The Ontario Municipal Board rejected this proposal in 2013, but now that the Ford government is casually issuing Minister& #39;s Zoning Orders to bypass planning processes and environmental regulations, the developer is trying again https://www.barrietoday.com/local-news/webers-owner-seeks-to-fast-track-rest-stop-restaurants-in-moonstone-2569990">https://www.barrietoday.com/local-new... #onpoli
Ex-Ajax mayor: “under the current ON govt, MZOs are being used on a routine & growing basis for any urban sprawl proposal that a developer with a friend in govt wants to fast track & avoid the inconvenience of a proper & rigorous public process” https://www.durhamregion.com/opinion-story/10127516-minister-s-zoning-orders-a-threat-to-good-planning-local-democracy/">https://www.durhamregion.com/opinion-s... #onpoli
The Ford government passed SEVEN more MZOs within the last three days. The once-rare “nuclear option” of provincial planning powers has now been used 18 times during the pandemic — more than twice the number passed during the previous government’s last decade in office #onpoli
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