I strongly oppose this extremely short-sighted legislation as it puts the health, safety and well-being of every resident in the province in jeopardy.
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Proposed open-for-business planning tool ERO 013-4125
Schedule 10 of the proposed legislation would allow municipalities to create an “open-for-business planning by-law” to circumvent planning requirements and land use restrictions under numerous provincial laws, plans and policies.
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I do not support the use of this planning tool. It is undemocratic, the removal of public consultation offensive and as a government planning/tool idea regressive.
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Your government did not get elected on this platform. After hearing from Ontarians that they did not want to see the Greenbelt threatened by development, your government wisely promised not to touch that land. Now, Ontarians want to see that commitment fulfilled.
Bill 66 constitutes an affront to both the environmental conservation and democratic processes of Ontario. The creation of “open-for-business” by-laws will allow for the circumvention of established environmental regulations by municipalities wanting to attract commercial activity.
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This Bill is very concerning to me and my family, and my family in future generations. Many of the provisions in the act would permit unilateral, irreversible, and incontestable changes in the fundamental character of Ontario.
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This undermines the intent of the entire planning framework for the Province of Ontario and should be defeated. Business should not have the run of Ontario at the expense of present and future Ontarians.
I disagree with the proposed Bill 66 in that to make us competitive supposedly we are going to sacrifice environmental safeguards and public safety.
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I am writing to you about my key concerns with this proposed bill.
● The proposed changes would roll back the protections that a previous Conservative Government enacted after the Walkerton contaminated water tragedy.
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I strongly oppose Bill 66 for a number of reasons.
1) I am disturbed that there is no way for citizens to appeal open-for-business by-laws to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.
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Dear Ken Petersen:
I am attaching below a copy of comments sent to Michael Helfinger as part of the consultation on Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018.
I would ask that you consider those comments – notably those on Schedule 10 –
as part of the consultations on –
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I spend time in two very different municipalities in Ontario . One is mostly rural and the other is in a municipality with some of the worst air quality in Ontario. I therefore have a vested interest in every issue in this poorly thought out piece of proposed leglislation.
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Bill 66 will undermine the need for density in development and will allow for urban sprawl to occur. Development needs to occur only in areas where dense development is already occurring.
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I do not support this planning tool. It will support urban sprawl that will increase municipal taxes and add to the burden of public infrastructure.
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As a concerned and committed citizen of Ontario, I appeal to our provincial government to repeal Bill 66 and leave in place the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.
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As a concerned and committed citizen of Ontario, I appeal to our provincial government to repeal Bill 66 and leave in place theToxics Reduction Act, 2009.
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