![]() "We're actually leading the country here in an exciting story of protecting endangered species, creating opportunities for people to have fun in safe places to be, doing tourism, and adding a primary feature for this area that would be signature," he continued. He says over the last few months of talking to people in the community, it's clear the excitement is there but people want this done right. Masse says the bill is the culmination of years, if not decades, of work by many residents in the region fighting to protect the unique ecosystem in one of the most heavily developed areas in the country. The proposed Ojibway National Urban Park would include Ojibway Park, Spring Garden Natural Area, Black Oak Heritage Park, the Tallgrass Prairie Park, Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve, and Ojibway Shores, a vital 33-acre greenspace and the last remaining, undeveloped natural shoreline in Windsor-Detroit. Representatives from the Unifor Environment Committee, Wildlife Preservation Canada, Friends of Ojibway Prairie, and the Windsor Essex Bike community were also on hand to offer their support for the bill. Windsor West MP Brian Masse and Essex MP Chris Lewis were at the Ojibway Nature Centre on Tuesday to advocate for Masse's private members bill, C-248, which will soon be up for a final House of Commons vote in Ottawa. Photo by Dan Janisse / Windsor Star MP Chris Lewis (Conservative -Essex) spoke in support of MP Brian Masse’s (NDP - Windsor West) Private Members Bill C-248 to create Ojibway National Urban Park.A show of unified support from local MPs, stakeholders, and labour groups for the creation of the Ojibway National Urban Park. Photo by Dan Janisse / Windsor Star A northern cardinal is shown at the Ojibway Park in Windsor on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. ![]() Photo by Dan Janisse / Windsor Star A tufted titmouse is shown at the Ojibway Park in Windsor on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. Photo by Dan Janisse / Windsor Star Donna Foot walks her dog Rosie at the Ojibway Park in Windsor on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. ![]() Lewis also spoke to his private members Bill C-241, which would allow skilled tradespeople to write off business-related travel expenses, and is coming up in the House of Commons couple of dogs owned by visitors to the Ojibway Park in Windsor greet each other on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. “We’re leading the country here in an exciting story of protecting endangered species, creating opportunity for people to have fun and safe places to be, tourism and adding a primary feature for this area,” Masse said. “The Ojibway Prairie complex is an absolute gem with no location in Ontario, having such density for rare species,” said Mike Fisher, chair of the Friends of Ojibway Prairie’s national urban park committee. Friends of Ojibway want to see larger national urban parkĪmong the groups to voice support Tuesday were the Friends of Ojibway Prairie, a volunteer organization dedicated to the Ojibway Prairie Complex.Ojibway National Urban Park could be reality in 2024, says Kusmierczyk Author of the article:.Public invited to info session on proposed Ojibway National Urban Park.It is absolutely enormous … it puts Essex Windsor on the map.” “Bill C-248 will use existing lands, tie them together to allow people to get outside of their homes, get away from the television or TV screens, their computers, get active and help on the mental-health front. “We have to create green spaces,” Lewis said. If connected, the park would span about 900 acres and is home to as many as 500 species at risk. The proposed Ojibway National Urban Park will include Ojibway Park, Spring Garden Natural Area, Black Oak Heritage Park, the Tallgrass Prairie Park, Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve and Ojibway Shores. From there, if passed, the bill will head to the Senate. ![]() Masse said his Conservative, Green and Bloc Quebecois colleagues have supported Bill C-248 and he feels “good” about the bill being passed. 24, 2022 ahead of a final vote on his Private Members Bill C-248 to create Ojibway National Urban Park. MP Brian Masse (NDP ÑWindsor West) spoke at a press conference on Tuesday, Jan. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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