Brant Civic Accountability Association - BCAA

06/03/2026

🚨 JUNE 11th PUBLIC CONSULTATION – WILL MAYOR DAVIS AND BRANTFORD CITY COUNCIL PARTICIPATE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS DIRECTLY? 🚨

The proposed airport boundary adjustment, Provincial Facilitation process, and MOU discussions could have significant and lasting impacts on the future of Brantford and the County of Brant — including implications for governance, infrastructure, development pressures, taxation, farmland, and the long-term direction of our communities.

Residents deserve transparency, accountability, and clear answers before major decisions are made.

BCAA believes Brantford City Council and current elected leadership should be held accountable for advancing and expediting this process during an active municipal election cycle.

This is the City of Brantford’s process. The city has immediately organized one public consultation (2 session in one day). It would only make sense that the mayor and elected officials attend, answer questions directly from residents, and publicly explain their positions on matters of this magnitude.

BCAA is calling on the mayor and members of Council to attend the June 11th public consultation and speak directly to the public about:

• Their position on the proposed boundary adjustment
• Their position on the West Access Road (formerly OPRE) that may be influenced by the proposed boundary adjustment
• The Provincial Facilitator process and how quickly it was appointed
• Why the City of Brantford is expediting this process before lame duck status
• The proposed MOU and airport governance implications
• Infrastructure, servicing, and taxation impacts
• Their individual votes and positions moving forward

The City has also stated that future aviation land use policies, zoning changes, and a special policy area still require public consultation and an Official Plan review process that may not conclude until late 2027.

If those major planning and development implications are well over a year away from being fully reviewed publicly, why is the city pursuing an MOU and boundary adjustment process now before residents fully understand the long-term impacts?

Residents want to know:

Will they be there?

Will they answer direct public questions from the people they represent?

As the October municipal election approaches, people want transparency from current council members and candidates seeking office. Residents deserve to know where elected officials and future candidates stand on airport governance, boundary adjustments, Provincial involvement, and the long-term direction of our region BEFORE major decisions are made.

Residents are watching. We are in an election cycle. People want to know.

This is your community. Your infrastructure. Your farmland. Your future.

JUNE 11th MATTERS.
STRONG ATTENDANCE MATTERS.
YOUR VOICE MATTERS.

Show up. Ask questions. Hold elected officials accountable.

Date: Thursday, June 11, 2026
Times: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Walter Gretzky Municipal Golf Course, 320 Balmoral Drive, Brantford

06/03/2026

At last night’s Committee of the Whole - Operations meeting, Council voted on a motion to receive the recommended corridor alignment for the proposed West Brant Access Route.

BCAA delegated last evening and raised serious concerns regarding procedural fairness, transparency, fiscal responsibility, and the continued push to advance a preferred corridor recommendation before completion of the Environmental Assessment process.

Watch BCAA’s delegation here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AeS7hf4IU58&ra=m

The good news? The EA itself is now reportedly not anticipated to be completed until at least early 2027.

The concern — and the reason this motion matters — is that despite the EA remaining incomplete, Council voted 7–4 to formally receive the recommended corridor recommendation as information.

It is anticipated that Council may return on June 23rd to further advance or formally support the preferred corridor recommendation.

People need to ask themselves:

Why is there such urgency to politically advance corridor recommendations now when significant technical, environmental, archaeological, Indigenous consultation, and financial review processes remain incomplete?

And why does this appear to coincide with the accelerated push surrounding the proposed airport boundary adjustment and MOU discussions — much of which has occurred behind closed doors and during an active municipal election cycle?

Residents deserve transparency, accountability, and a meaningful opportunity to participate before major long-term infrastructure, governance, land-use, and financial decisions are politically advanced.

These are not minor administrative matters. These decisions could permanently shape the future of Brantford and Brant County for generations.

Brantford residents should look very closely at who voted tonight, who is currently running for Mayor, which incumbents are seeking re-election, and who continues supporting the acceleration of these processes before residents even have the opportunity to vote in the upcoming municipal election.

