Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Common corrections
letter from the premier
Posted Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:11 PM
The Dartmouth Common was a royal grant of common land by King George III. Originally, it was some 150 acres of land set aside for common use. Over time, by various governmental bodies, the Common’s use eroded, often in the name of public purpose, each with their own identifiable and justifiable set of benefits. This left a portion of the Common set out for protection in legislation in 1986, introduced by Roland J. Thornhill, the MLA for Dartmouth South. It was subsequently rolled into the Halifax Regional Municipality Act.
In his column of June 28, indeed it is the headline of his story---Mr. Bousquet says I approved the moving of the bridge terminal on the Dartmouth Common land in 1995. This is wholly incorrect. In fact, the land belonging to the Dartmouth Sportsplex had long been exempted from the Common as defined by the Dartmouth Common Act. Mr. Bousquet fashions this a “linguistic” problem. It was not. I chaired the Commons Committee and we knew exactly what land we were charged with responsibility for. He looks back through time without having the facts and tries to interpret what happened. He is just plain wrong.
In his subsequent column, Mr. Bousquet says that I “admitted that the city’s plan was consistent with the Dartmouth Commons Act.” This is something that I did not say.
Indeed, I tried to explain that such a use was inconsistent with the laws protecting the Dartmouth Common, and therefore an amendment to the legislation was requested by HRM to permit the expansion of the transit facilities. I further explained to him that the agreement to amend the Act was on the basis of a plan presented to legislators, including design sketches.
The subsequent design of the bridge terminal approved by Council did not reflect the design given to MLAs. I believe considered concern is appropriate when what you get is not what was promised. I also believe taking the time to review the proposal and reaching a better agreement is prudent. I believe in protecting our Common; I believe the city has to be liveable and attractive and I believe what is written has to reflect what was said and actually happened.
—Darrell Dexter, Premier of Nova Scotia
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Took him 10 weeks to respond to the first article. and 6 weeks to the second article.
The pony express must have been diverted to the knackers yard.
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Wow ! Why does Mr. Dexter wants to save the urban-wildness park? Does he want the drug up people to vote for the NDP when your party does not even have 20 % of the overall vote in Nova Scotia. Also do you live anywhere near urban-wildness park? No, well the residents of this part of Dartmouth does not have a problem with urban-wildness park being removed since people who only use it are usually people on drugs or if not that people have been murdered in that park and it was not the local wildlife. I remember on many times seeing the police removing people in Body bags and I can wait until this eyesore is removed from our community. I think Mr. Dexter you have no say in this matter since I can also recall a urban-wildness park in the Cole Harbor area (your riding) being remove in the last year and yet there was no comment from the Provincial government. Let the City and the residents of Dartmouth North have a safe community without any non-residents inferring in the process
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