The end game has begun in the process to create a national urban park in the city of Windsor.
The third-reading debate on Bill C-248, which would amend the Canada National Parks Act to establish the Ojibway National Urban Park in the west end, began Wednesday evening on the floor of the House of Commons, though the House adjourned at 8 p.m. without voting on the matter.
If it passes third reading, the bill would head to the Canadian Senate for approval, followed by royal assent.
Bill C-248 is a private members' bill introduced by the NDP's Brian Masse, the MP for Windsor West, who made his case for the approval of the bill. Other MPs also spoke up in favour of the bill, including Masse's Liberal colleague, Irek Kusmierczyk of Windsor-Tecumseh.
If the bill is approved, the national urban park will include Ojibway Park, Spring Garden Natural Area, Black Oak Heritage Park, the Tallgrass Prairie Park, Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve, and Ojibway Shores, which is the last remaining undeveloped shoreline in the Windsor-Detroit area, and home to many endangered species.
