Bill 66 — specifically…

Bill 66 — specifically Section 10 — makes it too easy for municipalities to bypass a number of Acts that were put in place to protect our environment, including the Greenbelt and Lake Simcoe.
I have yet to hear a convincing argument to justify this piece of legislation. Simcoe County already has a surplus of employment lands, so there is no justification for creating a process that allows municipalities the opportunity to ram through bylaws that eliminate any proper consultation or appeals process.
This kind of thinking also ignores that multitude of other reasons why municipalities can not attract new businesses to their jurisdiction, as well as the problems facing workers in this province such as a lack of diversity when it comes to training and stagnate wages among the working class.