Be extremely careful what…

Be extremely careful what checks and balances you remove. I take offense with the current government of Ontario position that by eliminating many protections in place for clean air, land, water and human health you are cutting unnecessary regulations that are inefficient, inflexible or out of date. It is especially offensive that the government feels Ontario citizens no longer deserve the right to know how our most basic natural resources are to be used by business. Open for business should NOT mean "Come on in and do whatever you like to our land, water and air, and go ahead and make our people sick in the process. Your money is all that matters." NO business should have the right to override policies that protect water, at its source deep under ground, and throughout its course to our largest bodies of water. If we take, poison and abuse the most basic of our resources we poison ourselves, and allowing this in government policy IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. It is also NOT ACCEPTABLE to compromise transparency and public engagement on such issues, and leave citizens without recourse to appeal unhealthy decisions made in closed door sessions.

The current government of Ontario has demonstrated its contempt for scientific and societal concerns about climate change. Please do not erode protections for our environment any further.

Open for Business should focus an a technological and social planning shift to renewable resources and circular economy where waste and polluting material are reused or eliminated.