• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

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Dec 7th, 2022
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Changes will reduce protection for smaller wetlands and critical habitat, writes Bob Bowles Robert (Bob) Bowles From Simcoe.com Sunday, December 4, 2022 I was nine in October 1954, when Hurricane Hazel hit the Carolinas hard, then drove north into Toronto with three days of high winds and flooding. I...
Dec 7th, 2022
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Majority of public wants government to protect farmlands, significant wetlands, greenspace, lakes and rivers and, mostly, human health, letter writer says Letter to the Editor Dec 2, 2022 File photo.Natasha Philpott/BradfordToday What ever happened to public consultation? No government official has r...
Dec 6th, 2022
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If province continues down this path, ‘the environment is in imminent danger of calamity,’ says letter writer Simcoe North MPP Jill Dunlop and Premier Doug Ford are shown in this file photo. | Nathan Taylor/OrilliaMatters Dec 4 2022. Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act, mirrors a lon...
Dec 6th, 2022
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‘Shame on this entire government for lying that this bill is necessary to create affordable housing,’ says letter writer Protesters rallied against Bill 23 in Orillia on Nov. 20.Connor Earl Phot0 Dec, 1 2022 It is time for this government to conduct itself in the manner that it was set ou...
Dec 6th, 2022
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THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young Dec 2, 2022 Some developers bought that land in the past few years despite Ford and Clark’s public pronouncements it wouldn’t be developed, with one purchase happening as recently as September, according to Ontario media investigations TORONTO — Ontario Prem...
Dec 5th, 2022
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‘I have to disclose a bias. I like what conservation authorities do. I like conservation areas even more, and they wouldn’t be protected without conservation authorities,’ says letter writer From BarrieToday Letter to the Editor Nov 18, 2022  What’s the matter with Bill 23, More Homes, Bu...
Dec 5th, 2022
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‘What recourse do we, the people, have to protect our environment, for ourselves and for our children, and to ensure affordable accommodation, if a majority government can push through such damaging legislation,’ writes Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation president from Collingwood T...
Dec 5th, 2022
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Members support resolution opposing province’s controversial housing legislation photo David Hawke Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald Thursday, December 1, 2022 New Tecumseth councillors sat down to discuss the province’s controversial Bill 23 at their first meeting of the term Nov. 28, just hours ...
Dec 4th, 2022
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‘It’s imperative to protect the few wild spaces we have left in southern Ontario,’ writer says. ‘Natural spaces the Ford administration is threatening were meant to be protected for all of us – today and into the future’ Robert Codd Nov 22, 2022 10:53 AM At a time ...
Dec 3rd, 2022
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Corporate capture is out of control in Canada and there are few places where that’s more clear than in Doug Ford’s Ontario. Most recently, the Ford government’s omnibus Bill 23 opens up protected Greenbelt land for projects by key donor companies; dramatically changes planning norms; undermines envir...