1. Remove Schedule 10 from…

1. Remove Schedule 10 from Bill 66, which allows municipalities to override provisions in the Greenbelt Act, Clean Water Act, Lake Simcoe Act, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act and Great Lakes Protection Act.

Those aforementioned areas are Ontario's jewels, and they provide us with fresh drinking water, recreational opportunities, prime agricultural land and a buffer zone to provide cities with greenspace (oxygen production, carbon sequestering etc.). DO NOT DEVELOP IN THE GREENBELT OR OTHER PROTECTED AREAS. DO NOT REMOVE WATER PROTECTION SAFEGUARDS. We do not wish to drink poisons, and nor should polluted water become the norm.

The last time "restrictions" were eased, people died from contaminated water in Walkerton. Let us never forget that this happened in Ontario, a developed world jurisdiction which used to have laws to prevent such tragedies, until a certain government stupidly decided that water protection laws were bad for business.

So-called "red tape" is most often there to protect us, the little people, from others who would choose profits over people, and environmental destruction over preservation of life for/of future generations. Short term gain is great for politicians but not for the health of the population. Make the right decision and do not reverse years of work to put safeguards in place for those sensitive areas. Environmentalism is not a fad or popular trend - it is our health and well-being at stake.

2. Regarding streamlining long term care standards - will those new regulations ensure the safety of the most vulnerable, the patients who cannot speak up for themselves?

3. Regarding the removal of restrictions on the number of children supervised by home daycare providers - how will you guarantee that there is adequate supervision? Again, you are removing safeguards for our most vulnerable, who cannot speak for themselves. Instead, encourage more home daycares to open, rather than placing more burden on existing centres. Childcare is a difficult profession even under the most ideal conditions.

4. Regarding the removal of reporting requirements for overtime workers, how do you ensure that workers are not abused by being asked to work longer hours than usual without extra compensation?
You have already shown that you do not care about the minimum wage earner by freezing their salaries. I am a business owner and I find this shameful, though it was meant to save us money (we pay our people more than minimum). So many are trapped in the "working poor" cycle of poverty - and those same people probably need to rely on charities and government aid to make it through the week. There are not enough hours in the day to earn more than they do. Ensure that workers get the overtime pay they deserve.

5. Ontario was already competitive without your "help." With all of your changes to a once fine province, we are more than ready to move our thriving businesses (and tax money) to another more civilized country that puts little people first. Thanks, but no thanks, Mr. Ford.