I have mixed feelings about…

I have mixed feelings about Bill 66. I am concerned that if businesses circumvent the Clean Water Act, our water quality could be compromised. I am also adamant that the Great Lakes Protection Act should be respected. However, since there is some indication that the Toxics Reductions Act stopped working in recent years, I am not that concerned about it. I would ask that whatever is decided in terms of environmental protection, ambitious or less robust than many (including me) would desire that at least there is long-term and meaningful monitoring and oversight. I would also encourage Minister Rod Phillips to continue his good work in building trust between the development and environmental sectors. In the end, I would rather face the challenge of building homes on Greenbelt lands sustainably as a result of Bill 66 than witness the quiet approval of the dumping of toxic dirt in them or the building of highways that mar my nature walks but that I can't even afford to use.