As a long-time Ontario…

As a long-time Ontario taxpayer, I am incredibly concerned about your irresponsibly rushed Bill-17 and I urge you to understand these facts about how we need to implement Green Building Standards, please:
- Based on the Ontario municipalities benchmarked by the Canadian Home
Builders' Association (CHBA), all of the cities with a GDS have made progress in accelerating approval timelines, while all of the cities without a GDS have seen timelines get slower.
- Regulations related to Bill 17 must be in compliance with other powers and authorities granted to municipalities to avoid confusion and delays for future developments.
- The province must respect municipalities’ responsibilities as outlined in the Planning Act and the Provincial Planning Statement. These include the protection of public health and safety, the economic well-being of the province and municipalities, the minimization of waste, and the promotion of sustainable development.
- Meeting these responsibilities requires that municipalities are able to implement GDS which necessitates studies from builders to ensure they are meeting the standards.
- Please maintain municipal authorities, including the ability to require necessary reports, to ensure that new development delivers on health, safety, resiliency, and long-term affordability for Ontarians while reducing red tape.
I want to see green building infrastructure used in every new building in Ontario beginning asap! If you don't, you're just wasting our taxes and I object very strongly to that!
The global climate emergency is real and exponentially worsening each year - Ontario needs to take measures to protect us! So far the current government has sent us backwards in this most important fight of our lives - please do better and allow the adoption of ALL green building advances in our developments today. Get rid of the new gas infrastructure - it's outdated and archaic today, leading to stranded assets as will all the fossil fuel use that Ontario's government has approved since gaining power. If you are any kind of "captain" Premier Ford, you'd better steer towards a more prosperous future for ALL OF US.
Sincerely.