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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Sep 14, 2021
Is York Region about to Hit the Accelerator on Car-Dependent Sprawl?
This blog was updated on September 23, 2021 Quick acting York Region residents have won…
Aug 16, 2021
It is possible to fight the Big Sprawl in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, because each…
Aug 16, 2021
How to fight the Big Sprawl Part 3: Future housing preferences are uncertain and driven by policy
It is possible to fight the Big Sprawl in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, because each…
Aug 16, 2021
How to fight the Big Sprawl Part 2: The future number of households is uncertain
It is possible to fight the Big Sprawl in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, because each…
Aug 16, 2021
Across the Greater Golden Horseshoe Area, Ontarians have been fighting tooth and nail to resist…
Mar 26, 2021
Take the Initiative in the Fight Against Sprawl MZOs with our Template Resolution
From Ramara to Stratford and King Township, ordinary Ontarians and a growing number of municipal…
Mar 03, 2021
The Big Sprawl: Ontario is set to unleash sprawl on huge swathes of countryside unless we fight back
Unless we push back hard and fast, large swathes of Ontario’s best farmland, most vital…