Thank you for the…

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on Bill 66.
I am concerned about the potential for Schedule 10 to undermine the gains that have been made in local planning. Specifically, please ensure that the wording is such that agricultural and heritage lands are protected as strongly as possible. The pressure particularly of residential development continues without an economic model that provides for the provision of funding for services required or as downloads add to local costs.
Before you continue with this Bill, please have the Budget Office review the impacts of development. We have seen growth and recently a boom in the housing market without an adequate boom in the provision of funding for services such as Public Health, Long Term Care, or even more direct Provincial responsibilities such as Health care as in Mental health or funding to deal with homelessness.
Agriculture has been an industry that has grown while others such as the auto industry have declined. To weaken protection for agricultural land would be a mistake that will be difficult to repair.
Thank you for your consideration.