If I am reading this correctly, you are maintaining the ability to assure prime agricultural lands and heritge areas out of the planner’s hands. I would applaud this if this is correct.
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The amendments to the Growth Plan are not good for Ontario. The majority of the municipalities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe have enough unused land within the built-up boundaries to supply housing and commercial land for the next 10 years.
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Ontario Farmland Trust (OFT) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to protect and preserve Ontario farmlands and associated agricultural, natural, and cultural features of the countryside.
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The proposed changes to the Growth Plan need to be modified or withdrawn for the following reasons.
1. The changes promotes sprawl driven planning – by weakening the ‘standardized’ land needs assessment methodology recently put in place by the province in early 2018.
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I am very concerned about the new rural settlement definition and general environmental policies of the Growth Plan being weakened. Rural areas should stay rural.
I have the following comments:
Rounding Out and Settlement Area Expansions
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I believe that the Ontario government is bowing to the pressure of sprawl developers again. It appears that Premier Doug Ford is proposing opening up sensitive farmland, forests and watersheds to sprawl development by changing the Growth Plan.
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Hello,
Please see comments from the Town of Ajax regarding the proposed Amendment 1 to the Growth Plan, Proposed Provincially Significant Employment Zones, and associated regulations.
Planning and Development Services
Town of Ajax
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No matter what the objective is of this proposal we must keep in mind that transportation hubs connect people to work places. Currently our roads are severly congested and planning that allows for walk ability access to rapid transit should trump zoning that has minor industrial consequence.
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To Whom this may concern,
Here is my feedback concerning the Proposed Modification to O. Reg. 525/97
* The Lake Simcoe watershed needs more forests and wetlands, not less. The provincial Natural Heritage and Agricultural systems must be implemented immediately.
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Please view the attachment for comprehensive comments on this posting. Please note that the themes are as follows:
Housing needs Should Meet the Market Demand and the Projected Needs of Current and Future Residents
Remove the Requirements for using the Provincial Land Needs Methodology (LNM)
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On behalf of the Commissioner of Planning and Development Services of the Regional Municipality of Niagara and the planning services of the Region’s twelve local area municipalities, attached is Niagara’s comment package in relation to the Growth Plan Amendment 1.
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In regard to the exemption from approval - Official Plan amendments, of the proposed changes to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, I urge the government not to proceed with any changes that could promote unsustainable growth and erode long-established environmental policies that help
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Dear Minister Clark,
Please find attached the letter from our President, Mr. Clarence Nywening, that provides the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario’s comments on the four proposals for changes to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2017.
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Dear Minister Clark,
Please find attached the letter from our President, Mr. Clarence Nywening, that provides the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario’s comments on the four proposals for changes to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2017.
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February 27, 2019
ATTENTION: Charles O'Hara
Ontario Growth Secretariat, Ministry of Municipal Affairs
777 Bay Street - c/o Business Management Division, 17th floor
Toronto ON CANADA M5G 2E5
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