{"id":6526,"date":"2019-01-02T21:31:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T21:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.niagaralaw.ca\/?p=6526"},"modified":"2023-04-11T15:41:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:41:49","slug":"a-better-niagara-npca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/a-better-niagara-npca\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 2: Who’s In Charge of the NPCA?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The application for an injunction and a ruling regarding the interpretation of the Conservation Authorities Act brought by \u2018A Better Niagara\u2019 against the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority resumed today at the Welland Courthouse.<\/p>\n

Legal counsel for the Region of Niagara was present and supported the application put forward by ABN.\u00a0 Also present was counsel for the City of Hamilton and for Haldimand County.\u00a0 The NPCA was represented only by its interim CAO David Barrick as it still had not obtained legal representation for this matter.<\/p>\n

Justice Ramsay ordered that the NPCA is to hold a board meeting with the new board members on January 7th<\/sup>, 2019, at 2:30 p.m. at the NPCA\u2019s facilities.\u00a0 Justice Ramsay adjourned the matter \u2018sine die\u2019, which means that the matter has been adjourned without any set return date.<\/p>\n

The adjournment of this matter \u2018sine die\u2019 reflects the likelihood that the matter will be settled by the new NPCA board once it meets on January 7th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Justice Ramsay\u2019s order that the NPCA hold a board meeting effectively grants an opportunity for the relief asked for by ABN in one respect, that the NPCA is required to comply with instructions from the new board members.\u00a0 The remaining requests for relief from the initial application are with respect to the former NPCA board\u2019s interpretation of the Conservation Authorities Act.\u00a0 It does not seem likely that the new NPCA board, with its 12 members from Niagara as recognized by Justice Ramsay in his previous order of December 21, 2018, would retain or instruct legal counsel to argue against the relief requested in ABN\u2019s application.<\/p>\n

We will continue to monitor the results of this application as it moves towards a conclusion.<\/p>\n

Post written by Karen Shedden<\/a>, associate lawyer.<\/p>\n

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