The Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-12-13, Page 34PAGE 6B --GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1973
Members of the Ontario
Legislature heard a sometimes
blistering debate on tie
situation which has been
created' in the Goderich-
Goderich Township area by the
possible development of two
shopping mauls.
While area councils attemp-
ted to sort out the problems
which arise when a
municipality not "'encumbered
by the planning process is in
conflict with a muncipality
following strict • planning
procedures - and resorted at
times to bitter argument - Hon.
John White was bombarded in
the Legislature with questions
from BoI7 Nixon, Liberal
Leader, and Jack Riddell,
Liberal MPP for Huron.
The following is, an exact
transcript „-of that debate
November 30 at Queen's Par
Mr. H.F Nixon: Thank y
Mr Speaker I'd like to
the Treasurer to describe
House the circumstanc.
whish he imposed a
?..1) , on G od er it
tergovernmental Affairs): Fpr
some time a business enterprise
has been working with the town
of Goderich to establish a shop-
ping plaza within the
framework of the, town
Gpderich's official pla-
zoning bylaws. It ha ,
them many months' ---i r
think two or three yet
satisfy all of the requi
of the town.
Fin* approval a) rently is
about to to that . - '�, i
development r;�;� /re
i
anc ther
moved
joining'
are r
req
only now that I learn it was, if
I understoo(1 the question t'e
properly, too late.
I'll check this and, if ,tlt�t�e,y
Leader of t he, Opposi,it
wishes, perhaps I could
t er before ikie,.("question/
_►ver. �0'h' 'I've got.�a
:; ''I he on),
"
hui;ftt >i tS�g
ire ",,to'be,. ffect iv e
'da ti ;llkd 'ed./ *ftp a.ret1 �,� r,
I
teade� o>t� a,.j('':5,t�ai��Fu•
is
nwN'4
the Treasure
weed
and
t tt' Iy tC a'nd su ,�1ib 1 n.ti Intended o co
will once a
position•-
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+� "; +E,i✓� bks to '.dn
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hctirr abut ; jk he e' ;a,ref . a4 y'ri, tt b 4
3t ipalitle . and there arra wa rod' i
p(o Itar ►t,tons on. r
ft„t rl i cpf? say
tl`te„ , x r x i r ,we head' off°,� ay of •a
4t;ofi't1tg'i. ,1a, . 7h ing'
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y�'us'*reittaesied , fect
P4• P Ir3f t.onirnercialf le&�L,�qF
t he towns `%` o' th
, at�
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x C'y ur'n y ste
til.-jtc►neera"
,,!/ • o 'tiutledrtel
(if �t 't-r+e` develop insta the when t he planning
d, :tit,a lsteria! , .procedures in t he area have
hie�w adjoining taw1n
!'documents were
within an hour or .so
.ere rushed down' to the'''
try Office yesterday. It'
untested
1h}fi�g+,fthe coli rt s
ffecti e only
at which it was
r, and that the 'con:
ii7t In in Blandford tow n
bip is going forward on t he
:kris of those findings"
This i-. t t hird successo.
been k!'lrconi‘ented y...rjot)
}i the
chier 'fs{rltinncrli
's Ti(/w?
‘,`tx.. 1g1 airisbis. e e prescs t esire
. '
- tbr1 'artwrap rnrhi.h
'ret Manner. hirr in this
fd ,3ewr ,,,
.,
,'xplairt('(1,'t, ,t'fi . moves#
niediat(l} ,si'tr✓ reser"�'in'"
news.?, ►'4 e, prepared';
docutiftt tat{'an as-quick;ly''
;c�cwid,',ttie registered
White: Mr.
id earlier I am
z► R°'''", f there is a way
w what it is. But
at every building
ven some kind of
here before the
s ahead would cer-
aything.
�-; everything.
Lewis: Not every
g permit, no; I agree.' A
t
• ing centre is something
1 Brent..
Mr. R.F. 'Nixon: A further'
supplementary with your per-
mission, Mr. Speaker.
When, in fact, there is an of-
ficial plan covering the area,
either draft and waiting ap-
proval or even fully approved,
surely the intent of the comp
inunity in this regard—the
community at large—has to a
large extent been circumvented
not by the township of
Goderich which obviously
wants the development in .the
area) but by the minister's
inability to see that he's infor-
med and to take the correct ac-
tion in• the broader public in-
terest. Is it not true that this is
the third occasion when, as far
as public knowledge is concer-
ned,,i this' kdentical procedure
has peen followed—in the first
two cases by Multi -Malls Inc.
and'in thio third case by a cor-
poration as yet unknown?
Hon. Mr. Whitte: Sir, I think
jt is true that, this is the third
such case. Once again we will
do what we can to prevent this
development. I point out to the
member that we've been suc-
cessful in hundreds of instances
and point out that there are, I
suppose, tens of thousands of
such developments which are
well controlled. If we have
struck oution two I don't think
that is too bad an average.
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