The proposed "More Homes Built Faster Act" includes only tepid measures to enable more badly needed home construction in existing cities while diving deep into dangerous attacks on wetland habitat, woodlands and other conservation lands and encouraging even more of the expensive rural sprawl that ca
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I am writing to express my opposition to Bill 23 and associated policy proposals that would weaken environmental protections and undermine public involvement in land use planning and decision-making.
I am particularly concerned about the:
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The local Municipality where I live and work is proposing to require a Community Planning Permit instead of Site Plan Agreement for residential development of fewer than 10 units.
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This comment is to request a revision of proposed changes to The City of Toronto and Plannng Acts:
- Rental replacement policy - removal of this policy will lead to displacement of tenants at a faster rate than what is happening now in the practice of "renovictions";
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Ontario's Bill 23 claims to be about “More Homes Built Faster”. But it would throw Waterloo Region's Official Plan into limbo, which our 3 cities and 4 townships have been collaborating on together over the last two years.
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To Whom it may concern, as a taxpayer in an environmentally sensitive area, I am deeply concerned with this bill. I had voted for the current government, but this Bill could sway my decision upcoming. This is not the Ontario you expect or would want for me or my children.
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The Ontario Farmland Trust (OFT) is does not support the proposed changes to the Ontario Land Tribunal that are included in Bill 23, and suggests that Schedule 7 of Bill 23 is withdrawn.
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After reading the proposal several times, it seems that Bill 23 would only benefit developers/builders. You are basically giving them no rules to follow. People who live in communities, towns and cities have a right to question any type of re-zoning being put forth in their community.
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As an Ontarian I am deeply concerned by proposed legislative or regulatory changes that would:
1. Remove requirements regarding public meetings on certain planning matters.
2. Remove my right to appeal planning decisions (e.g., Official Plans, zoning by-laws, minor variances).
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The removal of third party appeals is troublesome. The OLT has always been that "level playing field" that provides proper debate of issues and concerns. Removing the right to appeal could frustrate legitimate appeals dealing with infrastructure and cost sharing.
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I do not support this Bill. It overrides democracy and gives too much power to developers. There is nothing in it that guarantees affordable housing. It harms the Greenbelt, which should be protected. This provincial government promised it would not touch the Greenbelt.
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I oppose Bill 23. It is a farce and an affront to democracy and the environment in Ontario, particularly in its proposals for CAs. Moreover, it does little to address the housing crisis, which doesn't need more land, as per the 2022 report (linked).
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Our community is concerned that this bill promotes housing growth in low-density developments encroaching on our rural land boundaries, rather than the densification and diversity of housing options in existing built areas.
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Sacrificing the Green Belt is short-sighted and ignores the impending climate crisis. The environmental services provided by these areas outweigh the value from new housing, especially since most of those proposals are subdivisions of single-home dwellings.
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Bill 23 is deeply troubling to me as a citizen of Ontario who is concerned about the future of our Province. It hands our lands to developers with practically no oversight and no thought to the future generations of this province.
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Efforts to unlock existing single-residential lands for upsizing, by allowing as-of-right duplexes etc, is a step in the right direction. However, it is a grave error to see greenfield development in protected areas as any kind of benefit to the housing crisis.
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The answer to the housing crisis is not simply building “more homes faster”. The answer is building more homes in the right place, of the right type.
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