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Review of proposed policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement to form a new provincial planning policy instrument.

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1. The new provincial policy must refer to and promote the 'American Declaration of Indigenous Rights' which supercedes the Planning Act and is applicable to all lands in the North and South American Continents (including 'Ontario'). Read more

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Review of proposed policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement to form a new provincial planning policy instrument.

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83576

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I strongly object to the proposed residential lot creation policies for prime agricultural areas provided in section 4.3.3 of the revised Provincial Policy Statement. These lot creation policies offend all good planning principles. Read more

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Review of proposed policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement to form a new provincial planning policy instrument.

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83589

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Policies that expand urban boundaries without regard for the environment are unsustainable and will drive the cost of housing up. In addition, it will place undue burden on communities that already exist in built up areas.

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Review of proposed policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement to form a new provincial planning policy instrument.

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The proposed changes for extra housing in farm country will lead to urban sprawl. Urban sprawl will in turn lead to more conflict between farm and none-farm occupations and also increase pollution by more car traffic, etc. Read more

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Review of proposed policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement to form a new provincial planning policy instrument.

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Do NOT remove density targets! All this does is encourages speculator, land developer sprawl. This is bad environmental policy, this is bad housing policy. This does not create communities. It creates sprawl. We need LESS suburban sprawl. Read more

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Review of proposed policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement to form a new provincial planning policy instrument.

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83597

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Minimum density standards must be maintained and enhanced for any city in the golden horshoe area. Removing those requirements enriches developers and bankrupts everyone else: tax payers, cities, home buyers.

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Review of proposed policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement to form a new provincial planning policy instrument.

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Any plan for housing needs to make it possible to walk or bike to a transit station. If I have to drive my car to park it at the transit hub that's a policy and zoning failure. Let me live where I can walk to places of interest.

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Review of proposed policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement to form a new provincial planning policy instrument.

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Any intelligent, thinking person who has been paying attention to climate and housing issues over the last several years realizes what a backwards proposal this is. Additional housing should be built in areas where infrastructure already exists. Read more

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Review of proposed policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement to form a new provincial planning policy instrument.

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The term 'employment' in the policy document should be replaced with industrial. It is clear from the definition in the document that employment means industrial. The term 'employment' is vague and ambiguous. It is not well understood by municipal staff and managers or the public. Read more

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I was shocked that after 23 years of not supporting new lot creation that PPS is actually suggesting the allowance of up to three severances, subject to certain criteria, along with the possible severance of accessory residential units from agricultural parcels. Read more

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If there are so many requirements that the new proposal would confer onto municipalities to achieve these goals, and yet the bill-23 seeks to reduces development charge funding and other development funding necessary to pay for the infrastructure like roads, trails, community centres, fire stations, Read more

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The proposed policy has key flaws. 1. Minimum density targets for new development on unbuilt land are too low. More urban sprawl will result. 2. Development in Ontario's Greenbelt needs to be considered more carefully with a mind to environmental conservation. Read more

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Review of proposed policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement to form a new provincial planning policy instrument.

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It is entirely irresponsible to reduce previous set density targets in an effort to address our housing shortage. It is proven urban sprawl is not economically viable for municipal services in the long run. Read more

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83622

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The new policy proposals are moving Ontario inthe exact opposite direction from where we need to go. Your new policy encourages lower density and suburban sprawl at a time when we need to preserve green spaces and increase public transit usage to limit and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Read more

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Our timid thinking, focusing on "mid-rise" and "small aparrtment buildings," needs to be replaced with bolder, yet simple ideas, if we hope to reach "the province's housing target of 285,000 new homes." Here are two simple ideas for Toronto planners to consider. Read more

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