\u0022There\u0027s lots of laws, lots of regulations ... but somehow there\u0027s a little bit of a Swiss cheese thing.\u0022
Carlsbad Springs residents and community organizations gathered together Sunday in the Ludger Landry Park on Piperville Road to rally against the tree-clearing that is happening in a nearby property.
“Aerial photographs show that between 35-40% of the property was, by 1991, covered with a coniferous plantation farm, with the remainder of the property maintained as open fields,” she wrote. “Since 1991, additional portions of the property have been subject to further tree plantings.” “Protesting farming activity that is not breaking any laws and has been deemed appropriate by the City of Ottawa is colonialistic and insulting to the community we are building and our rights to farm the land,” Jocko wrote.
Information about the kind of farming operation the site will host is not being provided at this time, said Stewart. Carlsbad Springs residents and community organizations gathered together Sunday in the Ludger Landry Park on Piperville Road to rally against the tree-clearing that is happening in a nearby property.
In his memo to council, Herweyer said that staff would monitor activities on the site to make sure the farming exemption was being adhered to.
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