LORINC: Raising the stakes in the MZO wars
The judge who handed down a temporary injunction last week, halting the demolition of the historic Dominion Foundry in the West Donlands, was withering in his assessment of the provincial government’s actions.
Either Queen’s Park or someone acting on the government’s behalf “has made some serious mistakes here,” Justice D.L. Corbett wrote in the Jan. 29 ruling. “It appears clear that the demolition began in contravention of the Ontario Heritage Act, and in breach of Ontario’s obligations under a subdivision agreement [with] the City of Toronto.”
Strong words, but the true test will be the outcome of the full hearing, scheduled for late February. What will be at issue is the Ford government’s practice of deploying minister’s zoning orders (MZO) the IEDs of Ontario planning law as a means of muscling through the inconvenient thicket of local decision-making. The foundry mess occurred because of an MZO issued last yea
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The CAO of the North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority is ready to roll up his sleeves and get to work in a working group dealing with recent changes to the Conservation Act.
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Although some of the changes are not what he would like to see, Brian Tayler says “it is what it is,” and the fact the province has recruited stakeholders to “get on with the task” is a positive sign.
The members of the working group organized by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks come from conservation authorities, development and agriculture sectors, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and Conservation Ontario.
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