Phil Pothen
Program Manager, Land Use and Ontario Environment & Counsel
Phil is a land use planning and environmental lawyer with a background in landscape ecology, landscape architecture and 10 years of experience advising and representing provincial policy-makers, select small builders, and concerned residents. He joined EDC to advance “big-picture” approaches to problems he has dealt with case-by-case – a comprehensive alternative vision for development and industry that meets people’s needs while preserving Ontario’s natural spaces, farmland and other “greenfields” in perpetuity. Having spent his early summers searching out berries, moose tracks and rabbit burrows in the woods and barrens near his house, he has been pleased to introduce his three children to the many similar pleasures available in Toronto’s own urban ravines.
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Nov 13, 2024
To deliver 1.5 million homes by 2031, governments need to eliminate minimum parking requirements, reform…
Aug 20, 2024
Statement from Phil Pothen, Land Use and Land Development program manager, in response to Ontario’s…
Aug 20, 2024
After unconscionable delays, a Recovery Strategy and Action Plan for the Redside Dace is now…
Aug 01, 2024
New Endangered Species Habitat Mapping Could Kill Proposed Highway 413
Statement from Phil Pothen, Land Use and Land Development program manager, on new federal Recovery…
Jun 05, 2024
“Third party” appeals limited to polluters, airports, and aggregate pits Statement from Phil Pothen, Land…
May 24, 2024
Statement from Phil Pothen, Land Use and Land Development program manager Toronto | Traditional territories…
May 22, 2024
Statement from Phil Pothen, Land Use and Land Development program manager Toronto | Traditional territories…
May 06, 2024
If people in Ontario don’t speak up, the government might push through two new laws…
Apr 30, 2024
Statement from Phil Pothen, Land Use and Land Development program manager Toronto | Traditional territories…
Apr 15, 2024
Statement from Phil Pothen, Environmental Defence Counsel, on discontinuation of the current Federal Impact Assessment…