BCAA will continue independently reviewing the BTE Engineering EA process and will continue holding consultants, staff, and elected officials accountable every step of the way.

Residents are paying attention now.

06/03/2026

This is the epitome of what disrespectful leadership looks like.

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06/02/2026

🚨 LAST MINUTE CITY OF BRANTFORD COUNCIL AGENDA – WEST ACCESS ROAD (FORMERLY OPRE) 🚨

Residents of Brantford and Brant County need to pay very close attention to what is now advancing at City Hall.

A last-minute City of Brantford Council agenda report for June 2, 2026 confirms the City has now identified “preferred” corridor alignments for the proposed West Brant Access Route (formerly OPRE).

BCAA believes recommending and advancing a proposed corridor alignment before the Environmental Assessment process is even complete is fundamentally wrong.

The purpose of an Environmental Assessment process is supposed to be the fair, transparent, and objective evaluation of alternatives, impacts, mitigation measures, public feedback, environmental concerns, archaeological considerations, and Indigenous consultation — before preferred outcomes become politically entrenched.

Instead, residents are now being presented with “preferred” alignments while:
• the EA remains incomplete;
• archaeological concerns remain unresolved;
• Indigenous consultation transparency remains limited;
• cumulative environmental impacts have not been fully disclosed;
• and serious procedural fairness concerns continue to be raised by the public.

This is no longer conceptual discussion.

This is active planning for major long-term infrastructure that could permanently impact:
• West Brant / Oakhill;
• County of Brant lands;
• traffic patterns;
• environmental systems;
• farmland;
• servicing;
• development pressures;
• taxation;
• and future regional growth planning.

BCAA is extremely concerned this process continues advancing despite:
• major public opposition expressed during the February 26 consultation;
• ongoing procedural fairness concerns;
• unresolved archaeological and Indigenous consultation questions;
• lack of full public disclosure;
• and repeated unanswered information requests submitted by BCAA.

Even more concerning, the City report now references a telephone survey claiming public support for the project — a survey BCAA will be directly questioning during delegation.

Residents deserve to know:
• who commissioned the survey;
• who conducted it;
• how respondents were selected;
• what exact questions were asked;
• whether respondents were fully informed of the project’s long-term implications;
• and whether archaeological, environmental, taxation, infrastructure, and development concerns were properly disclosed during the survey process.

BCAA does not believe a controlled telephone survey outweighs the significant and visible public concern residents witnessed firsthand during the February 26 consultation meeting.

If the City believes a phone survey outweighs what residents publicly expressed in person, then residents need to show up and make their voices heard.

Even more concerning:
⚠️ Council is advancing preferred alignments during an active municipal election cycle and before the EA assessment is complete;
⚠️ all members of Council fall under lame duck status in final months of council;
⚠️ and residents still have not received full disclosure regarding:
• financial implications;
• archaeological impacts;
• Indigenous consultation;
• environmental impacts;
• or long-term regional growth implications.

BCAA WILL BE DELEGATING at tomorrow night’s meeting to directly question Council, City staff, and consultants regarding:
• procedural fairness;
• archaeological concerns;
• Indigenous consultation;
• the public survey referenced in the report;
• environmental impacts;
• long-term growth implications;
• and why this process is being accelerated now during the final months of the current Council term.

These are generational decisions involving:
• a new Grand River crossing;
• long-term infrastructure expansion;
• environmental and archaeological impacts;
• future growth pressures;
• and potential long-term consequences for Brantford and Brant County residents.

SHOW UP.
ASK QUESTIONS.
PUSH BACK.

Residents deserve transparency before irreversible decisions are made.

PLEASE ATTEND!!! AND STAY INFORMED.

Democracy requires public scrutiny.

05/31/2026

Bouma — are you listening?

You publicly stated that Brant County requested Provincial Facilitation assistance. Yet Brant County officials are publicly stating they did not request it.

So which is it?

