I am beyond disappointed in the Conservative Ontario government for even proposing this Bill 5. It is beyond dispute that humanity faces a climate crisis, and human activity is destroying ecosystems around the world.
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The Special Economic Zones Act, 2025, as proposed, gives the provincial cabinet and ministers authority to create zones where no rules, Acts, Regulations, municipal by-laws or conditions apply to designated projects.
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The lack of accountability in the designation of economic zones seems too broad.
What constitutes an economic zone?
What options are there for local constituents within the zone to review merit and impacts?
How are they protected from a negative outcome?
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this bill is a massive overreach. we vote municipally for a reason. do not strip away the power of municipal leaders and provincial laws to be overridden by the Province. this is not how Democracy works.
The gov’t needs to stop being a bully and re-writing the rules of law that are in place to protect the environment and citizens alike. Their harmful actions not only take the power away from the local levels of government, they allow Ford and his cronies to do whatever they please!!!
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The Ontario Regional Committee of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE Ontario) respectfully submits its formal comments on Bill 5, the proposed Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act.
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This legslation allows the Province to "identify which regulations, permits, processes, approvals, and similar requirements will be exempted, altered or continue to apply"
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I am deeply concerned about Bill 5, The Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, as it is anti-democratic, anti-environmental, and grants powers to the government without accountability.
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Bill 5 does little or nothing for economic development in that it appears to privilege some corporations through a non-democratic process and puts farmlands, recreation , forest ways and cities at risk for exploitation and escavation.
I am writing as a constituent of Don Valley North and a concerned Ontarian regarding the alarming changes proposed in Bill 5, the “Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025”, particularly concerning environmental protections and Indigenous rights.. Here are my concerns:
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Bill 5 is a shocking violation of human rights, environmental rights, and democratic rights. I never thought I'd live to see the day when this would happen in my province.
Nothing in this Bill 5 will protect us from Trump's tariffs.
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I am strictly opposed to Bill 5 as it allows the government to ignore provincial and municipal laws. It is a power over reach. I believe in our current laws and do not want them by-passed.
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