Friday, January 18, 2019

Cambridge votes against Bill 66

Cambridge Council has voted 8-0 against Bill 66 which the Ford government calls “Open For Business”.

The bill would allow municipalities to waive restrictions on development, such as environmental and farmland protections.

Stephanie Sobek-Swank, speaking for the Rare Charitable Research Reserve, said important environmental sites need to remain off limits to developers.

The Reserve is on a large farm on the banks of the Grand River near Blair that was deeded to the University of Guelph which sold it because it said it didn’t need it.

Earlier this week the Waterloo Region Council also voted against Bill 66. 

Among those who urged Waterloo to take that stance was the Waterloo Federation of Agriculture.