NEW REPORT: Province poised to deliver fatal blow to agriculture and the environment while worsening the housing crisis
February 5, 2024
On April 6, the Ontario government announced a proposal to gut two of Ontario’s key planning tools – elimination of the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe and rewriting the Provincial Policy Statement under the Planning Act. The Province claims that these changes would address the current housing crisis. In fact, they would do exactly the opposite, squandering the scarce resources and developer capacity needed to address housing shortages, while destroying irreplaceable farmland and key natural areas and undermining long-term economic and social prosperity.
Read the analysis of these proposed destructive changes, endorsed by over 250 individuals and 73 organizations.
