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Planning and reporting changes under the toxics reduction program and Ontario Regulation 455/09

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This bill threatens a lot of the natural environment, and the resources that the people of Ontario require to lead a healthy life. It threatens drinking water, wetlands, forests and habitats that provide natural capital service (i.e. Read more

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Planning and reporting changes under the toxics reduction program and Ontario Regulation 455/09

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This makes zero sense when thinking about protecting our environment. Why would we exempt a business from reporting if they've changed their practice and are now meeting the thresholds? Sorry, but you are exceeding thresholds and need to be accountable for this! Read more

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Planning and reporting changes under the toxics reduction program and Ontario Regulation 455/09

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I have sympathy with the goal of reducing the duplication of regulations between the provincial and the federal governments. I would suggest that we need to have a robust program in place to identify and reduce toxic substances. Read more

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Planning and reporting changes under the toxics reduction program and Ontario Regulation 455/09

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It is hard for me to understand how you can maintain the reduction of toxic substances if you are reducing the need for reporting for some industries and commercial concerns. Those that have plans in place will continue, I understand, but new ones who meet the criteria are exempted, it seems. Read more

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Planning and reporting changes under the toxics reduction program and Ontario Regulation 455/09

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Bill 66 represents an unprecedented and unacceptable attack on legislative provisions which currently safeguard environmental quality and public health and safety throughout Ontario. Please think of our future generations. Read more

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Planning and reporting changes under the toxics reduction program and Ontario Regulation 455/09

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Reductions in Ontario paperwork, does not necessarily mean that Federal inspections and paperwork will cover exactly the same things. I shudder when I see this kind of regulation change over toxic substances, and many have said that lax inspection and rules led to problems like Walkerton.

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Planning and reporting changes under the toxics reduction program and Ontario Regulation 455/09

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The Ontario Toxics Reduction Act 2009 was enacted to provide more direct accountability by facilities that use or create toxic substances and is a valuable regulatory enrichment to the federal Chemicals Management Plan. Read more

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Planning and reporting changes under the toxics reduction program and Ontario Regulation 455/09

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I have reviewed the proposed legislative changes referred to as ‘Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act, 2018’ or Bill 66. Of great concern to me are the changes which are detailed in: Read more

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Planning and reporting changes under the toxics reduction program and Ontario Regulation 455/09

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I am writing to express my strong opposition to Bill 66 for a number of reasons. I might also add that the guile and haste with which it was introduced and then giving such a brief opportunity for submissions, is very objectionable. Read more

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Planning and reporting changes under the toxics reduction program and Ontario Regulation 455/09

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I concur with the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) when they state that "Bill 66 represents an unprecedented and unacceptable attack on legislative provisions which currently safeguard environmental quality and public health and safety throughout Ontario." Read more

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Comments on Bill 66 - Repeal the Toxics Reduction Act Based on years of experience dealing with the shortcomings of an application to re-open an old toxic landfill in: • class one wetland • in Carolinian forest • on land that was part of the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Read more

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