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I will quote thoughts from the websites I attached:
The changes proposed for the Ontario Heritage Act (in Bill 23 will make it practically impossible to protect most of Ontario’s identified heritage properties.

Requiring a property meet two of the legislated criteria for designation, instead of one, will make it challenging to protect the often humble buildings and places associated with the historic contributions of Black, Indigenous, Franco Ontarian, multicultural, and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities to Ontario. This will seriously hamper important sites like Owen Sound's Potter's Field (unmarked graves of 1300 indigents including many Black settlers fleeing slavery) and communities like Little Jamaica or Kensington Market currently seeking heritage status and protection.

Toronto’s heritage register currently has over 11,000 properties, which is a reasonable number, and possibly lower than other comparable cities. Of that number, nearly 4,000 are listed but not designated. The notion that the City could process the designation of 4,000 properties in a two-year period is simply impossible. So the unintended (or possibly intended) consequence of Bill 23 is that many listed properties will simply be thrown off the register, without any potential protection for a period of five years.

The bottleneck could be easy to solve if the legislation simply recognized the need for a transition period, providing municipalities with time to make the change.

In contemporary Canadian culture, many things can be understood to have cultural or heritage value. Heritage is no longer as simple as the Ontario Heritage Act would like it to be. In fact, with consideration of Indigenous Reconciliation and Black Lives Matter, as well as many new immigrant communities, even newer aspects of heritage are being revealed.

We need to supplement the limited resources of the Ontario Heritage Act with a stronger recognition and respect for the diversity that exists in our culture, and the need for dialogue on heritage values. The changes proposed in the More Homes, Built Faster Act are a backward step.

UNDRIP:
These proposed changes also go against UNDRIP article 19 and 32. As of June 21, 2021 UNDRIP is now enshrined in Canadian law and must be followed. The land included in Bill 23 development proposal is the traditional territory of many Indigenous Nations. As such, prior and informed consultation with each of these Nations is a REQUIREMENT BEFORE passing any laws or Bills mandating development, including Bill 23. No such consultation has occurred. Posting on an open message board on ERO cannot be considered consultation. Was any attempt even made to advise Indigenous Nations of this ERO message board? If not, it cannot remotely be considered consultation.