I am commenting on the…

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

I find it unconscionable that the Ford government is trying to slip a carte blanche exemption for "redevelopment" aka razing and privatizing of Ontario Place into a bill aimed at economic improvement for Ontarians. The very populace he claims to care so much about is being silenced and ignored with Schedule 8.

I am 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 before 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 eliminating informing the public about environmentally significant activities specifically with regard to Ontario Place.

This proposed amendment is to benefit private sector initiatives, and it is not in the public interest nor the interest of our environment. I am calling on the Government of Ontario to remove Schedule 8 of the new Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025.

I am a decades-long resident of Old Toronto and am appalled at the treatment of what was once a gem of our city, both to residents and tourists. My family is so saddened by this travesty, and demands our voice be heard.