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Increasing the number of children allowed to be cared for by day care providers can only lead to further injuries and deaths among young children; something which has been an issue even recently.

Repealing the toxic substances act would allow dangerous chemicals to pose further hazards to Ontarian, increase pollution, which is a definite concern in our present age and will be a huge consideration in the future as well.

Repealing the TSSA Act, which protects consumers from allowing toxic substances into their homes without their knowledge or consent, is immoral and does not give any consideration to the consumer, since it would open the door for companies to manufacture toys and household items using toxic substances without having to label them.

Repealing the wireless services act which protects consumers regarding transactions for services, disclosing information accurately to customers and advertising including all inclusive costs at fixed terms, would again, harm the consumer and allow companies to exploit the consumer. Getting rid of this would cause many people to enter into agreements with wireless companies which the would otherwise not agree to simply because they do not understand the terms of service. Such a circumstance could not be viewed as the fault of the consumer in this instance, since the provisions which cause wireless companies to spell out their terms in plain English, free of loopholes would be taken away.

Again, opening up the Greenbelt for development takes away the protection of our environment which is necessary for the lives of ourselves, our future generations and all of the wildlife living within it. Ontario has become overrun with development in the last decades and there are very few measures left in place to protect what little we have left. Developing this area would once again be protecting companies and not citizens and exploiting the interests of people and the environment for consumerism and profit alone.

Amending the employment standards act so that employers no longer have to post information about the employment standards act would also cause problems Newcomers to the workforce and immigrants are not always immediately aware of the laws and rights they have as workers. This opens up employers ability to take advantage of people once again. The other changes proposed within this bill would further take advantage of the rights of workers since it proposes to:

change the way they average the over time pay to benefit the employer
get rid of trade unions for city workers in construction industry, benefiting the employer
allow building on unstable land, contaminated, sensitive water areas, areas with protected drinking water, marshy land, etc, would be terrible for the environment and just seems like a bad idea over all.
building within protected land and significant archaeological sights would exploit the environment and historical sites for profit.

Repealing the Pawnbrokers Act would lead to many problems for the consumer and opens up the ability for businesses to take advantage of consumers.

I hope that serious consideration will be taken before the proposed changes will be made and sincerely hope that Bill 66 does not get passed. I see little to no benefit for the well being of people or the environment here. The citizens of Ontario and the environment which we live in and have a responsibility to protect, should far outweigh the concerns or benefits of corporations.