I am not supportive of the…

I am not supportive of the proposed changes outlined in bill 108 particularly:

Conservation Authorities - Play an important role in managing, maintaining and strengthening all private and public lands from the impacts of development, public use and climate change. Their wholistic view from a systems perspective across many jurisdictions is critical to ensure a resilient and healthy natural heritage system. Further, they play an important role in assisting municipalities to steward and restore ALL public lands (not only those owned by the CAs) and it would put municipalities in difficulty if they no longer had the support of the CAs to do this work.

Endangered Species - Paying compensation in lieu of protecting species at risk and/or species at risk habitat is not acceptable. It should only be considered as a last resort and the price/fee should be high enough so as to alternatively encourage developers to find innovative ways to incorporate habitat protection into our communities.

CIL, Section 37/Development Chargers - Should these tools be replaced with a new single tool it should allow for all necessary community needs and infrastructure, both hard and soft. Roads, sewers, community centres, libraries, trails, parks, community gardens and more are necessary and essential to grow healthy and strong communities. Paying for these should be part of the cost to build.

And idea....

Have the developers build these services and allow municipalities to charge for these services through their property taxes, similar to a Community development charge.