Dear Editor:
An open letter to Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott.
The fact that Doug Ford is “representing” us as premier once again, makes me shudder when I think of the increasing damage he can do to the environment, the health care system and our democracy.
It sickens me to hear that only 43% of people in Ontario voted and thus many do not really care what happens to our province. Already the man has tried to again invoke the “notwithstanding” clause for his own use and once more he is trying to put through another omnibus bill.
These bills push things through quickly and eliminate any public discussions or professional opinions; like whether it would be constitutional to put developments in our Greenbelt or continuously make cut after cut to our health care system which is now the least effective in Canada.
He wants to put housing in the Greenbelt! He will have Highway 413 going into farmland, rivers, forests and wetlands so that he can allow developers to put in big homes for rich people along this highway (not “affordable housing”). He took away power that conservation “authorities” used to have and continues to undermine it. He tried to eliminate the power that working people have to strike with the notwithstanding clause.
He makes new laws every time he wants to do something that used to be illegal, such as making it possible to sell conservation land for housing development. He gave “strong” power to mayors in Ottawa and Toronto and promises to do the same to more cities in Ontario.
He is slowly sucking the democracy right out of our province. And we are letting it happen.
Christy Doraty,
Fergus