Schedule 10 needs to be…

Schedule 10 needs to be removed from Bill 66. It should not allow for the blatant disregard of provincial policies and provincial plans.

Our water is a vital resource, as are our green spaces. The government should be increasing its protection of our water resources, not undermining the acts presently in place to safeguard it, such as the Greenbelt Act, Clean Water Act, Lake Simcoe Act, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, and Great Lakes Protection Act.

Numerous cities are now spending vast amounts of money to try to manage water run-off (to mitigate flooding) and to re-green their cities as part of cooling and health initiatives (https://e360.yale.edu/features/to_tackle_runoff_cities_turn_to_green_in…). Seeing what these other cities are experiencing, including the damage and expense involved, why would Ontario knowingly follow suit?

Doug Ford has made it clear that he does not care for the environment and is only concerned with having the backing of major developers (https://globalnews.ca/news/4749633/doug-ford-greenbelt/). There is land outside of the Greenbelt available: this should be used for housing developments.

Please do not support schedule 10.