Advocates and local politicians in Ottawa are calling on the Ford government to intervene and stop the planned redevelopment of a golf course in the Kanata suburbs.
The City of Ottawa, Kanata-Carleton Liberal MPP Karen McCrimmon and community groups have all lined up against a proposal from ClubLink to transform its Kanata Lakes golf course into a new residential area, complete with 1,500 homes.
However, a Progressive Conservative source says it wouldn't make sense for the province to intervene and stop the project — as it did for a similar plan to transform Oakville's Glen Abbey course — because it stuck to its principles by refusing to heed to NIMBY pressure during last summer's byelection in the riding, likely costing them the seat.