I am commenting on the…

I am commenting on the proposed amendments to the Rebuilding Ontario Place Act, 2023.

I am opposed to Schedule 8 of the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025, exempting every project tied to the Ontario Place redevelopment (and any
enterprise or activity that furthers the Ontario Place Redevelopment Project that is not at the Ontario Place site) from Part II of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993.
Part II of the Environmental Bill of Rights specifically outlines “minimum levels of public participation that must be met before the Government of Ontario makes decisions on certain kinds of environmentally significant proposals for policies, Acts, regulations and instruments.” Schedule 8 will completely eliminate public participation, as well as eliminating informing the public about environmentally significant activities specifically with regard to Ontario Place.

This proposed amendment is to benefit private sector initiatives, and it is not in the public interest nor the interest of our environment. I am calling on the Government of Ontario to remove Schedule 8 of the new Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025.

What is happening to Ontario Place and to the Ontario Science Centre is a total disgrace and this underhanded and sneaky way of trying to destroy the environment under the guise of "unleashing our economy" is typical of this government trying to push it's cronyism agenda through despite the fact that the people they are supposed to represent don't want this. The Ontario government is ignoring the people. Please listen to us!