In This Section

• Panel Process and Consultations
• Terms of Reference
• Public Consultation Guide, Documents and Schedules
• Public Meeting Dates and Locations
• Presentations and submissions
• It's All About The Water: Report of The Panel on the Future of the Trent-Severn Waterway

Public Consultation Guide

Background

The Trent-Severn Waterway is a nationally significant historic, cultural, ecological and recreational waterway. Over the years its economic and social environments have changed dramatically, yet the mandate and associated tools for the waterway’s management have not.

A six-member independent panel has been appointed to evaluate the waterway’s future. The panel members will meet with stakeholders and the public about the many complex issues, challenges and opportunities facing the system.

How the consultation will work

The consultation will focus on the future mandate and how the waterway will be managed in the future.

Public meetings will be held over the next several months in various communities along the waterway. Additional meetings will be scheduled if necessary.

Groups or individuals are encouraged to make a short presentation to the panel members at one of the meetings, or can send in a written submission. The deadline on written submissions is September 30th, 2007. The public consultation phase is expected to be completed by the end of September 2007.

The panel members will review the public input and the results of a number of supporting studies and will submit recommendations to the minister in December 2007.

A number of discussion papers have been prepared on key issues that the panel members are considering, in order to focus public input.  These papers are available on the website.

Dates and Deadlines

Please check the website at www.tswpanel.ca for meeting dates and locations. They will be posted as soon as they are set.

How you can provide input
Your input can be:

• Submitted in writing before September 30th, 2007
• Presented in person at one of the public meetings (Please provide a written copy, in advance of the meeting, or at the actual meeting. A written copy of your presentation will ensure your views are accurately recorded.)

If you would like to make a public presentation, you should reserve a spot in advance for one of the public meetings. Numbers will be assigned to each presenter in the order in which they are registered and will be invited to speak. Each speaker will have up to 15 minutes to make their presentation. The next presenter will be called upon when the person ahead of them has finished, even if they have not used up their time slot.

The panel members will have up to five minutes to ask questions.

A submission may consist of brief statements, comments or more elaborate analyses and reports. The recommended format is a typed document, in English or French. A brief summary of the content (200 words) would be helpful. Submissions should not exceed ten pages.

• Name
• Organization (if any)
• Title
• Telephone number
• E-mail

• or mail to 185 King Street Unit 100, Peterborough, K9J 2R8

To get more information or register to make a presentation contact:
The Panel on the Future of the Trent Severn Waterway:
185 King Street, Suite 100
Peterborough, ON
K9J 2R8
Phone: 705-741-3613
Toll free: 1-800-558-5137
Fax: 705-741-6245
Email:

Public Meetings

Information on the public sessions will be advertised in corridor newspapers, and on the panel website at www.tswpanel.ca as soon as the dates are set.

Public meetings will be held from 1-5pm and 7-9pm, unless stated otherwise, at the following locations:

Note: All submissions will be posted on the panel website. They will be reviewed prior to being posted to ensure appropriate and respectful language is being used and that personal information is protected under the provisions of the Privacy Act. No acknowledgement or individual response will be provided to those who comment.