the many suggestions in…

the many suggestions in Bill23 are sweeping ones which affect many environmental areas which are crucial to our quality of life. Being able to have a say in whether we need to save them when endangered should be our right as individuals. My reading of our town's concerns would indicate that the only people able to submit opinions on future decisions (should this Bill go through) would be those elected politicians- anyone from Mayors on down to "man in the street" would have no "right" to address concerns. This is extremely drastic and completely overthrows what we expect in a "free and democratic society", and in the hands of those who even think that this is a solution to building more houses, is frightening. My faith in the Conservative Party in Ontario is eroding the more I read of these proposals and methods by which our current leaders think they can be addressed. Builders in this part of the world make so much money they are able to finance from their own pockets enough to earn their name on our newest hospital - a magnificent gesture that is now beginning to look like a bribe for influence on future land acquisition and sullies the act of generosity. Perhaps spending more on the quality of homes that are being built would be a more philanthropic gesture. It is the dictatorial suggestions in this Bill that has me worried - how many other restrictions does it cover that we do not even know about yet?