Ontario has been doing a pretty good job of long term planning, protecting sensitive environments, our water and our food supplies. Once farmland is paved, its gone. Protect the Greenbelt in its entirety for the sake of our children.
It is difficult to comment on these proposals as there is no definite plan in placed. The word amend is very broad and gives too much leeway to cutting protections already in place. Unfortunately, I have no trust in the current Premier to do what is "right" and "good" for the people of Ontario.
Michael Helfinger
Senior Policy Advisor
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Business Climate and Funding Administration Division
Policy Coordination and Business Climate Branch
900 Bay Street, Hearst Block 7th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
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If all we focus on is creating business and economic development we will be overlooking what actually supports and sustains us as humans which is our natural environment.
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We are at a critical turning point in our fight against climate change. The decision you make will affect future generations and is irreversible. There is nothing more important than a safe and healthy environment and planet. We need this to survive and live enjoyable lives.
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To Whom It May Concern:
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.
Our Greenbelt is vital! Please protect it.
Thank you.
Eliminate red tape? Do you really mean lets all agree to lower the standards that were put in place to protect vital waterways and landscapes? Standards that were hard fought and won and
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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.
Stop giving up the environment for a cheap slogan. Ontario open for business doesn't mean "come and develop all the wetlands, all the parks, all the forests..."
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I am very concerned about the changes proposed in this Bill 66. The changes that most concern me have to do with the environmental impact of opening up lands and 'development' without requiring regulation and review.
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Possible improvements in business competitiveness are useless in the face of a deterioration in the infrastructure that provides every Ontarian with safe drinking water.
The people staffing these businesses, from CEO to janitor, ALL need water to survive!
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Harming the land and owners that provide food is ridiculous. Changes can be made to outdated laws, without destroying the land and livelihood of farmers. We are losing green space and safe growing lands at an astounding rate. Change the way you are looking at outdated laws.
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It will not matter how many jobs are created if our air is so pulluted you can not breathe and our water is so contaminated that you can not drink it!
Listen to our local canadian people that pay taxes here...say no to this...keep our wetlands and forests!!
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I think anything that we do that harms the nature and environment is like cutting a branch we are sitting on. Bill 66 will have a bad effect on us and on the future generations. Therefore I would not like the bill to be passed.
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Ontario has a rich history of occupation that dates back more than 12,000 years. The archaeological assessments completed each year in advance of development help fill in the gaps in the story of our Province, Indigenous Peoples and more recent settlers. Archaeology gives a voice to many who have
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