I find it cynical in the…

I find it cynical in the extreme to use our urgent need for affordable housing as the vehicle by which to enrich property developers and land speculators. There is NO need for the Province to be micromanaging municipalities to 'expedite' the building of new residences, whether those destined to be owned or those that will be rented. The Province is in no poosition to determine what is important in local areas in terms of heritage properties. The Province rightfully provides targets for expected growth and ought to provite guidance re: safeguarding contryside lines, greenspaces, rarmland, wetlands and groundwater filtration areas (none of which did this Government consider, focusing on low densite in an effort to drive municipalities toward urban sprawl. When municipalities creatively and effectively met the long term planning goals while protecting their local environments and managing growth in ways to that are mindful of costs to taxpayer and as well as to inclusion, quality of life, transportation options etc, this Government decided they'd done it wrrong, because developers were dismayed there'd be little if any new urban sprawl, and that's the only reason we have this flurry of bills, laws and new regulations. To be crystal clear, regardless of the spurious rationales offered, I absolutely oppose everything in this Bill and in all the other related bills, new legislation, and new regulations that take authority and autonomy away form duly elected local governments.