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RSS FeedsThe Ford government set for changes to planning act, education and health care
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19 february 2019 15:34:45

 
The Ford government set for changes to planning act, education and health care
(The Star Food)
 


They’re back and should be busier than ever.MPPs return to the legislature Tuesday after the Christmas break with a full slate on their plates.“We’re moving at breakneck speed on all kinds of stuff. We’re going to have a robust schedule when the house resumes,” government house leader Todd Smith said in an interview Friday.First up will be a revised version of Bill 66 to eliminate an amendment to the Planning Act that would have allowed municipalities to bypass existing development requirements and restrictions for companies creating jobs.Projects would have been granted expedited provincial approvals within one year, allowing businesses to begin construction, but critics warned that would have put prime farmland and the 1.8-million acre Greenbelt around the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area at risk.Premier Doug Ford admitted last month his Progressive Conservatives erred and vowed to close the loophole in that omnibus bill hastily introduced before Christmas.Read more:Ontario’s looming health care reforms are being rushed through to limit public scrutiny, critics sayProvince says growth plan changes give cities more say on development — but critics fear a return to sprawlOpinion | Martin Regg Cohn: Look at the OPP’s dark history to see the peril of a police force personally loyal to Premier Doug FordSmith said another piece of legislation in the days ahead will be Health Minister Christine Elliott’s bill to reorganize the health-care system.A draft version — which confirmed the incorporation of a new “super agency” called Health Program Initiatives that the Star revealed in January — was leaked to the NDP and a mid-level bureaucrat was fired Feb. 4 for the breach.While the New Democrats claim the bill will usher in additional privatization to health care in Ontario, Elliott has dismissed that as “fear mongering.”Also expected this month are potentially controversial bills ...


 
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