I am writing to strongly…

I am writing to strongly oppose Bill 5: the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act and its dangerous proposals, including the creation of Special Economic Zones, the weakening of Ontario’s endangered species protections, and the exemption of the York1 Waste Disposal Site Project from an environmental review.

Bill 5 would give the government extreme new powers to ignore laws that protect the public health, Indigenous rights, Ontario's long term economic health, and environment without accountability. This is unacceptable and short sighted.

Specific to 025-0389: is this government going to set aside money or ensure the project proponent pays a deposit into an environmental remediation fund to protect homeowners and taxpayers? Removing environmental assessment (EA) requirements for the York1 waste project increases the risk to human health and financial risks to Ontario through subsurface contamination. Claiming the "threat of US tariffs impacting Ontario’s waste sector" does not abrogate the government's legal and ethical responsibilities to protect the people of Ontario. At best the rationale for this exemption is short sighted political theatre. At worst it is a repeat of the Greenbelt Scandal mired in conflict of interest.