-known as an environmental spokesperson. He is also an active supporter of indigenous rights and respect for traditional aboriginal values which includes everyone's responsibility for stewardship over our environment. 

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Tree Clearing in Trillium Woods

April 14, 2014

My email to Councillor Marianne Wilkinson regarding the cutting of trees in Trillium Woods in Kanata, her reply and my response to her reply are below...

And, Laura Mueller from the EMC wrote an article on this issue this week. You can read it at: http://bit.ly/1rlUani.

Marianne,
 
You promised publicly, on behalf of the City of Ottawa, that the City would not approve any tree clearing in Phases 7 & 8 until after public consultation on KNL’s revised SWM plan.
 
Yet 6 ha of land have been clear-cut in Trillium Woods without prior public consultation on KNL’s revised SWM plan.  This includes stands of 80+ year old maple and disease-resistant butternut.
 
So which part of the City’s promise was untrue:  that the City would not approve a revised SWM plan prior to public consultation, or that there would be no tree clearing prior to ensuring that drainage would not compromise the environmental integrity of the last 2 cool water streams left feeding the Greenbelt?
 
With Fortitude,
Paul Renaud

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