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93399

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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. Read more

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93403

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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: Read more

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93404

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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: Read more

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93408

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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. Read more

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93412

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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. Read more

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93417

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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. Read more

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93423

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I am completely against these changes. Destroying our environment is unacceptable in all cases. These proposed changes will only benefit the builders but put the general public at risk. Financial gain should not be the only consideration in this matter. Read more

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93437

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It would seem the impetus for this modification to include a much broader range of hazardous waste is simply to reduce the cost of mandating an ECA and instead allowing the self licencing aspect of the EASR which virtually anyone can apply for online with virtually no oversight and is completely rel Read more

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93439

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I have serious concerns with the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks’ proposal to expand the permit by rule regime to include waste management systems (involving asbestos waste, biomedical waste, treated biomedical waste, hazardous waste, liquid industrial waste and treated waste that ca Read more

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93443

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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. Read more

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93447

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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. Read more

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93451

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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. Read more

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93456

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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. Read more

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93460

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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. Read more

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93493

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From what I know about this proposal that will be less opportunity for civilian participation in influencing what industry can deposit in our environment, and we need more detailed and more accessible structures, and not the regulation. Read more

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93501

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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. Read more

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93505

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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. Read more

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93509

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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. Read more