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Proposed changes to Minister’s zoning orders and the Planning Act

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53256

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The proposed amendment to the Planning Act to allow a Minister’s zoning order (MZO) not to have to be consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS), and to permit existing MZOs not to be consistent with the PPS, even though this would not apply to lands within the Greenbelt Area, is giving t Read more

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Proposed changes to Minister’s zoning orders and the Planning Act

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53258

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Ontario Farmland Trust

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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. Read more

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Proposed changes to Minister’s zoning orders and the Planning Act

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53259

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Ontario Nature

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Ontario Nature urges the government to remove Schedule 3 from Bill 257. Schedule 3 proposes to amend the Planning Act so that both existing and future Minister’s Zoning Orders – or MZOs - would no longer have to be consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement. If passed, Schedule 3 would: Read more

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Proposed changes to Minister’s zoning orders and the Planning Act

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53265

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The proposed amendment concerning Ministerial Zoning Orders (MZOs) appears to be constructed so that the concerns of Ontario citizens have no place in the Government's agenda. With no rights of appeal regarding decisions made under any MZOs we have reason to trust such decisions. Read more

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Proposed changes to Minister’s zoning orders and the Planning Act

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53268

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I would like to take this opportunity to provide comment on the proposed changes to Minister’s Zoning Orders and the Planning Act contained within Schedule 3 of Bill 257, Supporting Broadband and Infrastructure Expansion Act, 2021. Read more

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Proposed changes to Minister’s zoning orders and the Planning Act

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53273

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I am concerned, disappointed, and angry that you have introduced legislation that amends the Planning Act to provide that Ministerial Zoning Orders (MZOs) are not required and are deemed to never have been required to be consistent with Provincial Policy Statements (PPS) issued under subsection 3 (1 Read more

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Proposed changes to Minister’s zoning orders and the Planning Act

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53274

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The South Armour Heights Residents' Association

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The members of our Residents' Association (850 households) are concerned, disappointed, and angry that you have introduced legislation that amends the Planning Act to provide that Ministerial Zoning Orders (MZOs) are not required and are deemed to never have been required to be consistent with Provi Read more

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Proposed changes to Minister’s zoning orders and the Planning Act

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53288

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Niagara Falls Nature Club

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Please remove schedule 3 from Bill 257. Nature club members have participated in public consultations on the drafting and updating of the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) over the course of many years. The PPS helps to clarify planning and any changes to it should be to make it more enforceable. Read more

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Proposed changes to Minister’s zoning orders and the Planning Act

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53289

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Sir, Please remember that is country is a democracy. Giving the MMAH 'the authority to zone and thereby control the use of any land in the province' smacks a bit of imperialism. We are not fooled by your stated uses of MZOs: Read more

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Proposed changes to Minister’s zoning orders and the Planning Act

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53308

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Individual

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This is the kind of policy that will facilitate unnecessary negative consequences for future development that is responsive to citizens'/provinces'/countries' needs. This is because it lends itself to 'misuse/misinterpretation'. Read more

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Proposed changes to Minister’s zoning orders and the Planning Act

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53316

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Please remove the dangerous policy changes that allow lands currently protected under the PPS tp become vulnerable to development, as the law will allow MZOs to be issued to fast-track development projects that destroy protected farmland, wetlands and natural features.

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