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Letter_ERO 019-7739 - Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023 - suggested formatting ideas

30 Nov 2023

Secondly, and more broadly, the Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act, 2003 must amend the Greenbelt Act, 2005 to make clear the intention that Greenbelt protection is meant to be permanent and irrevocable, and to ensure that processes outlined in the Act cannot legitimately be used to recommend or create a pretext for the legislature to remove land from the Greenbelt or reduce the protection of Gre. [...] Recommendation 1C - additional replacement of subsection Section 11 of the Greenbelt Act, 2005 is amended by deleting subsection 11(1) and replacing it with the following: 11(1) The Minister may, in respect of the areas designated as Protected Countryside in the Greenbelt Plan, propose amendments to the Greenbelt Plan, provided that such amendments do not have the effect of removing any piece of l. [...] Recommendation 1D - additional replacement of subsection Section 12 of the Greenbelt Act, 2005 is amended by deleting subsection 12(2) and replacing it with the following: (2) The Minister shall not recommend a proposed amendment under clause (1) (a) if the proposed amendment has the effect of reducing the total land area within the Greenbelt Plan, removing any portion of land from the Greenbelt A. [...] Recommendation 1F - additional replacement of subsection Section 13 of the Greenbelt Act, 2005 is amended by deleting subsection 13(7) and replacing it with the following (7) The Minister shall not recommend a proposed amendment under subsection (6) if the proposed amendment has the effect of reducing the total land area within the Greenbelt Plan, removing any portion of land from the Greenbelt Ar. [...] Recommendation 3C Section 5 of the Greenbelt Act, 2005 is amended by adding the following subsection: (p) to prevent residential and commercial development associated with employment in the City of Toronto, the Region of Peel, the Region of York, the Region of Durham, the Region of Halton and the City of Hamilton from spreading further into other parts of the Lake Erie Lowlands and Manitoulin-Lake.

Authors

Elinor Whidden

Pages
10
Published in
Canada