I strongly support the goal of addressing the housing crisis but I strongly oppose many of the provisions of Bill 23. If Bill 23 is passed in its current form I will work hard to ensure the Conservative party is punished at the ballot box.
This is a truly terrible idea. We are in the midst of a climate crisis that may well cost the next generation any idea of an enjoyable or secure future. Wetlands and Greenbelts MUST be maintained and added to, NOT bulldozed for housing.
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Ontario's wetland evaluation and protection system is one of the ways that Ontario has balanced the importance of biodiversity, ecosystem preservation and flood mitigation among many other benefits including access to natural spaces for mental and physical wellbeing.
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I am strongly opposed to the proposed changes. Making it easier to build housing to the detriment of irreplaceable wetlands is short-sighted, and in the long run will not solve the problem of having sufficient housing.
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Please listen to conservation authorities, NGOs and experts. Ontarians love nature and wants it protected. These rules will only aid unsustainable sprawl when so much can be done to create sustainable housing in a way that still protects forests, wetlands and farmland.
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Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s proposal to amend the Conservation Authorities Act. I am writing to you in response to Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act.
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Threat to Wetlands in Ontario. Comment: Wetlands are more important than increased housing or housing availability. One can have a place to live but no drinkable water to use.
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I do not support this proposal because protecting our environment should be the top of our priorities right now. We only get 1 earth. Developing environmentally protected lands is dangerous.
I do not support this proposal. The plan for streamlining development of wetlands by reducing ministry oversight is shortsighted and will lead to a degradation of our wetlands.
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Please listen to conservation authorities and experts. Ontarians love nature and want it protected. These rules only aid unsustainable sprawl. It will increase flooding and harm our wildlife. This bill will break promises - voters in Ontario will not forget.
This is wrong on so many levels. Wetlands form where they are for a reason. The damage the proposed legislation will enact on our landscape will be felt for generations if these proposed changes are not reversed.
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I cannot believe that our government would be so irresponsible to go ahead with this Bill. Are we not in the throes of trying to reduce our footprint and help to combat climate change?
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This is not necessary and it has nothing to do with affordable housing. Building on wetlands and in their buffers (aka NOT PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED LANDS) will be risky, unethical, and expensive.
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Bad! This Bill makes our already depleting wetlands more at risk! This bill means we no longer have to account for species at risk in wetland evaluation - they are at risk! it is important to include them when considering what to destroy!
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