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FoNTRA, respectfully, urges the government to withdraw the proposed Provincial Planning Statement On April 6, 2023, Ontario announced new components of its Housing Supply Action Plan, which seeks to encourage the construction of 1.5 million homes by 2031. Two key elements of the announcement are the introduction of Bill 97, the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, … Read more
Now we need to tell the Province there is widespread opposition to their proposed changes On April 6th, the Province proposed more destructive changes to provincial planning laws. On May 8th, our expert planning advisors finally finished their comprehensive review. Their conclusions are truly alarming: if implemented, the proposed changes will turbocharge sprawl therefore fatally harming … Read more
Province new policy directions are retrograde that favour flexibility for one-off decision-making and land use speculation The City report outlines staff comments on the proposed Provincial Planning Statement as itemized in the attachment. The recommendations contained in this report address concerns raised by City staff intended to inform the Ministry of the City’s comments and … Read more
The Premier has been unable to offer clear and consistent leadership on the Greenbelt The Coalition of Ontario Water Guardians seeks to maintain and improve water security in the province in order to help safeguard our ecological integrity, public health, social equity, and economic vitality. As such, we perceive an overarching need for a sustainable … Read more
Ontario Nature Petition is Open In keeping with many recent law and policy changes that facilitate sprawl development, the provincial government is now proposing to replace the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 (PPS) and the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Growth Plan) with a new Provincial Planning Statement (ERO #019-6813). This proposal is deeply concerning, … Read more