I am commenting on the…

I am commenting on the proposed ammendments to the Rebuilding Ontario Place Act, 2023.

I am absolutely opposed to Schedule 8 of the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act 2025, exempting every project tied to the Ontario Place redevelopment (and any enterprise or activity that furthers the Ontario Place Redevelopment Project that is not at the Ontario Place site) from Part II of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993.

Part II of the Environmental Bill of Rights specifically outlines "minimum levels of public participation that must be met befor the Government of Ontario makes decisions on certain kinds of environmentally significant proposals for policies, Acts, regulations and instruments". Schedule 8 will completely eliminate public participation, as well as eliminate informing the public about environmentally significant activities with regard to Ontario Place.

This proposed amendment is to benefit the private sector initiatives, and is not in the public interest nor in the interest of the environment. I am calling on the Government of Ontario to do the right and sensible thing and remove Schedule 8 from the Act.