The Council of the…

The Council of the Corporation of the City of Pickering passed Resolution #98/19 expressing serious concerns with Bill 108 - (Schedule 12) and requests numerous amendments prior to passing this legislation. See Letter to Minister Clark and a copy of Report to Council PLN 14-19.

City of Toronto staff prepared a report to their Council providing a thorough overview, preliminary comments, and a substantial number of recommended changes to Bill 108 (see City of Toronto Report CC7.3 on Bill 108, May 14, 2019, Appendix I). Toronto staff’s recommended changes are aimed at restoring the principle that growth pays for growth, and restoring the tools that enable the City’s financial capability to provide necessary parkland, services and facilities for a rapidly growing population.
The issues and challenges that Toronto would face arising from Bill 108 are equally applicable to Pickering (albeit we are just now entering the intensification and high density residential development phase). Relying on the review and analysis contained in the Toronto report, Pickering City Council endorses the amendments requesting the Province to change Bill 108.