Of all the proposed changes…

Of all the proposed changes under Bill 23, the undermining of the OWES in Ontario appears to be the least thought out and potentially most destructive. It is anticipated that the changes will garner significant backlash - not just from the environmental community (as would be expected), but from municipalities that value natural infrastructure, from professional planners and from the public as a whole who are intelligent enough to understand the intent of the changes and have the foresight to see what the risks such changes would present in Ontario: reduced biodiversity, impaired ecological integrity, increased natural hazards and associated increase in costs to municipalities, landowners and Ontarians in general.

I, and many others, urge the Government of Ontario to repeal the full suite of changes to the OWES.