I am strongly opposed to…

I am strongly opposed to Bill 66 and the destructive, regressive ideology that it represents.

The Bill opens up our greenbelt for overdevelopment, undermines drinking water protection rules and guts rules that help industry reduce the release of toxic chemicals. We need enforceable measures made to strengthen environmental protections, not legislation designs to weaken.

This issue hits close to home in Hamilton where my family lives. We are very worried about the negligent and cavalier attitude the Ford government has towards the health impacts of this Bill. It will affect us by the air we breathe, the land we live on and the water we drink. We also worry about other important areas of Ontario like the Great Lakes and Oak Ridges.

If the sitting government can't find a better and more socially responsible way to make the Province more prosperous in a way that doesn't benefit only the very few, at the grave expense of the majority, then it doesn't deserve the position of power it has.

As indigenous peoples constantly battling to protect our traditional territories from political and economic powers that seemed bent on destroying them, we urge all elected officials and government departments and ministries to show leadership and wisdom and nix Bill 66.