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The Crombie Commission
Up until the 1980's, little concern had been raised about the lack of provincial legislation to guide the growth of the more than 30 municipalities across the moraine, or the effect that development would have on the health of the ORM's ecosystems.
In 1989, Save the Oak Ridges Moraine (STORM) Coalition was founded, uniting 25 citizen's groups who had been working independently on conservation issues on or near the ORM.
In 1990, Ron Kanter's issued his report, "Space for All: Options for a Greater Toronto Area", a Greenlands strategy that recommended long-term protection for the ORM.
In 1992, former Toronto Mayor David Crombie, issued his report Regeneration that warned about the ongoing and potential future harm to natural heritage features by fragmentation and destruction due to the uncontrolled urbanization of the GTA. The report strongly reinforced the need for protection of interconnected green spaces, including the ORM.
In the summer of 1994, the ORM Technical Working Committee comprised of representatives from key ORM stakeholder groups, and who had been studying this issue for 3 years, issued a draft planning study for the ORM for public discussion. That fall, several public meetings were held to get public input on the study. By Christmas, the final Oak Ridges Moraine strategy was presented to the Minister of Natural Resources, and became formal provincial policy.
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