The Ontario Auditor General…

The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that the ministry posted significant and complex proposals for which a longer comment period could have enabled more informed consultation. In some of those cases, members of the public either requested more time to comment, or noted that the time provided was not enough given the nature of the proposal.
Since this issue has not been rectified, as confirmed by this current ERO, and that expanding the existing registration in the EASR ( Environment Activity and Sector Registry) would mean that once registrants have received confirmation of their on line registration, they may undertake an activity at once and the ministry does not actively review such registration at first instance, this will make it more difficult to rectify the afore mention deficiency, therefore, the additions to the EASR should not be allowed.
Also, since the last webinar regarding these changes is not available until 4 days before the end of the comment period, the comment period needs to be expanded to 145 days commencing the day after the final webinar.