<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Here are a few items of many buried in the Technical Appendix to the Province's budget yesterday on topics many of us have been working on. We will have to keep an eye on these:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="left: 165.5px; top: 141.975px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.925767);" class="">" * Amendments to the </span><span style="left: 317.097px; top: 141.975px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.901432);" class="">Conservation Authorities Act </span><span style="left: 529.798px; top: 141.975px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.929879);" class="">to further focus conservation authorities on </span><span style="left: 165.5px; top: 166.973px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.916222);" class="">their core mandate and improve overall governance, oversight and accountability of conservation </span><span style="left: 165.5px; top: 191.971px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.925167);" class="">authorities, reflecting a commitment made in the Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan.</span><span style="left: 147.6px; top: 227.4px; font-size: 13.3px; font-family: monospace;" class="">•</span></div><div class=""><span style="left: 165.5px; top: 226.975px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.925767);" class="">* Amendments to the </span><span style="left: 317.097px; top: 226.975px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.875798);" class="">Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006 </span><span style="left: 710.694px; top: 226.975px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.907622);" class="">to enhance land </span><span style="left: 165.5px; top: 251.973px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.916762);" class="">management powers and authorities. </span><span style="left: 147.6px; top: 287.4px; font-size: 13.3px; font-family: monospace;" class="">•</span></div><div class=""><span style="left: 165.5px; top: 286.975px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.925767);" class="">* Amendments to the </span><span style="left: 317.207px; top: 286.975px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.873718);" class="">Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 </span><span style="left: 695.505px; top: 286.975px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.933549);" class="">to expand the authority </span><span style="left: 165.5px; top: 311.973px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.912428);" class="">of the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make </span><span style="left: 510.894px; top: 311.973px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.926599);" class="">regulations that provide producers control over </span><span style="left: 165.5px; top: 336.971px; font-size: 18.3px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.912824);" class="">the design and establishment of a provincewide collection system for blue box materials"</span></div><div class=""><font face="sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="sans-serif" class="">The budget is available at </font><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://budget.ontario.ca/2020/pdf/2020-ontario-budget-en.pdf" class="">https://budget.ontario.ca/2020/pdf/2020-ontario-budget-en.pdf</a></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I'm getting out for a while now for a good long walk to enjoy this amazing weather.</div><div class=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">John<br class=""></font><div class="">
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