Residents deserve straight answers, transparency, and accountability — especially when major decisions involving airport governance, boundary discussions, annexation implications, and long-term community impacts are being accelerated behind closed doors.

Will you come clean and clarify the record publicly?

For years, residents have also been told versions of events that increasingly do not align with what is now appearing on the public record. The narrative that “this has been going on for six years” is now raising even more questions.

More contradictions. More inconsistencies. More lies?

Something stinks — and the people want to know.

Yesterday, residents showed up peacefully to make their voices heard.

CTV was there.
CHCH / The Brantford Beacon was there.
The Paris Independent reached out requesting comment.

Thank you to media outlets willing to attend, ask questions, and provide coverage to the public.

The Brantford Expositor, however, has a lot of questions to answer regarding its apparent lack of interest in covering one of the most significant local governance issues currently facing our communities in a fair and balanced manner.

The public is paying attention.

Link to CTV article in comments.

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05/28/2026

BCAA is encouraging Brant County and Brantford residents to attend a peaceful public demonstration this Saturday at 12:00 PM in front of MPP Will Bouma’s office.

Residents from across the region are expressing growing concern regarding:
• the accelerated and improper Provincial Facilitation process;
• fast-tracked airport governance and annexation decisions;
• potential municipal restructuring implications;
• the expedited and poorly scheduled lack of meaningful public consultation;
• and the timing of these decisions during an active municipal election cycle.

Many residents believe discussions involving:
• municipal boundaries,
• governance restructuring,
• infrastructure corridors,
• taxation impacts,
• airport lands,
• and future growth control

should NOT be rushed forward before residents elect new Mayors and Councils this fall.

Both current Mayors are leaving office, and multiple members of Council are either departing or seeking re-election. Residents are now asking why last-minute decisions of this magnitude are being advanced when the long-term consequences will ultimately fall on newly elected Councils and Mayors.

To many residents, this increasingly feels like an expedited political agenda involving exiting municipal leadership rather than a transparent and properly paced democratic process.

Residents are also beginning to ask:
If this can happen this quickly here — what comes next?

Your community, your farmland, your home may one day be impacted by similar future annexation, restructuring, or infrastructure expansion efforts if precedents like this are established.

BCAA continues to hear concerns from residents who feel the County has been placed under increasing pressure through expedited timelines and a process many feel lacks sufficient transparency and democratic accountability.

Many residents are also questioning whether the County is now being forced into an MOU under increasing Provincial pressure and accelerated timelines rather than through a fair, balanced, and voluntary process.

RESIDENTS DESERVE FULL DISCLOSURE ON THE ROLE OF THE PROVINCE AND MPP WILL BOUMA.

If governance and land transfer discussions of this magnitude can proceed in only a matter of months, many residents are asking what precedent this may establish for future annexation and restructuring efforts involving Brant County lands and communities.

Today it may involve:
• airport governance,
• municipal lands,
• infrastructure corridors,
• and boundary adjustments.

Tomorrow it could involve much more.

BCAA believes:
• this process is moving too quickly;
• residents deserve meaningful consultation — not a one-day public consultation held on a Thursday while many residents are still at work;
• residents should not feel silenced or shut out of the process as many felt occurred during the February 26th West Access Road consultation;
• and newly elected Councils and Mayors should be given the opportunity to address matters of this magnitude before irreversible decisions are made.

Residents are now asking:
Who will show up?
Will the public truly be heard?
Or has this already been decided?

THIS IS A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION — BUT NUMBERS SHOW STRENGTH.

PLEASE COME SUPPORT DEMOCRACY.

OUR COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE AND RESIDENTS MUST PUSH BACK BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.

BCAA encourages all attendees to remain respectful, professional, and peaceful at all times.

Bring your signs.
Bring your voice.
Bring your concerns.

LET THE PEOPLE BE HEARD.

SATURDAY — 12:00 PM
IN FRONT OF MPP WILL BOUMA’S OFFICE

05/28/2026

BCAA's response to the MOU

This video raises important questions every Brant County and Brantford resident should be asking regarding municipal restructuring, Provincial involvement, and how quickly these processes can unfold once they begin.

