About LPAT: “Let the Process Play Out”

The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal is an independent tribunal that hears cases in relation to a range of municipal planning, financial and land matters. For the past five years, elected and unelected officials have been telling us hospital planners advised them to “let the process play out“. While supportive opinions were welcomed, public expressions of concern were frequently disparaged. Don’t believe those who will argue that this appeal is a delaying tactic or a burden to tax payers. It is about ensuring all the proper steps have been taken, before we make a decision with health, economic and environmental consequences that will affect the region’s well-being for generations to come. Today, while we wait for the independent tribunal to hear our case, it really is time to let the process play out.

The Appeal will Confirm if the City did its Job Properly Listen to our campaign spokesperson, Melinda Munro, explain in a short 3 minute audio clip recorded on AM800's Lynn Martin show earlier this week, why this appeal is so important.

BizX: Explosive Allegations Alarming allegations of irregularities in the site selection process were published in this month's edition of BizX. The allegations were made by Rick Spencer, a prominent Windsor civil engineer, the consulting engineer for the two shortlisted hospital sites.

The article alleges the alteration of Mr. Spencer's cost analyses,  and misrepresentations about the road infrastructure costs in order to favour the proposed County Road 42 hospital location.

We first became aware of Mr. Spencer`s complaint in 2016, but to date, decision makers have not, to our knowledge, investigated them. The RFP (Request For Proposals) process, which was supposedly followed for the hospital site selection, is a provincial process. From the Ontario Government`s Procurement website: The Ontario government is committed to open, fair and transparent procurement processes. Vendors bidding on Ontario government contracts may request debriefings to understand how their proposal was evaluated and to learn how to improve their future proposals.