It is clear that the…

It is clear that the Ministry is downloading its duty to care for the environment to municipalities without guiding, supporting, or supervising the process. There is nothing positive about this, other than the Ministry being able to “wash its hands” when the next crisis occurs (which, it will, given the parameters)

The proposal removes the need to investigate and mitigate impacts on cultural heritage resources for most municipal infrastructure projects.

There are great risks to Ancestor burial and archaeological sites, and the proposal does not fulfill the constitutional Duty to Consult and Accommodate. It puts Ontario in violation of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) which Canada adopted in 2016.