BCAA encourages residents to watch closely, stay informed, and pay attention to the broader implications surrounding airport governance, annexation discussions, and long-term municipal control.

More on this matter will be coming from BCAA, including how BCAA plans to continue fighting for the residents of Brant County and the City of Brantford who oppose this process and the manner in which it is unfolding.

If a process of this magnitude can occur within such a short timeframe, residents should recognize the precedent this may set for future annexation, governance restructuring, and municipal land transfer efforts involving the Province and the City of Brantford.

Today it may involve airport governance, municipal lands, infrastructure corridors, and boundary adjustments.
Tomorrow it could involve your community, your neighbourhood, your farmland, your business, or your home.

Public consultation and democratic accountability matter.

The public deserves transparency before decisions of this magnitude move forward.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/At4NA_r0Pv4?si=uI9qzKp20cs0NWif

05/23/2026

BCAA feels that several statements made by Mayor Kevin Davis in the recent CTV report are contradictory and raise serious questions that deserve further public review and answers.

Mayor Davis publicly suggests that the Provincial Facilitator is simply there to mediate discussions and cannot impose an arrangement. However, residents are left asking:

• Why was a firm deadline reportedly established for this process?
• Why is the process being expedited so aggressively during a municipal election cycle?
• Why has the County publicly stated that the Provincial Facilitator process may proceed “with or without” the County at the table?

BCAA also notes that these comments appear inconsistent with information already on the public record, including:

• Brant County was open to negotiate airport boundary adjustments no less than three times.
• Through the Joint City-County Services Committee, there was a recommendation that the City present a proposal to the County regarding the airport lands. This reportedly never occurred.
• Brant County reported financial concessions relating to the airport, including approximately $1 million in development charge relief through By-law 109-24 and related approvals.
• Mayor Davis initiated a formal amalgamation/municipal restructuring feasibility study through Strong Mayor powers.

That concern is now substantiated through Mayoral Direction 01-25.

If airport boundary discussions had already been offered by the County, residents deserve to know why Provincial facilitation became necessary in the first place and why the matter is now being accelerated through the Province.

BCAA believes residents deserve full transparency, factual consistency, and accountability on matters involving airport governance, municipal restructuring, and Provincial involvement.

Watch the CTV News report here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsq19X6rxns

05/23/2026

WHAT RESIDENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHAT HAS OCCURRED — AND IS COMING.

1. AIRPORT GOVERNANCE & BOUNDARY DISCUSSIONS BEGIN
Discussions surrounding the future governance of the Brantford Airport, airport lands, municipal restructuring, and regional control discussions began taking place between the City of Brantford and Brant County.

2. BRANT COUNTY PUBLICLY CHALLENGES AIRPORT BOARD NARRATIVE
Following the Airport Board motion passed on November 17 and subsequent media reporting; Brant County publicly challenged statements being advanced regarding the relationship between the County and the Airport Board and City.

In correspondence circulated publicly, Brant County stated:
• The County waived development charges related to airport builds
• The County made additional concessions to expedite approvals and permitting
• The County had offered to negotiate airport boundary adjustments on multiple occasions
• The County was willing to work collaboratively for the betterment of the region
• The City was allegedly unreceptive to negotiations while simultaneously exploring amalgamation discussions
• The airport lands issue was not a “simple transfer” due to infrastructure, Oakhill residents, municipal servicing, and fire protection complexities
• Questions were raised as to why Provincial involvement became necessary when negotiations had allegedly already been offered by the County

To date, residents have not seen any meaningful public response from the City of Brantford addressing or disputing the substance of those concerns.

3. PROVINCIAL FACILITATOR APPOINTED
MPP Will Bouma publicly stated he was involved in coordinating or requesting Provincial Facilitation discussions involving Brantford and Brant County.

However, Brant County officials and members of County Council are on record stating they never formally requested Provincial Facilitation involvement.

