e-3532 (Environment)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- Ojibway Shores, 33 acre parcel of land, an ecological treasure hosting rare flora, fauna and countless species-at-risk and is owned by the federal government and overseen by the Windsor Port Authority;
- The creation of a National Urban Park to protect Ojibway Shores would benefit our environment, tourism, and local economy greatly;
- The protection of countless endangered species, species-at-risk and protection of green spaces is a vital to the Windsor-Essex;
- The Windsor Port Authority tried to extract $12 million from the Sandwich Towne Community Benefit Fund meant to offset border impacts in challenged neighbourhoods in exchange for a 30-year lease of Ojibway Shores and was soundly rejected;
- Other port authorities have transferred lands at no cost to federal government departments;
- The city of Windsor and the Windsor Port Authority could not come to agreement for the transfer of Ojibway Shores to the city;
- The Prime Minister has acknowledged the importance of this land but has yet to take action;
- The city of Windsor council has unanimously endorsed the protection of Ojibway Shores and the creation of a National Urban Park; and
- The federal government owns the property and can transfer from the port authority to Environment Canada whose mandate to conserve Canada's natural heritage and is resourced to protect and preserve.
- Open for signature
- July 14, 2021, at 2:13 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- November 11, 2021, at 2:13 p.m. (EDT)