Thank You, CAMPP Supporters

About the December 3, 2019 LPAT decision CAMPP is naturally disappointed with the LPAT ruling delivered on December 3, 2019.  Our residents’ advocacy group strongly supports a new hospital for the region. Our appeal was about transparency in local public decision making. We brought attention to important issues that for years had been dismissed, or hidden from public view. We will continue to advocate for independent oversight on this monumental project that will affect the region for many generations to come. We thank the appeal’s 28 participants, and the thousands of residents who have supported this cause since the formation of our group in 2014. Thank you also for your many messages of solidarity. Please continue to send us your comments so we may share them with our readers. We sincerely encourage the Ministry of Health to continue to review all future plans for our local healthcare system. Read CAMPP's response to the LPAT decision here About CAMPP Citizens for an Accountable Mega-Hospital Planning Process (CAMPP) is a grassroots citizens group that formed in 2014 to ensure: all voices are heard and counted in the planning of Windsor-Essex’s new hospital decision-making be financially, socially and environmentally responsible sound urban planning principles are followed Supporters include thousands of Windsor-Essex residents. They represent a broad range of backgrounds and all socio-economic levels.   We categorize our concerns using the acronym ACUTE: Access to healthcare, Costs to the community, responsible Urban planning, Transparency of governance and Environmental impact. About the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) LPAT's roots go back more than a century. It is a successor to the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board, which was established in 1906, and later came to be known as the Ontario Municipal Board. The OMB was Ontario's first independent, quasi-judicial administrative tribunal. In their own words: Members of our community continue to comment on the issues "The planet is on fire and our civic leaders and decision makers feel its acceptable to build 1000 acres of automobile sprawl and a hospital relocation on the edge of the city. This plan isn't just bad, it's shamefully reckless." "The only thing that is keeping this city together is the hospital’s and Chrysler. It looks like he wants to dismantle Windsor. He is the worst mayor we ever had. Next municipal election I hope someone will run against the new shiny new building, by an airport of all places. We need accessibility to healthcare. My wheelchair will never make it. The poor, disabled will never make it there." "The vast majority of the population in this region would find a location off EC Row far more accessible. Any regional hospital needs highway access. This is a stupid location, plain and simple." "So many people with loved ones cannot afford to get to the only location available!" "Citizens advocacy continues to be a necessity in our area to ensure the right health services for ourselves and fellow citizens. Something i'm itching to clarify: 1. Cuts are not Efficiency. 2. Appropriate resources allocated each of the moving parts of a reasonably run hospital system are Efficiency. 3. Some Efficiencies are Death Sentences to Real People - read this week's newsletter and comments, and weep." "I'm really curious to know what is the added cost for the (bus) route extensions to the proposed hospital site are. If we didn't need to make these connections... how much could be saved? (if the hospital were to be located in a more urban area)." "The (bus) routes to the proposed Hospital site look like an afterthought." "I asked the W.P.D. to provide three exemplary examples anywhere  in N. America  where a 'Mega Hospital' is parked  next to an international class airport as per the proposed plan. To date they have NOT come back with a single example . Why ??? Because there  isn't any such debacle on the entire continent  Plain STUPID! Who wants top watch and hear  an airshow while undergoing a bypass ??? One of many reasons why this location should be scrapped." "Our Mayor should be taking care of Windsor residents. NOT fighting for the county people at our expense!! They have their own elected officials." "I think it's in very bad faith when a municipal gov't ties it's tax base, the citizens, to a debt this big (gigantic!) with little to no census or debate. I guess that's the way they do it in Windsor." Look out for our next eblast in early 2020. Happy Holidays!