I am completely opposed to…

I am completely opposed to the way the Ontario government has gone about this zoning process.

The proposed Minister’s Zoning Orders for Midtown Oakville blatantly fail to meet the Ontario government’s own criteria for issuing zoning orders. There is no municipal support, Town Council has not endorsed the project and community opposition is clear and documented; no justification for overriding established provincial, regional, and municipal planning policies, including OPA 70; and no credible urgency. Zoning Orders are meant to be exceptional tools, not a self serving substitute for proper planning, yet the only rationale offered is “zoning certainty,” which in reality serves a single purpose: to lock in speculative land value, shift risk from the developer to the public, and freeze an outdated proposal while stripping the Town of its ability to adapt to real housing needs, infrastructure capacity, and changing conditions over time,

This proposal appears to only serve the interests of developers and to meet arbitrary political housing targets. It does not build homes for the future and does nothing for the people in Ontario who put this government in power.