I and my family oppose Bill…

I and my family oppose Bill 23 as it will impact the Ontario Heritage Act, the Planning Act, and the Ontario Land Tribunal Act, among others.

I agree with David Flemming of Heritage Ottawa. “Bill 23 is focused on quantity over quality, setting heritage conservation back 10 years.”

City of Ottawa's analysis of the new bill, released on November 7, 2022, is grim. Among its potentially devastating effects, Bill 23 will give Ministerial power to override heritage protection, cripple the Heritage Register by making it impossible to keep a property listed for more than two years, change the criteria required for heritage designation of buildings and districts, and eliminate third-party appeals to the Ontario Land Tribunal by community organizations and residents (only developers and municipalities will have that right).

This is very undemocratic as Bill 23 takes my, my community, and other Ontarian's rights to intervene or to have a voice in important matters where we live daily. Its like the people of Ontario do not matter anymore, our votes and taxes are not only taken for granted but, used against us to destroy what we all have worked hard for in preserving heritage for future tourism and jobs. Bill 23 takes all of this away - for the sake of cheaply built unaffordable (blanketed in politics as affordable) fast housing. Too great a price to loose so much for so little return. Please stop this bill from passing, or amend it greatly at least so that the tax paying public of Ontario can retain their hard earned rights on heritage, agriculture and nature conservancy, for the present and for our children's future. Otherwise, other provinces in Canada will look much better to vacation in or to build a life in than Ontario.