As a retired real estate…

As a retired real estate lawyer, and a committed citizen of Ontario, I cannot sufficiently express my dismay and disgust over this bill. But I'll try. The opening of sensitive lands to development, the obvious tactic of the expansion of boundaries, the irreversible and permanent damage to the environment, the complete failure to do ANYTHING towards real solutions to the housing crisis, the breaking of the "won't touch the wetlands" promise, the removal of the right to appeal by citizens' groups to the Land Tribunal (although DEVELOPERS can still appeal!), the compromise of residential tenants' rights, the whole mess is an outrage. This bill has nothing to do with solving the housing problems of this province, and everything to do with pandering to developers. Your government is not fooling anyone. Shame on you for this complete fiasco of planning and development law. It spits in the face of Ontarians and will permanently change the face of this province for the worse. But at will make money for a select few, which apparently is all that matters to this government.