I am opposed to schedule 8…

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 of 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 kind s 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.

The 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 Schdeulate 8 of the new Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy act, 2025.