1. Municipal planners have…

1. Municipal planners have all agreed that there is enough land to accommodate the required housing that Ontario wants without destroying our heritage homes and buildings.
2. Schedule 6 defeats the objective stated in the Ontario Heritage Trust “to support, encourage and facilitate the conservation, protection and preservation of the heritage of Ontario”, if public bodies are not required to comply with some of the Standards and Guidelines of a particular property when housing is proposed for the site.
3. This will not make housing more affordable.
4. We need to encourage people to save our heritage buildings, not make it harder with more criteria.
5. The presence of heritage buildings encourages people to tour an area, leading to support of the local businesses.
6. We need to encourage protection of even humble buildings, and the Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism should be encouraging protection of places to do with the historic contributions of all, including English, French, Black, Indigenous, LGBTQ2S+ communities.