« Aujourd’hui, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a déposé un projet de loi qui, s’il est adopté, appuiera un plan pour sévir contre les spéculateurs qui font augmenter le coût du logement, protéger les acheteurs résidentiels contre les pratiques immobilières déloyales et créer plus d’options de logement pour les propriétaires et les locataires résidentiels en raccourcissant les délais d’aménagement pour accélérer la construction domiciliaire. La Loi de 2022 pour plus de logements pour tous décrit la nouvelle série de mesures concrètes que la province prend pour régler la crise du logement de l’Ontario. Ce plan, fondé sur les recommandations du Groupe d’étude sur le logement abordable et du tout premier Sommet provincial-municipal sur le logement, prévoit à la fois des solutions à court terme et des engagements à long terme afin d’offrir des options de logement plus réalisables aux familles de l’Ontario. »

“Environmental groups and critics are condemning the Ontario government’s planned Greenbelt expansion for excluding environmentally sensitive areas including the Paris Galt Moraine and Carruthers Creek headwaters. In a decision released late last week, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing noted municipalities, landowners and stakeholders ‘raised concerns about the impact and timing regarding a significant Greenbelt expansion in the Paris Galt Moraine area while municipalities are finalizing decisions on growth management …’ Municipalities are grappling with how to accommodate expected population growth in the Greater Golden Horseshoe area and meet provincial requirements for new housing. ‘More time is needed to understand how the proposed addition of the Paris Galt Moraine to the Greenbelt may impact the priority to create housing and jobs,’ the decision noted. ‘The ministry is still open to considering this area for future expansion and other potential opportunities to grow the Greenbelt …’ The government has opened another consultation on adding urban river valleys to the Greenbelt. […] The Ontario Greenbelt Alliance Steering Committee also criticized the plan. ‘This announcement offers no new protection for the lands that need it and ignores the need to expand the Greenbelt in key areas,’ said Tim Gray, the executive director of member organization Environmental Defence.”

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“The Ontario government has announced plans to expand the provinces’ Greenbelt in Clarington. Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs Steve Clark was in the municipality this morning to announce the expansion. The move comes after public consultation beginning in the spring. ‘We heard loud and clear that should add, expand and further protect the Greenbelt’s urban river valleys,’ Clark said in his address. Wilmont Creek, Bowmanville Creek and Soper Creek valley expansions were added to Darlington Provincial Park, which was added to the greenbelt earlier this year. Darlington’s inclusion added 500 acres to the greenbelt, while today’s announcement added another 150 acres. Clark said the province will decide on the specifics in consultation with area municipalities and local Indigenous communities.”

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“The Ontario government delivered a budget focused on COVID-19 Thursday, with record-high spending pouring into pandemic response and tax cuts, but no whiff of a green recovery.[…] The 2020 budget includes $45 billion in COVID-related supports over the next three years, spanning health response, funding for people and business, and economic stimulus measures. It’s focused on three pillars: ‘protect,’ ‘support’ and ‘recover.’ […] The government also announced plans to expand the ‘quality and quantity’ of the Greenbelt, a strip of protected lands encircling the Greater Toronto Area. That could include increasing conservation space or setting aside land for a new provincial park in the GTA. The budget points specifically to the East Humber Headwaters in King Township, Ont., on the Oak Ridges Moraine, an ecologically important ridge that is part of the Greenbelt. The document didn’t note a specific timeline or amount of funding for the potential park, and elsewhere it noted that the government plans to build a major highway cutting through the Greenbelt.”

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« Certaines politiques et certains processus du gouvernement se répètent et créent des retards inutiles, ce qui fait augmenter les coûts des maisons vendues par les promoteurs. C’est la raison pour laquelle nous examinons chaque étape du processus d’aménagement et chaque politique, règlement et disposition législative afin d’éliminer les obstacles et les étapes inutiles ou répétitives. »