I am deeply concerned about…

I am deeply concerned about the provisions of Schedule 10 of Bill 66. This section would allow municipalities to ignore provincial policy statements and would put at risk not just the Greenbelt, but Provincially Significant Wetlands across the province. In my own hometown of Thunder Bay, a large wetland known as the William Bog has been under attack for decades. The provincial policy statement on wetlands has largely ended these attacks, and has helped preserve a natural reservoir area that is vitally important in limiting storm flood damage in the south side of the City.

Schedule 10 would undo that in the name of "freeing business". Freeing business to create unnecessary sprawl? (The population of the city has been stagnant or shrinking for a decade.) Freeing business to increase the risk of flooding for existing homeowners? No thank you.

Provincial policy statements were created for a reason and the rush to gut them is beyond unwise.

I ask that you eliminate Schedule 10 from this piece of legislation.

M. B.
Thunder Bay, Ontario