If you have not already written your MPP to express your opposition to Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy, please do so.   It’s important that the elected officials understand that their constituents do not believe that the way to protect Ontario is to devastate our precious environment.

If passed, Bill 5, will:

•  Keep Ontario dependent on imported fracked gas from the U.S. by killing homegrown renewable energy. It would enable the government to ban all parts of energy projects that come from abroad, especially China. China makes the majority of solar panels (over 80 per cent), wind turbines (around 60 per cent) and control systems in the world. If enacted, this will likely end solar power installation in Ontario and deprive Ontarians access to the cleanest and lowest cost source of electricity i.e. renewable energy.
• Repeal Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, 2007 marking the end of most meaningful provincial protections for endangered, threatened and special concern species in Ontario.
• Attempt to curtail Indigenous involvement by ending archeological assessment requirements that would identify Indigenous or other cultural values.
• Create Special Economic Zones (SEZ), where “trusted proponents” i.e.hand-picked developers can ignore municipal and provincial laws.
• Exempt the Therme Group development at Ontario Place from the requirements of the Environmental Bill of Rights.