As someone deeply invested in both environmental sustainability and responsible governance, I am writing to express my strong opposition to Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025.
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I strongly oppose Bill 5 and the creation of special economic zones that are exempt from provincial and municipal laws that were created to protect the environment and indigenous rights.
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I am against Bill 5. I am against lifting environmental restrictions. I am against giving lifting restriction on big corporations. I am against trusting corporations to make the environmentally conscious decisions, there needs to be governmental oversight.
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The Special Economic Zones Act is an authoritarian piece of legislation that would allow the provincial government to override any provincial or municipal laws to force through their favourite projects through “trusted proponents”.
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This bill would only benefit the wealthy and deteriorate our lands beautiful vast lands of natural wealth. This bill infringes on indigenous lands and would destroy extremely important habitats.
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It is my understanding that the proposed Special Economic Zones Act, 2025, gives exemptions that are too broad, to environmental and labour laws, from any project at government discretion.
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I strongly oppose Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act. This legislation poses a serious threat to Ontario’s natural heritage, democratic processes and Indigenous rights.
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I strongly oppose Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act. This legislation poses a serious threat to Ontario’s natural heritage, democratic processes and Indigenous rights.
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I completely oppose short cuts for industry with no public oversight.
I want stronger environmental and endangered species protections.
I oppose overwriting the law in special economic zones.
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This proposal would encourage decisions being made without investigation with bad results. Dresden, my home town is being looked at for a dump site within one kilometer of our limits, our homes and our high school.
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I am writing to express my deep concern and strong opposition to Bill 5, “Protecting Ontario by Unleashing the Economy Act.” This bill will cause direct harm to essential ecosystems, endangered species and critical waterways, while threatening Indigenous rights to free, informed and ongoing consent.
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I strongly oppose Bill 5 and the dangerous changes proposed within the Bill.
Once againrepeal the Endangered Species Act, replacing it with a weaker, voluntary regime and terminate the environmental assessment for a major mining project in the Ring of Fire, the Eagle’s Nest mine.
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As I understand the proposed Special Economic Zones Act, 2025 would allow the Provincial Government to discard existing regulations that specify how planned or proposed development projects might proceed.
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We, the citizens of Ontario, disturbed by past irresponsible, incompetent and unethical activity concerning development (in the case of the current Provincial Conservative Government, the Greenbelt, Ontario Place and Ontario Science Centre debacles) oppose Bill 5, in particular the designation of sp
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I am against Bill 5. I am…
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Withdraw bill 5.
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Withdraw bill 5.
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Too close to Dresden!
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I completely oppose short…
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We, the citizens of Ontario,…
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