This proposal is a travesty…

This proposal is a travesty and should be withdrawn.

I fully support and adopt as my own the submission of Architectural Conservancy Ontario on this proposal, which is attached.

Perhaps the single most unintelligible and dangerous individual proposal here is the radical change from one criteria to two of the O.Reg. 9/06 significance criteria in the "threshold" for the designation of heritage property in Ontario. See my published views on this in the recent OHA+M blog article (supporting link to the article is noted below).

While there may be one or two proposals for regulations that, if considered and developed carefully, could be of benefit to our heritage protection system, they are totally overshadowed by all the other deplorable proposals. The Schedule 6 proposal should be withdrawn in its entirety and serious discussions held with key stakeholders -- municipalities, the development industry and heritage organizations -- on statutory, regulatory and other changes to address identified issues with the current system, which overall is working well.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment.