Open for Business: Concerns With Bill 66

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Published on Friday, 11 January 2019 17:00

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Mono Councillor Fred Nix stands at one of the town's well heads, explaining that Bill 66, Ontario's Open for Business Act allows for industrial development bylaws which undermine some water protections like those on municipal wells. - Alexandra Heck/Metroland

The Orangeville Banner, January 10, 2019 by Alexandra Heck

Fred Nix, councillor with the Town of Mono stands by one of their wells at a dead-end street off Highway 9.

It’s an area protected by Ontario’s Clean Water Act, and all developments along the highway must comply with regulations to protect the source water under his very feet.

A new bill passed by the Province may undermine that and has he and other local politicians concerned about its wide-ranging implications.

“Whatever Bill 66 is exempting people from is wrong,” he said, noting that is turns back years of source water protection policies.

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