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Pressure Mounts to Save the Moraine
Pressure to legislate the conservation of the Moraine continued to mount in 2001, and Municipal Affairs Minister Chris Hodgson tabled a bill requesting a development freeze on the ORM. The Legislature passed the Bill, imposing a six-month moratorium on development: The Oak Ridges Moraine Protection Act. The minister then appointed an Advisory Panel of 13 members drawn from key stakeholder groups, plus a Chair, to advise him on a plan for the future of the Moraine. An Inter-Ministerial Team of senior Ontario government officials was also established to work along with the Advisory Panel.
During July 2001, the Advisory Panel met and developed a series of recommendations that were incorporated in a public consultation document - Share Your Vision for the Oak Ridges Moraine - which the Minister released in August.
Over 1,000 people attended four public meetings hosted by the Province on the Moraine advisory panel's draft proposals. After this series of stakeholder and public consultation meetings, the Advisory Panel and the Inter-Ministerial Team met to finalize their findings and recommendations, which formed the basis of the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan.
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