Regulations in place to protect our water and environment are paramount. Industry interests, the ‘economy’ or any other such factors do not and should not take precedence over environmental risks and protecting our precious water systems. Thank you.
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I am writing to you as a concerned retiree who lives within the Greenbelt, by the busy urban centre of Hamilton. I am against Bill 66 and implore you not to pass such a short-sighted bill that will dramatically set back essential environmental, ecological and social protections.
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Remove Schedule 10 from Bill 66, which allows municipalities to override provisions in the Greenbelt Act, Clean Water Act, Lake Simcoe Act, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act and Great Lakes Protection Act.
January 18, 2019
Ken Petersen, Manager
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Local Government and Planning Policy Division, Provincial Planning Policy Branch
777 Bay Street, 13th Floor
Toronto ON M5G 2E5
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Municipal governments should not be given the right to sell away environmentally critical lands. Red tape is important to prevent the fallibility and greed of humans. Red tape protects our water, our prosperity, our ability to feed ourselves and our overall health.
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The Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA) thanks you for the opportunity to comment on
the EBR Proposal 013-4293 – Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018. These comments are in respect to Schedule 5: Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks.
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Remove Schedule 10 from Bill 66, which allows municipalities to override provisions in the Greenbelt Act, Clean Water Act, Lake Simcoe Act, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act and Great Lakes Protection Act.
Please Remove Schedule 10 from Bill 66, which allows municipalities to override provisions in the Greenbelt Act, Clean Water Act, Lake Simcoe Act, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act and Great Lakes Protection Act.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments regarding Bill 66 – “Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018” and the proposed open-for-business planning by-law (“OFBP By-law”) amendments in the Planning Act.
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It is dangerously shortsighted to endanger the environment, especially the quality of our water resources, for the sake of commercial and housing development. Once natural resources are compromised by urban sprawl and industrial/commercial facilities they tend to be gone for ever.
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I do not support the removal of any requirements that would put our water, the environment, workers or children at risk. Proper checks and balances need to remain in place.
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I object to schedule 10 of the proposed Bill 66.
There should never be an override of The Clean Water ACT, The Great Lake Protections ACT,The Greenbelt ACT , Lake Simcoe Protection ACT or the Oak Ridges Morraine Conservation ACT for the purposes of building.
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I am opposed to any new legislation which allows municipalities, businesses, etc to override the provisions of the current Greenbelt Act, The Clean Water Act, The Lake Simcoe Act, the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, and the Great Lakes Protection Act.
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Remove Schedule 10 from Bill 66, which allows municipalities to override provisions in the Greenbelt Act, Clean Water Act, Lake Simcoe Act, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act and Great Lakes Protection Act.
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