Comment
Lands regulated by CAs have been mapped for decades, in fact closer to 50 years! So why do we still need to evaluate development applications based on the 100 year flood plain? Why do we need a level of additional planning control when floodplains, wetlands, hazard lands, etc, .... are all identified in municipal planning documents? Is the current process still relevant? Some CAs have hundreds of staff and others have only a couple, and still other areas don't even have a CA.
CA regulation officers must go through the CA executive board to lay charges or approve permits. The Board is made up of municipal and/or private citizens. CAs are funded, to a large degree by municipal levy and private and corporate donations. There is obviously a risk that the Boards decisions may be influenced by their need for funding. CAs regulate, among others, municipal projects and private and corporate undertakings! An obvious conflict of interest.
Most development pressure occurs in urban areas. Natural heritage and hazard features have been protected by municipalities for decades. Is there a need for this duplication?
The CAs get tax payer money to collect data - why is this data not made publicly available?
Submitted April 9, 2019 2:18 PM
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Focusing conservation authority development permits on the protection of people and property
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013-4992
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26352
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