I spent many years on the…

I spent many years on the receiving end of these comments and know only too well how all of this goes. The CA Act has always been intended to limit development for the PROTECTION of Ontarians, in particular, to protect the investments they make in their houses.
It's clear that successive governments have failed to understand this and have been chipping away at the Act for the last 30 years. These changes go too far.
The public (and I include municipal politicians in this) doesn't understand what hazards are, reasons they need to be protected from hazards, nor that hazards are dynamic. Perhaps more importantly, Ontarians can't see a difference between the cottage lakes and the Great Lakes when it comes to any sort of management issue. All they see is their own property and fury that they can't do what they want at a single point in time without an understanding of the big picture.
In 2019 (actually 2017 as well), the majority of landowners with waterfront property on Lake Ontario were screaming bloody murder over flooding and know the government is putting forward planning opportunities that will literally make it worse? All this while for decades the rest of the world has used our CA Act and system as the model for what they should be doing to protect hazard lands and landowners? It's a sad day to watch that wash away.