This is a bad bill. It is…

This is a bad bill. It is bad for workers, it is terrible for the environment, and it is being pushed through without adequate transparency.

A bill that can alter the landscape of this province for decades, can impact the water we drink and the air we breathe, as well as decrease the rights of citizens to have a say in their neighbourhoods must be examined and debated on the brightest of stages, not hidden in the shadows of winter and national holidays.

Pushing municipalities to override environmental concerns in the name of fast money from housing development is behaviour that should be beneath a provincial government.