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Food Water FirstBill 66 Update - January 23, 2019
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On January 23, 2019, after a huge public outcry including municipalities that resolved not to use the new tool, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing tweeted that the government "will not proceed with Schedule 10 of the Bill".
This is the second time the Ford government has retracted plans that would jeopardize the Greenbelt since the election on June 7, 2018. The writing is on the wall.
Note that Schedule 5 of Bill 66 proposing to repeal the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 still stands.
Legislature is set to resume February 19, 2019.
The "open-for-business" planning aspects of Bill 66 would have negated four decades of work by groups and individuals who fought for Ontario's current environmental protections. Congratulations on the win everybody. Now stay vigilant!