As a citizen of Ontario I am deeply troubled by Bill 23 and the proposed amendments to the Greenbelt Plan. Many of the Ontario government’s actions can only be described as undemocratic, as there is no mandate for these sweeping reforms.
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I do not agree with the proposal to bypass the City of Toronto’s Green Standard in constructing new development. The Green Standard contains valuable, proactive measures to green the City and reduce impacts on the natural environment and public health.
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This bill will not help with affordable housing. This bill will hurt municipalities. This bill will do nothing to help the people who live precariously.
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Bill 23 will not make houses more affordable. It will, however, increase property taxes, reduce our resilience against climate change, reduce biodiversity, and destroy irreplaceable land. It will reduce our ability to feed people in Ontario by paving over prime agricultural land.
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Proposed Planning Act and City of Toronto Act Changes
019-6163
Re: • Changes proposed to remove the planning policy and approval responsibilities from certain upper-tier municipalities (regions of Durham, Halton, Niagara, Peel, Simcoe, Waterloo, York).
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The amendment to s. 111 of the City of Toronto Act would empower the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to unilaterally limit the City of Toronto’s much admired rental replacement policy.
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I agree with some measures in the act. For environmental reasons and in particular to mitigate climate change, we need greater population densities in cities and suburbs.
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Contrary to the government’s messaging, the main thrust of its amendments to the Planning Act – and the main thrust Bill 23 overall – is to legalize and provoke a massive acceleration of suburban sprawl
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AMO’s Submission Proposed
Planning Act Changes
AMO Submission to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing on:
ERO 019-6163
December 9, 2022
Preamble
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Bill 23, while unpopular with some contains the generational change required to un-due the years and years of municipal delay and increased costs that have largely been the driver of unaffordable housing...fifteen years ago a proponent know what was required and was advised what needed to be done to
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ERO 019-6163 submission December 9th, 2022
I do not support the proposed Planning Act and City of Toronto Act changes. I will respond to several of them below.
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I believe the proposed changes will harm native Ontario wildlife species and their habitats and will undermine the province’s commitments and accomplishments for biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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December 8th, 2022 Submitted…
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Bill 23 will not make houses…
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Dear Minister Clark We are…
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