Ford’s Bill 17 Ignores The Real Barriers To Housing While Scapegoating Green Standards

Ontario Government Proposes Eliminating Mandatory Wind and Shadow Study Requirements

The Ontario government is proposing to eliminate mandatory wind and shadow study requirements for land-use planning applications. In a posting to the Environmental Registry of Ontario on Wednesday [May 14], the Province states: We are consulting on proposed regulations that would, if Bill 17 is passed, limit the information and material that may be required by a municipality as part of an application for an official plan amendment, zoning by-la…

Ford’s Bill 17 Ignores The Real Barriers To Housing While Scapegoating Green Standards

A Statement by Phil Pothen, Land Use and Land Development program manager for the citizens advocacy group Environmental Defence Posted May 15h, 2025 on Niagara At Large Toronto – With Bill 17, the Ontario government is once again choosing to ignore the most important causes of our housing shortage while scapegoating municipal policies that can actually help to improve construction efficiency and lower housing costs. The government has been warne…

Ontario government proposes Bill 17 to advance home-building target

Bill 17 proposes a suite of changes to municipal statutes with the stated goal of removing unnecessary barriers to building.

Stand.earth on Ontario’s Bill 17: “a giant gift to big developers and Enbridge Gas” - Stand.earth

Tkaronto (so-called Toronto, Ontario, Canada) — On Monday (May 12), the Ontario Government announced and introduced an omnibus bill, Bill 17, which risks jeopardizing municipal green building rules commonly referred to as Green Development Standards. On Tuesday (May 13), the government released additional details in an Environmental Registry of Ontario posting, which suggests that the intention of the legislation is to eliminate local green buil…