Bill 66 is not designed to…

Bill 66 is not designed to streamline the processes and structures it addresses. The Bill appears an attempt to reduce red-tape but will likely result in further delays and expose developers to needless liability. The open-for-business bylaws represented in Schedule 10 of Bill 66 in particular, will result in irreparable damage to natural and cultural areas. These areas are long-term investments in the future of the province.

The Bill's Schedule 10 changes will have a negative impact on the province's relationships with Indigenous communities, it will impact archaeological and heritage preservation and it will do all of this while putting blinders on developers through the removal of planning documents capable of warning them of their liabilities which will not disappear with those documents.

True efficiencies are much more likely found in harmonizing permit processes, reducing client interaction with government through robust back-end distributions (i.e., ONe-form).