DO NOT REPEAL THE TOXCS…

DO NOT REPEAL THE TOXCS REDUCTION ACT. I take offense with the current government of Ontario position that by eliminating the Toxics Reduction Act it is cutting unnecessary regulations that are inefficient, inflexible or out of date. It is especially offensive that the government feels Ontario citizens no longer deserve the right to know what toxic chemicals are being used, emitted into the water, land and atmosphere in our neighbourhoods, and that it is not necessary that we have a right to comment on these toxins, their use and harmful polluting potential. Open for business should NOT mean "Come on in and do whatever you like to our land, water and air, and go ahead and make our people sick in the process. Your money is all that matters." NO business should have the right to override policies that protect water, at its source deep under ground, and throughout its course to our largest bodies of water. If we take, poison and abuse the most basic of our resources we poison ourselves, and allowing this in government policy IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. It is also NOT ACCEPTABLE to compromise transparency and public engagement on such issues, and leave citizens without recourse to appeal unhealthy decisions made in closed door sessions.