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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Apr 13, 2023
Statement from Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas…
Apr 06, 2023
Planned changes further exacerbate Ontario’s housing crisis Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of…
Apr 04, 2023
Why the Federal Government’s Rouge National Urban Park Study is Exactly What we Need Right Now
On March 21, 2023, Canada’s federal Environment Minister, Stephen Guilbeault, announced that he had commissioned…
Mar 14, 2023
For several years, Environmental Defence has been rallying concerned Ontario allies in the environmental and…
Dec 15, 2022
Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of…
Dec 08, 2022
Statement: Bill 39 is a public giveaway and breach of MPPs’ promise to not to touch the Greenbelt
Statement from Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager, Environmental Defence Toronto | Traditional territories of…
Nov 28, 2022
Statement by Phil Pothen, Ontario Environmental Program Manager, Environmental Defence Toronto | Traditional territories of…
Nov 04, 2022
Statement from Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager, Environmental Defence Toronto | Traditional territories of…
Oct 31, 2022
Ontario’s Housing Bill is Actually a Trojan Horse for Environmentally Catastrophic Rural Sprawl
Statement and Detailed Analysis of Bill 23 from Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager, Environmental Defence…
Oct 25, 2022
Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of…