The Ontario government's vision for taming urban sprawl in the greater Golden Horseshoe is made up of "complete communities" where people could live, work and shop without ever having to get in their car.
hinjo Gombu. Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: Jun 1, 2006. pg. A.01
Local councillors in the suburban cities and towns bordering Toronto get the bulk of their campaign funds - in one case as high as 96.7 per cent - from corporate contributions, primarily from developers.
Regardless of whether or not you support the practice of shooting thousands of cormorants at Presqu'ile each year, it's increasingly difficult to find anything positive to say about the way Ontario Parks and MNR has conducted this sorry affair.
The environment ministry has quietly approved a new Big Pipe sewer link along 19th Ave. in Richmond Hill that critics say violates the Oak Ridges Moraine Act.
Property rights plank will trample greenbelt and kill gun ban
Does legislation designed to benefit society as a whole outweigh the financial interests of the individual? When dealing with issues of the environment and gun control, the answer has generally been yes in Canada. The looming spectre of a majority for Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, however, has put that value in jeopardy.
While many city folk heaved a sigh of relief when the province moved to protect fast-disappearing rural vistas on the Oak Ridges Moraine and greenbelt, they probably didn't realize how many stupid planning decisions were still in the offing.
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On Monday, the McGuinty government passed the Places to Grow Act, the crowning piece in a complex arrangement of laws and regulations designed to prevent sprawl by concentrating development in the Golden Horseshoe and protecting its remaining open spaces.
