Preserving a park at municipal council

Parklands preserved by municipal councillor with help of Klippensteins

A public spirited environmental activist was elected to the Municipal Council of a major Ontario city on a platformof saving important park lands from imminent development. After a year of behind the scenes work, as the crucialCouncil vote approached, a developer who wanted to build on the park lands escalated serious conflict of interestaccusations against the Councillor, apparently intending to intimidate the Councillor and defeat the park plan. We provided, on a pro bono basis, strategic advice and legal opinions countering the allegations, helping the Councillor to successfully preserve the park as a natural legacy for generations.