I have lived in Oakville for…

I have lived in Oakville for 15 years now. Neither my husband or I grew up here and we chose to move here to have a family. It has been an absolutely wonderful experience in so many ways and we have never regretted that decision. Part of what has impressed me so much about Oakville is the thoughtful city planning right from the town's inception by having the rail lines away from the lake to preserve the shore. We have felt like we lived in a movie with the beautiful parks along the waterfront and have been so impressed by the long term thinking demonstrated by Oakville planners. Oakville planners have carefully considered what is appropriate for this community.

The Ministry's proposed development is heart breaking and illogical.

The Ministry's transit-oriented community plan is flawed for so many reasons, which have been outlined and explained endlessly by groups like We Love Oakville.

The mega density that is far beyond what the region can handle, overriding municipal planning, failure to align with the Premier's Build Homes Faster agenda and failure to comply with the Minister's own zoning orders are the main reasons this plan is inappropriate. The residents of Oakville do not want this and given how this initiative is being pushed along without meeting either the Premier's plan and also going against the Minister's own zoning it is hard to see why this is still being discussed.

MZOs are meant to be exceptional tools, not a self serving substitute for proper planning, yet the only rationale offered here is “zoning certainty,” which in reality serves a single purpose: to lock in speculative land value, shift risk from the developer to the public, and freeze an outdated proposal while stripping the Town of its ability to adapt to real housing needs, infrastructure capacity, and changing conditions over time.

This plan is wrong.

Oakville residents do not want this.

The proposal lacks merit and fails to meet the government's goals or follow its requirements.

Stop this process.

This TOC is not about delivering housing; it is about maximizing developer land value at the expense of livability, infrastructure capacity, and the public interest.

I vote NO for these MZOs.