I would like to register my objection to the omnibus bill 66, because of its disregard for the environmental safeguards that are currently in place.
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The open for business planning tool is draconian in that it negates all the progress made in developing good planning policies to allow reasonable development and environmental protection.
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This is a terrible idea. Environmental protections like the Greenbelt Act, Clean Water Act, etc. were created to protect us, and by allowing companies to side-step them while removing public consultation or the ability to appeal is a recipe for disaster.
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I'd like to share my disagreement with the proposed Bill 66 and this repeal. I feel the negative impacts it will have on our environment, water security, air, and health are far greater than the proposed competitiveness gain.
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This Bill is terrible and I do not support it. It totally undermines the purpose of zoning to protect farmland, water, and air from the impacts of industry. It undermines the purpose of the Provincial Policy Statement.
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I have lived in or near the Ontario Greenbelt for over 10 years, and have seen the negative impact of poor consultation and decision-making by our municipalities first hand.
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Municipalities have spent considerable staff and councillor time developing their official plan, by-laws (including zoning) and development approval process.
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I am very much against this open for business planning tool. I am proud to live in a province that’s legislation puts the protection of our drinking water sources above everything else.
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I am very concerned about the proposal to make it easier for municipalities to bypass protections on farmland, "greenbelt" lands and other sensitive areas.
We need farmland to grow food for Ontarians and we need greenbelt areas to protect biodiversity, species at risk, and as carbon sinks.
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I am opposed to the proposed open-for-business planning tool because it makes it harder to get good development that meets local needs. And local citizens cannot share important knowledge with developers ahead of the project starting.
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I am a biology professor/researcher currently in the biology department at McMaster University. My concerns about this short-sighted legislation are manyfold, but many of mine will parrot those of other commenters who will have explained them in greater depth.
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Help me to understand why creating jobs and generating revenue are more important to the Ontario government than protecting our Greenbelt?
Help me to understand why developers are more important to the Ontario government than its citizens.
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While efforts to increase bureaucratic efficiencies are applauded, it is essential that municipal governments still remain accountable to the electorate in between elections. Much irreversible damage can be caused within four years when legislative processes are not transparent.
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There is no doubt a valid economic development challenge for smaller cities and towns.
It is not difficult for me to imagine that these size communities could feel 'burdened' by
the re that are regulatory framework which likely in terms of transaction volumes,
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This tool is supposed to enable municipalities to attract business and create employment opportunities within the municipality however it does so by eliminating other tools that allow the municipality to grow in a planned way and protect its natural environment and water resources by restricting cer
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I am writing to express my strong opposition to Schedule 5 of Bill 66. For myself as well as for my 4 children (and their children's children...)
The position of this government that repealing the TRA eliminates unnecessary duplication of laws is FALSE
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