Ford decimating Hamilton farmland, with other letters to the editor | Daily News Byte

Did you know that the term “Tories” comes from the Gaelic word Toraiche, and means thief, thief or robber? Shown in the history of our country in the 1830s, William Lyon Mackenzie led his reforms against the myopic policies of the “Family Compact” — the Tories, which only managed to benefit the privileged few and “rob” the rest. fundamental rights.

Sadly, history repeats itself, but the development industry is the “privileged bit” of the current edition of the Tory government. Bill 23 allows Doug Ford to “clear the road” of every obstacle he can think of that stands in the way of all housing development.

This government has allowed Ontario’s building construction industry to become the most influential special interest group in Ontario — the NRA of the North — superseding all other interests, including ignoring the democratic rights of our citizens. municipalities, threats to our environmental health, our culture and natural heritage and the continued drain on our Conservation Authority.

In our new Hamilton city council, in all Ontario municipalities — and in our federal government, we must all resist in every way we can to stop Ford’s authoritarian process, which threatens to steal the us of our democratic freedoms and our ecological well-being. .

To all Conservative members of provincial parliament: please carefully reconsider what is being proposed in Bill 23, stop working to keep your jobs and actually do your jobs — for all Ontarians!

This government must recognize that the economy, the environment and democracy are interconnected, that smart development is an integral part of that vision! Development is not a bad word, but Doug Ford, through his conspicuous bias towards that industry, has made it one – and so history repeats itself that the Tories have become a bad word too.

Stan Nowak

Dundas

SIGNIFICANT LOSS