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<div>Bill 185 schedule 5 would strip the ability of people to use the land tribunal to contest rezoning approvals or municipal decisions. </div><div><br></div><div>Please help to protect the public’s right to appeal. My comments to my MPP Catherine Fife is below and here is the link to leave comments on the EBR website. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8369" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8369</a></div><div><br></div><div>CELA is leading the call for folks to contact MPPs and to use the EBR. May 10th is the deadline. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Lulu </div><br><br><div class="yahoo-signature"><a style="font-size:12px" href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br></div><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(132, 115, 255); padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(56, 59, 62);">Begin forwarded message:</span><br><br>On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 9:30 PM, Lanteigne <water.lulu@yahoo.ca> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv0471658273"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><div>
<div><span style="">Hello</span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">I do not want Bill 185 schedule 5 to remove the right of concerned citizens to appeal the rezoning or land approvals. As a delegate who won many concessions via the OMB regarding OMB case PL071044 and the appeals regarding Mount Nemo, Quarries in Rockway, Flamborough, the Melancthon Mega quarry, Tiny Township etc. I saw how concerned citizens were the last line of defence to protect critical water supplies and endangered species. For a very long time developers like Rudy Bratty used their own EA data to approve development on their lands. Conflict of interest is rampant. </span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style=""> I have repeatedly seen lying in maps, with wetlands removed, I have seen the lack of 12 month creek studies and the absence of spring thaw water levels. They downplay the high water levels to downgrade the appearance of risk often taking data from drought periods. There is little regard for sound science. I saw oral testing for salamanders which makes no sense because they breathe through their skin. I have seen other testing methods kill specimens ie: egg mass studied of endangered species like Jefferson Salamanders simply to confirm their presence. </span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">We need planning and the EI data scrutinized properly for basic scientific integrity. In the case of the Melancthon Mega quarry, the hydrology data used was from the 1940’s long before the community was built up. I as a concerned citizen, raised that matter up. It should have been addressed earlier by municipal staff or provincial agencies. We need reasonable test times and data made mandatory. </span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">It would benefit us greatly to create anti racketeering laws, anti grifting laws and secure disclosure of beneficiaries to stop corruption with planning and avoid conflict of interests and create a cool down period to stop employees from profiting from the projects they approved when they switch jobs to work for the proponents. This has been a repeating issue in Waterloo Region and it has to stop. </span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">We need to create policy to make it illegal to violate the verdict of an OMB hearing. Make it an indictable offense so police can be called and arrests issued because currently our tribunals lack teeth. There is no enforcement for violating the conditions of the ruling and that is unreasonable and dangerous for communities. If the tribunal makes a ruling, enforce it. </span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">Thank you</span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">Louisette Lanteigne</span></div><div><span style="">700 Starflower Ave</span></div><div><span style="">Waterloo Ont</span></div><div><span style="">N2V2L2 </span></div><br><div class="yiv0471658273yahoo-signature"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;" target="_blank" href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br></div>
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