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Premier Doug Ford's Ontario


Not the slightest bit surprised by the depths of this particular government.

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Environmental Defence is hosting a webinar Nov 16th to discuss many of the recent changes in environmental policies surrounding the greenbelt.

This from their recent posting:

On November 16th, join Environmental Defence and Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition to review recent changes in Ontario's environmental policies and opportunities for future wins.

With the frenzied pace of announcements and reversals in the last month - you may be asking: did we actually win? The short answer is: yes. Returning lands back to the Greenbelt and reversing boundary expansions were big wins and we should celebrate them - but, the fight continues. The bad news is that rather than cutting its losses, the Ontario Government seems to be plotting a renewed attack.

Last Thursday, Minister Calandra revealed a scheme to lure small-town mayors into rubberstamping the same corrupt boundary expansions that were recently 'reversed.' He has also dropped hints that the ten-year Greenbelt review may be used to rehash the Greenbelt removals. Our upcoming webinar will discuss how we can work together to fight back.

See: https://environmentaldefence.ca/
 
This shows exactly why proper consideration of development applications is needed!~

The Ford government was forced to scale back a Minister’s Zoning Order after the developer was given permission to build a skyscraper right in the middle of the flight path of Pearson International Airport, sources told Global News, after a rushed process.
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Months after it was issued, the zoning order was quietly amended when airport officials told the government it couldn’t allow a 50-storey tower to be built on a flightpath utilized by hundreds of aircraft.

The gaffe is likely to draw more scrutiny to the province’s use of Minister’s Zoning Orders or MZOs, a controversial tool that allows the province to overrule and replace planning decisions made by local councils.

Anyone know which of Mr Ford's old friends owns this land; or is it a new one?
 
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Consultations (survey) are open for the 2024 provincial budget.


The survey is about 10-15M long, and generally consists of 'prioritize your top 3' in a series of groups about supporting business, the vulnerable, managing economic uncertainty, filling worker shortages etc.

If you like the choices, and find them specific enough, just pick from the available; but I would commend you if you have specific thoughts to pick one of your three as ' other' this will give you space for a write-in priority.

An example might be where one option is prioritize commuter costs, instead of picking that, you could pick other and support a lower GO Base fare, or fare-capping on all public transit systems in Ontario at 40 rides per month.

That last one would lower the cost of a monthly pass to $132 on the TTC.

You can also choose to submit your own proposal.

I'm not naive that these are generally given high weight; but I will tell you, I've seen the odd idea of mine slip into the budget over the years, low effort for potentially good reward.
 
I guess this is a sequel to his earlier labelling of the Greenbelt as a "scam". Like, when he's *really* under pressure, he doubles down on the plot-by-fringe-elites rhetoric...

Maybe all those pesky " special interest groups" don't respond to Con polls. Two hoots to Ford !
 
Maybe all those pesky " special interest groups" don't respond to Con polls. Two hoots to Ford !
They're not "folks". For Ford, it's about hitting the solar plexus of "folks".

Just like re OP and OSC, the public, those treasured "folks", don't give two hoots about Zeidler or Moriyama, You can be sure that at heart, that'd be his party line to alibi his grand plans.
 
Accessing publicly funded electronic and communication devices is marginally easier than private ones, but still require grounds. Absent him voluntarily turning over his devices and passwords, the police would need ground to convince a justice that they would provide evidence of a criminal offence. They can't go fishin'.

Interesting that he offered up 'his' phone, and not those of others. In light of a recent disclosure about the complete lack of use of government-issued equipment across the government, it seems that a lot of public business has been happening on private devices. Either that or paper and runners.
 
The public service - not just the political side - was directed to not put policy in written form and conduct as much communication as possible verbally. Imagine how secure you'd feel in your job in that situation.
 
You might be surprised how much important business, particularly things like direction and relationships, both public and private, can and do happen 'offline'.
 

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