Comments

1. Express support to the Province with respect to the proposed directions generally outlined in the consultation document.

Mr. Ken Petersen
Manager
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Local Government and Planning Policy Division
Provincial Planning Policy Branch
777 Bay Street, Floor 13
Toronto, ON M5G 2E5

Re:EBR Registry Number 012-7196

I have had the opportunity to appear as an expert witness before the OMB on a variety of land use matters on behalf of municipalities, landowners and developers outside the GTA since the 1970’s.

December 19, 2016

Ken Petersen
Manager
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Local Government and Planning Policy Division
Provincial Planning Policy Branch
777 Bay Street, Floor 13
Toronto, ON M5G 2E5

Centre for Landscape Research
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
University of Toronto

December 19, 2016

I am a citizen of a rural community and have attended several OMB prehearings and hearings in my region. As an observer of this farcical quasi-judicial system, I will not mince my words.

Six Nations requests that the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) align the changes in the OMB policy as seen within the Provincial Policy Statement 2016, which states in section 4(3) “This Provincial Policy Statement shall be implemented in a manner that is consistent with the recognition and affirmat

Honourable Bill Mauro
Minister of Municipal Affairs & Housing
777 Bay Street, Suite 425, 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2E5

Honourable Yasir Naqvi
Attorney General of Ontario

Dear Minister Mauro & the Honourable Yasir Naqvi,

December 19, 2016

By email only
Ken Petersen, Manager
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Local Government and Planning Policy Division
Provincial Planning Policy Branch
777 Bay Street, 13th Floor
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2E5

December 18, 2016
Ken Petersen, Manager,
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Provincial Planning Policy Branch
777 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2E5

Re: 2016 Ontario Municipal Board Review, EBR file 012-7196

Dear Mr. Petersen,

Preamble:

Ken Petersen
Manager, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Local Government and Planning Policy Division
Provincial Planning Policy Branch
777 Bay Street
Floor 13
Toronto ON
M5G 2E5

There is a general feeling that the OMB process is stacked against citizens and that outcomes overwhelmingly favour developers.

December 19, 2016

Mr. Ken Petersen
Manager
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Local Government and Planning Policy Division
Provincial Planning Policy Branch
777 Bay Street, Floor 13
Toronto ON M5G 2E5

Thank you for undertaking a review of the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), which we sincerely hope results in the changes outlined in the rationale for the review.