Although Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has written two letters to Mayor Patricia Chase-Green about the City Council’s reported attempts to repurpose community playgrounds, he has received no response.
Bulkan has specifically requested that Council turn over to central government all documentation relating to its plans for the city’s green spaces and respect the function of constituency councillors as representatives of citizens.
In the wake of a recent court ruling against the City Council’s bid to use the Bel Air playground for a residential venture, the minister wrote to the mayor two weeks ago relating government’s objection to attempts by the M&CC to convert “green spaces” in residential areas for commercial ventures and asked that she halt such moves. City Hall has since appealed that ruling without consultation with the full council.
A second letter, dated January 29th, asked
