I’m dearly concerned with…

I’m dearly concerned with habitat loss and fragmentation and the quality of headwaters. As a citizen of Ontario I have always supported government legislated green spaces. These must be protected for wildlife diversity, health of all citizens, clean water and resources for self sufficiency as Ontarians. These are group resources and they should not be open for sale to the highest bidder. Existing urban areas should increase in density and there should never be an encroachment into greenbelts. Only an upper tier of government can create these regulations. It should NOT be delegated or left to municipalities. This IS competitive creating living spaces in our province that makes it desireable to all. There is a clear role for Provincial government NOT to delegate this level of decision making not to mention the cost to municipalities. I am entirely against this.
We even need more regulations. look at areas of farmland along the shoes of Lake Huron for Example - all of the farmers send their animal waste into the great Lakes. Why is this permitted. Bill 66 will only lead to it being worse.
I am entirely against the open for business laws that are proposed in this bill. It has nothing to do with being open for business. We can have and should have provincial regulations of green spaces and existing regional decisions should not be given to local municiaplities - a recipe for disaster as one municipality can then harm the drinking water of a nearby municipality. There is no decision maker. It will lead to all kinds of litigation. Why? I don't see the purpose. I do see lots of opportunities for growth without this Bill. Ontario can be competitive and this is not needed to achieve that in fact maintaining the current system would make everything better for all Ontarians regardless of where they live. Laws should apply equally. This would not be the case if municipalities had the final say. Just look at the town of Dashwood - it's in TWO municipalities.
Will half the town be one way and the other half different on important issues like waste management and protection of the environment? Every single one of us will be exposed to increased levels of harmful substances. Our children, our next generation. This plan leads to that without question. Once you lose those areas there will be nothing left. I want something left. I am a voting taxpayer and I don't want unlimited sprawl or municipalities with local decision makers who often have a vested interest in the outcome - making such key decisions. I am against Bill 66 as it is currently drafted and would be very upset if it was implemented without taking these signficant concerns into consideration. This is a recipe for more lawyers getting rich and for the citizens, the "people" who you represent having less. I understand that If passed, the province, developers and municipalities could, in theory, bypass some regulations, provided a development could prove it would create jobs and generate an economic benefit. This is far too high a price to pay for more jobs that can be created in much better ways for all of us. These are my own views after personally thinking about this matter. You don't have to see what websites I went to or my comments on them. I have read the views of those in government currently in Ontario who are Conservatives. I have read what they say, I have read parts of the Bill and I have made my own decisions passed on many years of living in a community along the shores of our beautiful Great Lakes and seeing that people often cannot even swim in them or use the beaches.