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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I am writing to express grave concerns regarding "Bill 66". This OMNIBUS style bill is a mechanism to circumvent many laws and regulations regarding zoning if the municipality passes a so-called “Open for Business” bylaw.
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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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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.
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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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As a citizen of Ontario, and one who lives right next to the Greenbelt and near the Oak Ridges Moraine, I am extremely concerned about the effects this misnamed bill will have on those areas.
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Please stop this madness and push for development with no concerns for our environment. We have precious few resources left here in Ontario and ripping it apart further for industry is not the answer. We have endangered species, fragile ecosystems and farmland that need protecting and support.
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Oakvillegreen does not support Bill 66. It is a proposed legislation that spells devastating consequences for our Greenbelt, watersheds, farmland and wildlife, by rolling back decades of environmental protection acts.
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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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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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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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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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Concerned Citizens of King Township
Box 875, King City, Ontario, L7B 1A9 www.cckt.ca
January 20, 2019
RE: 013-4293 Bill 66: Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018;
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It is simply wrong to gut existing protections for the Green Belt and Sourcewater Protection Acts under the guise of opening Ontario up for Business. there is no value in allowing exemptions for industry from protecting groundwater. Premier Ford you ran on a campaign to reduce government costs.
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