The biggest constraint in…

The biggest constraint in rural areas is the limit on severances by consent. We have miles of undeveloed roads that municipalities can't afford to maintain, property owners with large properties on these roads who can't afford to keep the home they grew up in, and they are not allowed to sell a few lots to generate income. Large property owners are forced to sell their family home to survive. People that want to move to rural areas are not looking to live in settlement areas, they are moving to rural areas to get away from settlement areas. Let rural areas develop without forcing them to create more sudivisions.

The Provincial Policy Statement, Official Plans, Zoning By-Laws, and Building Codes are too restrictive. The more restrictive they are the more it costs to enforce these regulations. Municipalities are forced to pass these costs on to the tax payers. Governments at all levels are driving up the cost of development through excess regulation.