[GREN-Exec] Greenbelt and Land Use Plan Review/Amendments

[Kevin Thomason]

Good evening,

Monday, October 31st at 5:00pm is the deadline for comments and feedback on the proposed amendments to the four provincial land use plans including the Greenbelt Act and the Growth Plan (Places to Grow Act).

While I had hoped to have a draft of comments/feedback from GREN to the provincial government completed earlier, please find attached a draft letter that I am proposing that John Jackson complete/sign and send in before the deadline on behalf of GREN.  My apologies there isn't more time for shared editing, group feedback, etc.  Environmental groups across the province have been scrambling to meet this deadline and it has been a very busy few weeks with the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance, Ontario Nature, Grow The Greenbelt Campaign, Environmental Defence, etc.  While my wording and grammar in this letter may not be perfect I have tried to capture many of the key points and issues groups across our watershed and province are commenting on and feel the government needs to address.

I will also send a reminder to the GREN membership about the pending deadline to encourage them to submit their own feedback to the government if they haven't already.

John - I would recommend that the letter be sent to:

landuseplanningreview at ontario.ca

I would also recommend uploading it as well directly to the ministry website at:

http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page14851.aspx

Please share any ideas or questions and hopefully we can make the deadline.

Cheers,
Kevin.

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Kevin Thomason

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Phone: (519) 888-0519
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