We strongly believe that…

We strongly believe that there continue to be opportunities for the province to streamline Ontario’s environmental approvals processes to ensure that Ontario is open for business while balancing environmental protections.

Overall, we are supportive of the regulatory proposal with a few caveats, as articulated in our submission. We support the provincial government’s objective to continuously improve the protection of health and the environment while facilitating the safe and appropriate relocation of soil.

It is important that the government have a strong framework for excess soils management without overburdening the sector with significant additional red tape.

We believe we can maintain the integrity of the approval process while finding efficiencies and that the current proposal by the MECP is another positive step to modernize the excess soils regulatory framework.