Category: PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

Here are our comments on “A Blueprint for Change – A proposal to modernize and strengthen the Aggregate Resources Act policy framework” (EBR No. 012-5444, October 21, 2015, 36 pp.) The government’s paper is here. Our submission comments on 14 of the 42 proposals set out in the paper. Comments by the Region of Waterloo (authored by an old acquaintance, Chris Gosselin) and a conference call with and draft submission

28 October 2015 The Greenspace Alliance sent in some comments on municipal legislation as requested in a June 2015 Discussion Guide from the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. The comments are here.  Some highlights: + The City of Toronto Act‘s authority to levy taxes other than property taxes should be extended to Ottawa.  A Land Transfer Tax could be earmarked for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive lands. All