The province is reversing its moves to expand some urban boundaries. Housing Minister Paul Calandra says since becoming minister, he has made it a priority t
Housing Minister Paul Calandra says since becoming minister, he has made it a priority to review past decisions, including minister’s zoning orders and official plans, to ensure that they support the goal of building 1.5-million homes in a manner that maintains and reinforces public trust.
In reviewing how decisions were made regarding official plans, Calandra says it is now clear that they failed to meet this test. Calandra is now is reversing course on changes to official boundaries for Barrie, Belleville, Guelph, Hamilton, Ottawa and the City of Peterborough, the Regional Municipalities of Halton, Niagara, Peel, Waterloo and York, as well as Wellington County.
He says this legislation would wind back provincial changes to official plans and official plan amendments with a few exceptions. The province is now asking impacted municipalities to submit changes and updates to those plans to ministry staff within 45 days and include information on projects that are already underway.Ctrl+Enter
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