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LETTER: Bill 23 fraught with environmental danger

LETTER: Bill 23 fraught with environmental danger

Legislation 'leaves the future open to piecemeal, patchwork and potentially reckless development,' says letter writer
LETTER: Bill 23 shows 'contempt for ordinary citizens'

LETTER: Bill 23 shows 'contempt for ordinary citizens'

'Democracy is being bled to death,' says letter writer
LETTER: Lettuce shortage 'a harbinger of things to come'

LETTER: Lettuce shortage 'a harbinger of things to come'

'If we are wise we would regard it as such by making food and agriculture a top priority,' says letter writer
LETTER: Oro-Medonte recount 'unnecessary, wasteful'

LETTER: Oro-Medonte recount 'unnecessary, wasteful'

'It's challenging for defeated council members to ... make objective decisions after suffering a stinging rebuke, but that doesn’t mean the public have to pay for their disappointment,' letter writer says
LETTER: Bill 23 rings environmental 'alarm bells'

LETTER: Bill 23 rings environmental 'alarm bells'

'Hiding these provisions within an omnibus bill is such a sly way of passing legislation,' says letter writer
LETTER: Bill 23 'inadequate response to housing crisis'

LETTER: Bill 23 'inadequate response to housing crisis'

Proposed legislation is 'a very serious undermining of our available farmlands, wetlands, green spaces, communities and our climate,' laments letter writer
LETTER: Bill 23 will increase emissions, destroy nature

LETTER: Bill 23 will increase emissions, destroy nature

'It seems surreal that at a time when most of the world is focused on how to mitigate and adapt to climate change, the government of Ontario is racing on the highway in the opposite direction with the pedal to the metal,' reader says
LETTER: Bill 23 a 'boondoggle' by 'fuzzy thinkers,' reader says

LETTER: Bill 23 a 'boondoggle' by 'fuzzy thinkers,' reader says

'I’ll be writing to our local representative as well as the premier's office to let them know my feelings. I can only hope others will do the same,' says reader
LETTER: Wearing a mask should not be considered a sacrifice

LETTER: Wearing a mask should not be considered a sacrifice

'Can we put aside the rancour and selfishness of the last couple of years, stop letting the powers that be divide us and come together for the greater good?' reader asks
LETTER: Greenbelt plan bad for environment, Ontarians

LETTER: Greenbelt plan bad for environment, Ontarians

'Please protect our watersheds, our conservation areas and our scarce farmland,' letter writer pleads