I want to express my firm…

I want to express my firm opposition to Schedule 10 of Bill 66, which introduces “open-for-business by-laws” that would circumvent many of the requirements under several laws to ensure fair, consistent and transparent public engagement in land use decisions and protection of water, natural heritage and human health in Ontario.

Schedule 10 is an attack on the existing and necessary Provincial controls on development within the Greenbelt, Oak Ridges Moraine and the Niagara Escarpment. Those controls are there to protect these precious resources for all Ontarians, now and in the future. Premier Ford promised during the election campaign that he would not remove these protections. Now he has reneged on that promise, by placing the onus on municipalities to deal with the inevitable pressures that will come from developers and speculative land owners. Opposing those development pressures will surely be very costly and will have the effect of increasing rather decreasing the cost of government. I am so very disappointed in Premier Ford, as I believed I could trust him at his word and that he was there for the people. I will not make that mistake again, unless he removes Schedule 10 from Bill 66.

Please remove Schedule 10 from Bill 66.