Bill 23: It undermines…

Bill 23: It undermines democracy: removes the need to notify local communities and prevent them from challenging bad decisions.
It takes away power from conservation authorities when we need them most due to climate crisis.
The offsetting proposal re wetlands, etc. is dangerous and should only be used as a last resort. And the "pay to slay" compensation fund lets developers off the hook for environmental destruction as long as they pay. But no amount of money can replace natural wetlands, woodlands and wildlife habitats. Once gone, they’re gone forever.

The offsetting proposal includes a “pay to slay” natural heritage compensation fund, which would allow developers to destroy wetlands, woodlands, and other wildlife habitats as long as they pay into the fund…. Bill 23 spells disaster for the farmland and natural areas that sustain us. It is environmental deregulation writ large…”

Also, quoting from Environmental Defence: "The government’s attempt to rationalize this attack on the Greenbelt as a measure to deliver “more homes” is disingenuous. There is such a vast supply of unused “greenfield” land already open for development within existing municipal settlement boundaries (350 square kilometers as of 2019), that opening up Greenbelt lands will not deliver a single net new home. The latest round of boundary expansions would – if approved – add 17,000 hectares more of non-Greenbelt land to that vast stockpile. Far from boosting the number of new homes, because of a constrained supply of skilled labour, materials and equipment, it is likely this plan would result in fewer homes being delivered within the next decade. "