Innisfil’s Fair Growth campaign was on the offensive Wednesday night as councillors and town staff donned lime green T-shirts and showed off professionally made signs to be used for today’s (Thurs., May 28) Queen’s Park protest.
The campaign, which includes a barrage of radio commercials on Barrie-based stations, is meant to get the town’s message to the Liberal government.
Mayor Brian Jackson announced that the town as nearly 4,000 signatures from Innisfil residents on a petition opposing annexation that will be presented to the government Thursday.
Innisfil’s municipal leaders fear the province will give Barrie 2,600 hectares of developable land after negotiations between the neighbouring municipalities bogged down.
Mayor Brian Jackson has complained that Barrie never appeared to be serious about making a deal that would be fair for both municipalities.
“This municipality has a history of being able to negotiate,” he said. “We’ve done it with (Bradford West Gwillimbury) with police services and water. The experience with Barrie has been exasperating, frustrating a disparaging.”
Innisfil turned down a mediated plan in February 2008 because it did not want to accept a deal that would have seen Barrie receive 518 hectares of land, in exchange for the city servicing 320 hectares of Innisfil Heights – which left a gap of 188 hectares.
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