Bill 66 represents an unprecedented and unacceptable attack on legislative provisions which currently safeguard environmental quality and public health and safety throughout Ontario.
Please think of our future generations.
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I am writing to object strongly to Bill 66 and its provisions to amend the Planning Act. The Planning Act, the Provincial Policy Statement, and municipal official plans work together to support land use practices that benefit Ontario residents.
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January 16, 2019
Subject: Comments Open for Business Planning By-law (Bill66) Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018 EBR Posting #013-4125 and 013-4239
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I strongly oppose section 10 of proposed Bill 66. This would give businesses the opportunity of disregarding existing zoning laws which give environmental protection to areas in Ontario such as the Greenbelt surrounding Toronto.
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Changing the development act is just another way to ignore the environment and give the developers free rein to do as they wish for profit without any concerns for the future of our waterways, and green space.
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If Open For Business planning tool means allowing developers free rein to do as they wish without concerns for our green space, wetlands and waterways, I think the Ford government is heading in the wrong direction. We need to put a stop to this.
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We need to ensure that the Greenbelt will remain as it currently is in perpetuity. Premier Ford, How would you like it if the municipal government in Muskoka allowed construction of a factory or quarry beside your cottage?
I do not agree with the proposal and provisions layed out in Schedule 10 of the proposed Bill 66, which allows municipalities to override provisions in the Greenbelt Act, Clean Water Act, Lake Simcoe Act, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act,
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DO NOT pass this planning tool. These Open for Business by-laws will allow for the public to be ignored ahead of planning and will prevent appeal once a business has been approved.
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I am very much opposed to the Open for Business planning tool. It gives far too much discretion to municipalities to override legislation that is very much in the public interest in terms of ensuring Ontario's traditionally high standards of environmental and conservation policy.
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Remove Schedule 10 from Bill 66, we cannot allow municipalities to override provisions in the Greenbelt Act, Clean Water Act, Lake Simcoe Act, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act and Great Lakes Protection Act.
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This proposal is not required and undermines the land use planning process. If Official Plans and Zoning By-Laws are up to date as required by the Province and adequate employment are identified as required by the Province currently, why this this required? The answer is it is not required.
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The "open-for-business-planning tool" is a very bad idea. It incentivizes municipalities and enables them to bypass all regulations, in particular those that will protect the environment such as the Green Belt. Ontario has lots of land for development that is not in the Green Belt.
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I live in a small community in eastern Ontario, having moved out of Toronto 14 years ago. Even in that time, our area has changed from rural to ex-urban, as more and more retirees from Toronto and elsewhere buy land and build homes - to escape high prices and to live at a saner and safer pace.
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I am fully in support of this Bill on a number of fronts. It is clear that more land and infrastructure is required to handle the growth in and around the GTA. I truly believe that residents of municipalities should have a greater say in what and where is developed in their municipalities.
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I have reviewed the proposed legislative changes referred to as ‘Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act, 2018’ or Bill 66. Of great concern to me are the changes which are detailed in:
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am writing to voice my opposition to Bill 66 which, if passed, would undermine many critically important pieces of legislation that were created to protect the people of Ontario.
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