This contradiction continues to raise significant public concern and questions regarding:
• Why the Provincial Facilitation process was initiated
• What authority or direction was provided
• Whether proper municipal process was followed
• Why the process advanced so quickly without meaningful public consultation
• What role provincial and municipal officials played behind closed doors

4. NO FORMAL STAFF REVIEW PRESENTED PRIOR TO VOTE
Residents and BCAA raised concerns that no formal public staff review, staff recommendation report, or comprehensive public analysis appears to have been presented to Brantford City Council prior to Council voting on the Provincial Facilitator process.

Residents continue asking:
• Was Council provided with a full analysis of risks, costs, governance implications, and municipal boundary impacts?
• Why was a matter of this magnitude advanced without broader public consultation?
• What discussions occurred before the public vote?
• Why was the public not fully informed beforehand?

5. COUNTY OF BRANT ALLOWS BCAA TO DELEGATE
Brant County Council permitted BCAA to publicly delegate and raise concerns regarding transparency, governance, Provincial involvement, airport governance discussions, and municipal boundary considerations.

During the public meeting, members of Brant County Council openly acknowledged on record that the process surrounding the Provincial Facilitation discussions and related matters was not a fair process to the County of Brant.

During this process, BCAA also initiated Freedom of Information requests under:
• FOI
• MFIPPA (Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act)
• FIPPA (Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act)

These requests seek records, correspondence, and documentation relating to:
• The Provincial Facilitator process
• Airport governance discussions
• Boundary adjustment considerations
• Communications between municipal and provincial officials
• The proposed West Access Road (formerly OPRE)
• Related planning and governance matters

BCAA maintains that residents have a right to understand how decisions of this magnitude are being discussed and advanced.

6. CITY OF BRANTFORD INITIALLY DENIES BCAA DELEGATION
The City of Brantford initially denied BCAA’s request to delegate at the Special Council Meeting concerning the Provincial Facilitation MOU and airport governance discussions.

7. PUBLIC PRESSURE & MEDIA ATTENTION GROWS
Residents began contacting elected officials, media outlets, and provincial representatives demanding transparency and accountability. Public concern continued growing across both Brantford and Brant County.

8. BCAA APPROVED TO SPEAK AT THE LAST MINUTE
Approximately 15 minutes before the Special Council Meeting on May 20th, BCAA was finally permitted to delegate before Council after pressure from certain members of Council requesting a motion BCAA be allowed to hear concerns openly before motion for in camera by Council

9. BCAA REQUESTS OPEN MEETING
BCAA formally requested Council pass a resolution requiring discussions concerning the Provincial Facilitation MOU to remain in open session rather than proceeding behind closed doors.

10. BRANTFORD CITY COUNCIL VOTES 8–3 TO PROCEED IN CAMERA
Brantford City Council voted 8–3 to proceed with the in camera session concerning the Provincial Facilitation MOU and related airport governance discussions rather than keeping the matter in open public session.

BCAA had formally requested that discussions involving the Provincial Facilitation process, airport governance, and municipal boundary considerations remain open to the public due to the significant long-term implications for both Brantford and Brant County residents.

11. WHAT COMES NEXT — AND WHY RESIDENTS SHOULD PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION
An MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) related to the Provincial Facilitation process has now reportedly been reviewed in camera by both Brant County Council and Brantford City Council.

BCAA understands that certain Brant County Council members have expressed extreme concerns that they may feel they have little or no practical option but to ultimately agree to the framework being advanced through the Provincial Facilitation process.

There are also growing concerns regarding the level of pressure being placed on the County of Brant throughout this process.

The next anticipated step could involve:
• A draft agreement may be presented to both Councils without proper public consultation as per the Municpal Act
• Further negotiations and governance discussions without meaningful public consultation
• Recommendations involving airport lands and municipal boundaries without public consultation
• Future servicing, infrastructure, and planning implications for both municipalities without public consultation

BCAA believes residents of both Brantford and Brant County deserve the opportunity to:
• Be informed
• Ask questions
• Review supporting information
• Conduct independent research
• Attend multiple public meetings
• Provide meaningful feedback BEFORE decisions of this magnitude are advanced or finalized

These matters could permanently impact municipal boundaries, governance structures, infrastructure planning, taxation, servicing, development patterns, and long-term financial implications for generations to come.

