The City of Burlington has…

The City of Burlington has wasted hundreds or thousands of dollars trying to re-open and delay a project that the OLT has already issued a decision on. There are no grounds for re-opening this case through an MZO. The City should have accepted the loss and moved on. However, because an election is coming up, the Mayor and certain councillors have decided that waging an unwinnable war with the developer, at the expense of we the taxpayers, will improve their odds of getting re-elected and give the impression that this was their hill to die on for the small group of self-entitled residents who are opposed to this development. Lets be honest, urban golf courses in settlement areas across the GTA came under threat years ago when the Province of Ontario made the decision to establish a Growth Plan to curb urban sprawl and force municipalities to accept intensification. The Province has to uphold the decision that they made and the policies they put forth to implement this decision and not cater to local political interests brought on by the pressures of area resident NIMBYism. It already nearly impossible to build new housing now under the sea of red tape municipalities are manufacturing and now the new archaeological tools the Province have given them to delay projects even further. The majority of Burlington and Halton Region residents trust the Minister will reject and dismiss this frivilous request from the City and put this matter to rest before more taxpayer money is wasted.