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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Feb 05, 2024
Statement by Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager, on reports of forthcoming legislation to reinstate…
Dec 12, 2023
Environmental Groups Celebrate End of Hamilton Boundary Case
New law makes good on Ontario government promise to end attack that forced city to…
Dec 12, 2023
From now until December 15th, the City of Toronto is conducting public consultation on Environmental…
Oct 24, 2023
Statement by Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager on the Ontario government’s Application for Judicial…
Oct 23, 2023
Statement by Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager on Ontario Government’s Commitment to Reverse Forced…
Oct 16, 2023
Statement by Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager on An Act to amend the Greenbelt…
Oct 04, 2023
Statement by Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas…
Jul 14, 2023
Changes that will Worsen Ontario’s Housing Crisis and Destroy More Farms, Forests and Wetlands
Even before the present government took office, Ontario was acting far too gently and slowly…
Jun 06, 2023
The provincial government continues to attack Ontario’s environmental protections and force sprawl onto farms and…
May 30, 2023
Ontario could deliver the next 30 years of GTHA homes and workplaces while using just…