The proposed OFP-ZBL…

I am not in favour of the proposed OFP-ZBL planning tool as proposed. In its current form it:
- Disregards important provincial policy documents like the PPS and the Big Move side-stepping planning principles followed to create liveable communities.
- Disregards planning processes designed to enable a fulsome, comprehensive review of a municipality's growth. These processes are important to ensure sustainable, managed growth across the entire municipality, region, and larger geographic area (GGH). These processes are an important part of ensuring that we create communities based on an established vision and wisely use resources. These processes have been created for a reason. History shows us what will happen with unmanaged, disconnected growth.
- Undermines planning policy intended to protect our valuable agricultural and natural resources (Greenbelt, ORM, and NE Plan).
- Does not serve the public as there is no requirement for public consultation before the OFB-ZBL is approved. Public consultation is part of the foundation of planning for the public interest.
- Is a danger to safe drinking water. How can this government claim to be aiming to "protect air, lakes, and rivers" in the proposed "Made-In-Ontario Environmental Plan", when this bill enables businesses and municipalities to disregard aspects of the Clean Water Act, Great Lakes Protection Act, and Lake Simcoe Protection Act.