The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that the ministry missed the original deadline it told the applicants it would meet for completing the review.
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Any allowance pursuant to this regulation which is pursued without close and careful oversight by the ministry but rather allowed as an exemption to strom water management is an abdication of the role of the provincial government in protecting its citizens and infrastructure from harm.
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Streamlining this process is just as foolhardy and unconsidered as the Greenbelt release process was. Do not rush approvals for the sake of faster housing! The long term consequences will far outweigh any short term benefits. We do not need new housing on farmland or expanded urban boundaries.
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A complete lack of oversight and accountability on stormwater management has the potential to damage infrastructure, damage natural systems if there is overflow from poor designs, and a general inability of any level of government to account for the ebb and flow of stormwater management in water bud
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that the ministry statementof values also does not yet reflect new Ministry and government priorities, such as addressing climate change.
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that the ministry provided the statutory minimum 30 days for the public to comment on two proposals for major changes to significant legislation:
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that the ministry did not demonstrate consideration of it Statement for decisions that were posted as exception notices.
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that the ministry did not provide documentation to demonstrate that it considered extending the time provided to the public to comment on the proposal through the Environmental Registry.
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that the proposal notices for policies, acts and regulations that the ministry posted on the Environmental Registry did not adequately describe the implications of the proposal.
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that the ministry also posted a proposal notice for regulatory changes that did not explain the potentially irreversible and wide-reaching impacts of the proposal.
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that in the absence of details, readers did not have all the facts needed about the implications of proposals (whether positive or negative) to be fully informed and provide constructive input for the ministry to consider.
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that proposal notices for permits and approvals posted by the ministry did not adequately describe the proposal, and did not adequately describe the implications of the proposal.
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that he ministry did not provide all of the information required to fully understand the environmental implications of the proposals in the notices for permits and approvals.
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that the ministry took over two weeks to give notice of the decisions on policies, acts and regulations that it posted on the Registry.
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that the ministry took over two weeks to give notice of decision notices for permits and approvals.
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that he ministry also posted three exception notices to give notice of decisions made without consulting the public more than two weeks after making those decisions.
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that decision notices for policies, acts and regulations that were posted more than two weeks after the decisions were made were posted to close notices for outdated proposals that the ministry was no longer considering.
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that the ministry took over seven weeks to post a decision notice to inform the public that it had filed a regulation related to approval requirements.
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The Ontario Auditor General has pointed out that the ministry took over two weeks to give notice of 52% of its decisions for permits and approvals.
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