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46934

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Too often the governments of Ontario have tried to bypass requirements and this is wrong. All projects require oversight, that is why regulations are in place. To remove them is not acceptable. They are not red tape, they are protections. To leave these processes out makes a project legally wrong. Read more

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46993

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This is just an attempt to say you're "reducing red tape" but in reality you're just using the pandemic as a distraction and hoping people don't notice that you're removing any sort of oversight or regulatory restrictions on development. There is nothing good here at all.

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46999

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Environmental regulations are critical to uphold, particularly at this critical moment in time where we may be causing irreparable damage to the planet. This proposal should not be approved.

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47169

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I thought the Conservatives seemed to be handling the Covid-19 crisis well, but now it appears there was another self-serving agenda at work behind the scenes. Both Bill 197 (the subject of this ERO posting) and the recent Bill 195 were cut and designed from the same power-hungry ‘cloth’. Read more

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47490

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Environmental Assessments are crucial in any proposed land-use projects. Good farmland and healthy functioning natural areas are becoming scarce in this area, and if the communities in southern Ontario are to thrive in the future, they need both. Read more

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47491

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When you exempt projects that could have an environmental impact, from environmental assessment, that is when projects that will cause damage get the go-ahead, and environmental damage is done that can't be reversed. Read more

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47505

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Ontario Federation of Agriculture

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On behalf of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, please find attached our submission with regards to ERO 019-1883. Thank you, Jason Bent Director of Policy Research Ontario Federation of Agriculture Read more

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47597

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I am against the exemption for all the reasons outlined in the EcoJustice submission. I would like to emphasize very strong opposition particularly to the exemption from archeological study. Read more

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47598

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Bradford Bypass was proposed long before the Lake Simcoe Protection Act, the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, the Places to Grow Act, the Greenbelt Act and updated provincial policies such as the Provincial Policy Statement. Read more

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47610

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Comprehensive and transparent public consultation is a time-tested obligation that our provincial representatives have been entrusted to uphold as a duty to Ontarians, simply because this has proven to be an essential and sustaining component of our democracy. Read more

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47635

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This comment is being submitted on behalf of Magnetawan First Nation(MFN) to express MFN's concerns, and highlight major outstanding issues, pertaining to the proposed Environmental Assessment Act (EAA) Amendments in the COVID 19- Economic Recovery Act (ERO number: 019-2051) and the proposal to exem Read more

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47648

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It is unacceptable that the Ministry of Transportation is seeking to be exempted from the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. The EAA is there exactly to prevent government organisms from abusing power. Read more