We need to pause immigration until we everyone here has a safe place to call home, and homelessness is solved. We have had historic unacceptable, excessively long waiting lists for attainable, affordable homes, as the majority of Canadians income levels cannot qualify to purchase homes .
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Please stop trying to push cost of doing business onto the tax payers. We cannot afford to fund billion dollar companies. This is not sustainable nor fair to Ontario.
I do not support the removal of municipal green building standards. Municipalities should always have the right to control the development in their regions.
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Toronto, ON — Bryan Purcell, VP Policy and Programs, The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) made the following statement in response to Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Rob Flack’s Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act:
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Building without a proper environmental assessment leads to habitat loss and potential wildlife conflicts. This bill removes many of these protections.
I don’t know whose definition of smart is being used here! It’s certainly not smart to build on lands where there’s endangered species. It’s certainly not smart to put our environmental well-being on the line. It’s certainly not smart to agree with this legislation.
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This legislation (Bill 17) is a positive move in the right direction to streamline and facilitate residential development (intensification). At present, there is / are recommendations to defer Development Charges to Occupancy Stage.
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This may be slightly expanding the scope of the bill, however, a building code amendment to allow single-stairs buildings similar to the British Columbia amendment from August 2024, would significantly increase the ability to build infill apartment buildings to address the "missing middle" problem.
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I don't agree with this proposed legislation, unless the province is willing to standardize and bake in green building standards directly into the Building Act.
Destroying habitat for animals is not smart building. And stuffing children in hot portables does not produce smart children. Please instead allow schools and homes to be built in an environmentally friendly way.
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May 20, 2025
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Office of the Minister
777 Bay Street, 17th Floor
Toronto ON M7A 2J3
Dear Honourable Minister Flack:
Re: Bill 17, Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025; Environmental Registry Comments
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The Strategy: Throw everything at the wall and see what sticks
This bill is not about one particular “Greenbelt giveaway” — that already backfired. This is the pivot to quiet deregulation.
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Thank you for allowing me to comment.
Re: Development Charges Act
There has been discussions regarding reduced development charges for a variety of types of projects.
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