In these large omnibus bills…

In these large omnibus bills, there is a lot that is hidden. Open for Business, according to the Ford government, is an analogy for environmental degradation, sullying clean water and air while allowing development on green belt areas. These are areas protected from development for important reasons. It is clear the Tories have not learned the lessons from the ridiculously preventable tragedy that took place in Walkerton where people died and many were made seriously ill due to negligence and 'fat trimming', 'reducing waste' and 'downsizing government bureaucracy' by the Tory government of the day. No one from government at the time, was held accountable. Simply put, the current Tory government does not have the trust of the people, the little guys, in Premier Ford's words, don't trust government to act as responsible stewards of the environment. They have no climate action plan that is remotely credible. And we are simply to trust them to do the right thing. Well, ask the people of Walkerton if they trust the government to reduce environmental controls through the erosion of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts that Open for Business threatens. Green space needs to be maintained as a bulwark against significant climate change that this Tory government doesn't seem to understand or recognize as the global threat it has become. Bill 66 is a travesty, a mockery of government legislative responsibility and should be stopped at all costs.