I am providing comment on Bill 66, also known as the Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act. As written, the bill would allow municipalities new power to bypass protection acts including sections of the Clean Water Act, Great Lakes Protection Act, the Greenbelt, and Lake Simcoe Protection Acts.
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Please remove the Schedule from Bill 66 that allows 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 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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These changes seem like a step back not a step forward. Ontario needs to start planning for the future and protect our precious resources before it is too late. I live and Durham Region and do NOT want changes to the Greenbelt.
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The Greenbelt is vital for ground water purification and collection into aquifers that we Ontarians today (and in the future!) need for drinking water! Therefore, I insist that legislature, including Bill 66 which attacks the Greenbelt,...
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Nature & Wildlife have no voice, Canadians that care are their only voice. I wince at the very notion in the time in history we're in.....the choices being made are continuing to be destructive to the environment, to our future, to the existence of species other then ours.
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Ontario is already "open for business." The current regulatory framework works to ensure that Ontarians, present and future, are protected and able to enjoy a high quality of life.
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I am a young Ontarian whose future quality of life is sure to be impacted by harm done to the soil, water, and air of the province, and for this reason I oppose Bill 66. I'm sure the issues with the bill have been comprehensively discussed by people with greater expertise, so i will be brief.
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Bill 66 threatens human and wildlife health through increased exposure to toxic chemicals. We need to DECREASE our exposure to toxic chemicals, not allow more into the environment! Please uphold the current policies and INCREASE the severity of punishment for those businesses that pollute.
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The Toxics Reduction Act - Unless you provide evidence that these regulations are redundant, then I will assume that repealing this legislation will result in a perpetuation and possible increase in the use and production of toxics that currently pollute our air, our land, and our water and undermin
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The integrity of the ecosystems must be maintained. Development should not take place or be extended without environmental assessment in areas that have been protected in the past, or areas that are established as Green zones in the past, including the Oak Ridges Moraine. Jill, Toronto
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This does seem to simplify things at OMAFRA at all. Particularly disturbing is that the Farm Business Administrator could be a third party corporation other than Agricorp which is already not perfect. This section needs to be clarified and simplified.
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Re: Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018
Dear Michael Helfinger:
The overall objectives of Bill 66 are fine:
• stimulate business investment
• create good jobs
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As a First Nations individual, I am shocked by the current provincial government's lack of regard for provincial legislation that protects our cultural heritage. Mainly the Planning Act and the provincial policy statement of 2014.
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January 20, 2019
Michael Helfinger
Intergovernmental Policy Coordination Unit
900 Bay Street, Hearst Block, 7th floor
Toronto, ON
M6H 4L1
RE: EBR Registry # 013-4293 for input on the proposed Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018
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RE:EBR#013-4293 Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act 2018
The Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) welcomes the opportunity to provide comments to the Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018 (Bill 66).
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As a parent and an Ontario resident, I am deeply concerned about the changes in Bill 66 that would allow municipalities to by-pass existing legislation that would protect Ontario's environment - specifically watersheds and other protected areas, including the Greenbelt.
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