In 2023, we launched a judicial review of the Ontario government’s Ontario Place redevelopment decisions. But rather than engage in court, the Ontario government passed the Rebuilding Ontario Place Act (ROPA), a law that extinguished our ability to proceed. 

But now, in partnership with Small Change Fund, we are going to the Supreme Court of Canada, supporting Ontario Place Protectors as an intervenor in a case of national significance.

We are arguing that ROPA is unconstitutional because it removes the public’s right to challenge any decision by the government concerning Ontario Place under existing environmental and heritage protection laws and, as a result, shields the government’s decisions from review by courts. 

Those protections have caught the interest of other governments, namely British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec and Yukon AND the Government of Canada. They are all acting as intervenors in the case in  support of the Ontario government. This means that this is not just a case significant to the province of Ontario. It is now a precedent-setting case of national significance.

Not only that, winning will mean we can still stop the private Therme spa development, plan for an Ontario Place where our tax money is spent thoughtfully, choose our partners prudently and create an Ontario Place that is for all! 

Please help our efforts to challenge this act, set some national precedents, and fight for an Ontario Place for all!