Can you believe it? We launched our GoFundMe Fundraiser one year ago today!

Thank you to the hundreds of individual donors who have helped raise $85,235 to pay our legal bills since February 2, 2019! We're also grateful to the thousands of residents who continue to donate their time and resources to CAMPP's mission to keep hospital healthcare services accessible. We so appreciate your generosity. Those of you who don't have much money to spare still contributed what you could - every dollar makes an important difference. You are so critical to fighting the City of Windsor and Windsor Regional Hospital's misguided plans for our future. But the fight's not over yet. We still need your support. On December 18, 2019, we announced our intention to appeal the LPAT ruling. 100% of donations go directly to paying our legal bills. Every contribution counts, no matter how small or large. If you believe in responsibly planned and maintained communities, please help us reach our $100,000 fundraising target:

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Your contribution to the next stage of CAMPP's legal appeal is much needed. If you prefer to donate completely anonymously, you can make a deposit directly into CAMPP's account at any branch of Motor City Community Credit Union. You can also email a donation to windsorcampp@gmail.com. If you would like to donate by cheque, please send us email so we can make arrangements to pick it up.

The issues now being appealed Keeping emergency hospital services where people live: The Ontario Planning Policy Statement (PPS) and Windsor's Official Plan (OP) encourage or require emergency services to be located appropriately, including where people live. The new regional hospital is to be located in an agricultural/greenfield area that is currently undeveloped, 13 kms from the population centre of Windsor-Essex. No consultation with First Nations: The PPS encourages, and the OP requires, consultation with First Nations. No two-way dialogue occurred. Climate change not considered: A number of PPS, OP and City policies address climate change. The LPAT Tribunal did not address climate change in its December 3, 2019 Decision. Implausible employment growth projections: Windsor City Council based its approval for the development of Sandwich South on a projected need for land to accommodate 21,140 new jobs in Windsor by 2031. Yet the City’s 2015 Development Charges Background Study projects employment to grow by just 2,600 jobs through 2025. The employment figure is also totally inconsistent with the City's own projections, which predict population growth of no more than 7,751 persons through 2031, and “as a result of an aging demographic,” even a potential decline between 2031 and 2036.   Read more about the appeal here.

In their own words: Members of our community continue to comment on the issues

"I don't think owning a car should be a requirement for visiting someone at the hospital, or for going to the hospital yourself."

"Tonight my baby was having breathing trouble due to a stuffed up nose. I was concerned for her and wondered if we should go to the Er in the middle of the night - but her breathing returned to normal once I got her nose cleared. It left me thinking. If I had no car I wouldn't only be considering the 5+hr wait time that currently shows on the website but id be concerned about bundling up my little sick baby for going out in winter air to catch a bus. I assume most young families that don't have transportation live near downtown, not near the airport. So potentially that would be a long bus ride with a little sick baby. People without transportation choose to live near major amenities for good reason."

"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."

"Building out sprawling suburbs is an idea from the 40s and 50s that Windsor is probably one of the last cities on earth to cling to and call “the future.” Building out greenfield when there is a significant amount of both brownfield and vacant property in the current footprint of the city is just about the most backward thing we could possibly do."

"Times have changed expecialy with regards to the environment. There is plenty of brown space to be used first. Infrastructure is already in place."

"Whether CAMPP's appeal to the Local Planning Advisory Board is a success or not, it is obvious that 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 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 routes to the proposed Hospital site look like an afterthought."

"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."

"Walker Rd. near Cabanna, is barely navigable as it is during many hours of the day.  Good Luck with the Ambulances that will have to take Walker or Cabana to the only hospital. There will be a need for new street systems as well as other infrastructure.  Never mind the inherent risk factor of being near an Airport."