"Ontario is working to…

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"Ontario is working to create smarter and more efficient environmental permissions processes that reduce unnecessary burden for businesses and maintain our province's strict environmental standards."

Your opening paragraph, shown above, encapsulates the warped logic of this proposal. Environmental regulation and proper oversight by a third party are both paramount in sensible growth and development. Businesses are indeed burdened but, from an environmental and health perspective, this is entirely necessary and, yes, smart. The Province no longer has 'strict environmental standards'. Conversely, standards have dropped well below what is acceptable or safe.

I ask you to do the right thing for each and every resident of Ontario, present and future. Do not proceed with this reckless proposal.