No. H 022/07
For release February 12, 2007
APPOINTMENT TO PARC DOWNSVIEW PARK INC.
OTTAWA - The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport,
Infrastructure and Communities, today announced the appointment of
Ms. Kathleen E. Wells to the Parc Downsview Park's board of directors for a term
of three years.
"I am very pleased that Ms. Wells has agreed to serve on the board of Parc
Downsview Park Inc.," said Minister Cannon. "Her years of experience in the
private sector as well as her experience as director for various organizations
will serve the board well."
Ms. Kathleen E. Wells is currently a real estate sales representative with
Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited. She is a director of the World Wildlife Fund
of Canada and a past chair of the Task Force to Bring Back the Don, a citizen's
group sponsored by the City of Toronto that works to bring back a clean, green
and accessible Don River watershed. Ms. Wells is also a trustee and past chair
of the Quetico Foundation. She has been a member of the Toronto Grant Review
team of the Trillium Foundation, and a city-appointed member of the Toronto
Region Conservation Area.
Downsview Park, in Toronto, Ontario, is a unique urban park and recreational
green space created from the remaining lands of the former Canadian Forces Base
Toronto. The park was dedicated to Canadians on September 29, 2003, as a major
federal urban park. The approximately 600-acre site is operated by Parc
Downsview Park Inc., an agent Crown corporation, which is mandated to manage and
develop part of the Downsview lands on a self-financing basis as a unique urban
recreational green space to be held in perpetuity for the enjoyment of future
generations. Approximately 300 acres consists of green space for public
enjoyment while the remaining area is developed commercially to support the
operation of the park.
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Contact:
Natalie Sarafian
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Transport,
Infrastructure and Communities, Ottawa
613-991-0700
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