With respect to Bill 66, I…

With respect to Bill 66, I urge the government to take its responsibility to protect the environment seriously. This Bill opens to doors to open the Greenbelt to development, which will harm currently protected areas from environmental damage.

While the intent may be honourable and well intentioned, we cannot keep ignoring the importance of protecting the environment and taking action to reduce and undo the damage we have done and are doing.

This bill passes responsibility to municipalities and opens the doors to ignore or bypass existing protective measures.

Like this government's removal of carbon tax, this is a clear indication that concern for environment is not a priority for this government.

I urge this government to reconsider the actions taken in this bill and urge them to find other ways to achieve the goals they are trying to achieve without putting further strain an the already struggling environment which is non-negotiable prerequisite to anything else this government want to achieve.