What residents must understand is this:
NONE of these discussions, reviews, or negotiations have occurred with meaningful public consultation.

Residents have not been provided:
• A full public staff analysis
• Comprehensive financial implications
• Governance impact studies
• Municipal boundary impact reviews
• Public engagement sessions
• Community consultation opportunities
• A transparent explanation of what the end goal of this process may ultimately be

12. WHY TIMING MATTERS — AND WHY RESIDENTS SHOULD BE CONCERNED
All of these events have unfolded in a period of less than six months.

By August 1st, both Brantford City Council and Brant County Council may enter “lame duck” status leading into the upcoming municipal election cycle.

These matters involve:
• Potential annexation of County lands
• Airport governance restructuring
• Continued Provincial facilitation
• Major infrastructure and servicing implications
• The proposed West Access Road (formerly OPRE)
• Major financial impacts over time that could directly affect residents, taxpayers, infrastructure planning, servicing costs, development patterns, and municipal finances for both Brantford and Brant County

BCAA believes these are long-term regional decisions that should be addressed transparently and publicly by newly elected incoming Mayors and Councils following the municipal election — not rapidly advanced during the final months of the current term without meaningful public consultation.

13. PROVINCE DISTANCES ITSELF AS QUESTIONS CONTINUE TO GROW
BCAA and residents have made multiple inquiries directly to Premier’s Office regarding the Provincial Facilitation process, airport governance discussions, municipal boundary considerations, and the proposed West Access Road (formerly OPRE).

Residents should understand the significance of this:
To the best of BCAA’s knowledge, municipal boundary adjustment matters and annexation-related discussions of this magnitude have NEVER advanced this quickly in Ontario — particularly within a period of less than six months and during the final term of sitting Councils approaching lame duck status.

Despite repeated inquiries to the Province, responses from the Premier’s Office have largely stated that:
• The matter falls under local municipal jurisdiction
• Municipalities are responsible for local planning and governance decisions
• Residents should direct concerns back to local governments and elected officials

At the same time, the Province became involved through a Provincial Facilitation process that is now directly influencing discussions surrounding:
• Airport lands
• Boundary adjustments
• Regional governance
• Infrastructure planning
• The proposed West Access Road corridor

BCAA believes residents deserve:
• Transparency
• Public consultation
• Accountability
• Open debate before irreversible decisions are made
• A MUCH LONGER and more transparent review timeline on matters of this magnitude involving airport lands, annexation, governance restructuring, and regional infrastructure planning

Residents are now entering summer vacation season, and many are only beginning to learn about the potential long-term implications surrounding the Provincial Facilitation process, airport governance discussions, annexation considerations, and the proposed West Access Road (formerly OPRE).

To the best of BCAA’s knowledge a quick public announcement followed by decisions being rapidly advanced by the City of Brantford and through the Provincial Facilitation process has never occurred within such a short timeframe for matters of this magnitude in Ontario.

Residents should have the opportunity to:
• Voice their opinions
• Gather additional information
• Conduct independent research
• Attend public meetings and consultations
• Understand the long-term financial and governance implications
• Provide meaningful public feedback before decisions are made

Residents are increasingly concerned that this process is being accelerated faster than other major boundary adjustments ever seen across Ontario — particularly while both sitting Councils approach lame duck status and without meaningful public consultation, independent review, or full public disclosure of long-term implications.

BCAA believes decisions with potential substantial financial impact over time — affecting residents of both Brantford and Brant County — require a deliberate, transparent, and publicly accountable process, not one rapidly advanced behind closed doors.

Residents deserve answers before decisions are finalized behind closed doors. Public consultation is coming; residents must show up in large number to ensure their voice is heard. BCAA will continue to provide update on these announcements.