It is clear to me as a taxpayer in Ontario that the provincial PC government thinks they can change all the existing laws and exclude us from the planning process in Ontario. This must be done so that you can please the developers whom your government is obviously making inappropriate deals with.
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This is an inappropriate, unjustified, and unacceptable rollback of current EA requirements for environmentally significant projects for several reasons:
* the Streamlined EA process is not as robust, accountable, or participatory as the Comprehensive EA process;
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The Streamlined EA process is not as robust, accountable, or participatory as the Comprehensive EA process.
the Streamlined EA process does not result in a project-specific approval with binding and enforceable conditions imposed by the Minister and/or Cabinet.
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As an urban planner, civil engineer, and environmental advocate, I am deeply concerned with the provincial government's continued rollback of environmental protection measures, processes, and policies.
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I stand against these changes. These changes, if implemented, will further diminish the scope, application, and credibility of Ontario’s EA program, and they are inconsistent with environmental justice principles and the public interest purpose of the Act.
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These proposed changes would narrow the scope of the Act and allow projects such as large-scale provincial freeways or high-voltage transmission lines to proceed with less rigorous streamlined environmental assessments (EA), where they once required individual or comprehensive EA’s.
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I absolutely do not support the proposal to only require the streamlined Environmental Impact Assessment process for highway, rail and electricity corridors.
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The Streamlined EA process is not as robust, accountable, or participatory as the Comprehensive EA process; the Streamlined EA process does not result in a project-specific approval with binding and enforceable conditions imposed by the Minister and/or Cabinet; pursuant to the Bill 197 changes, it i
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Our municipality supports the comments expressed in the Municipal Engineers Association's response letter dated May 9, 2023, to ERO 019-6693: Evaluating Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Requirements for Infrastructure Projects.
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ERO #019-4219 proposes that transportation, including highway and rail “of any length”, and electricity transmissions be moved to a “streamlined EA process”, known as Class Environmental Assessments (Class EAs).
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Dear Minister,
We share this earth with many other species. So far we are disrupting green habitats and protected environments at a rate where many of these species are becoming extinct at an alarming rate.
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I am opposed to the unlawful and dishonest way that the Ford government is planning to ram through the appropriation of Greenbelt land to provide the profitable opportunity to developers rather than keeping their previous word to safeguard the Greenbelt to protect against future ravages from climate
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We absolutely need to take consideration for the environment that gives us life way more seriously. By now, as a society, we know better. It’s time we demand the knowledge and wisdom be put to use for the survival and ‘thrival’ of not only our species but all of the biodiversity of our region.
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