These changes to waste…

These changes to waste management are based on the false premise that building homes more and faster is the answer to our clear housing shortage. I would argue that the housing shortage is not a building crisis but a societal crisis requiring changes to senior, student, immigrant and young family needs for housing rather than just new houses.
Regardless of this perspective, which by itself tips the "Risk Balance Approach" of the government to a no change approach, there are specific aspects of this proposal that also tip this proposal into the too risky zone. These aspects include the high risk associated with hazardous waste and our continually evolving hazard thresholds, the high risk associated with biomedical waste and the long-term known effects of waste on our environment versus short-term perceived gains to building.
I would ask the Ministry to maintain the status quo as it is working well at maintaining a Risk Balance that has been effective at protecting both the economy and the environment.