On the heels of the Greenbelt scandal,
the consequent RCMP investigation,
the resignation of the Minister of Housing
the walk back of municipal boundary changes,
now comes a review of all provincial MZO decisions.
Community Information Session
presented Wednesday November 22nd
Revoke the Lakeview Village EMZO
*Learn how to take action*
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What can you do to help? YOUR VOICE MATTERS!
The Minister needs to hear from you, the more the better.
Here are some options:
1)You can use the letter below and include it in an email to the Minister expressing your
agreement with what was sent. The letter is available below in pdf form.
Members of our community have professional knowledge and experience. They have used that
information and created a fact sheet below. Use this to write your own email to the Minister.
We suggest you include each level of government in your correspondence (contacts below), however that is at
your discretion and comfort level.
2)We are creating an online option to simply fill out and respond directly to the Minister.
3)You can print out a paper petition form and get your neighbours to sign it.
In general, rezoning land takes place through the city/municipality with consideration for the existing
land use, impact of change and with public consultation.
An MZO allows the Ontario government to bypass the city/municipality land use rules and make the
decision to change the use of the land without public input and consideration of existing planning rules.
The idea of an MZO is to move the process along quicker. However, it hasn’t moved anything along faster
and has in fact added more layers of bureaucracy that has not allowed any of the land to be developed.
In Lakeview, we had already gone through the rezoning from utility/brownfields site to development
land, this was the result of a long process by the community to convince the city, Province and owners of
the land, OPG, that we would be better served for our growth by allowing residential development at
this location over another power plant. Despite the increase in density, on May 12, 2023, the Province
decided to announce the increase of an additional 8000 units (now totaling 16,050 units) in Lakeview
Village.
Revoke the MZO
In the past it was impossible to overturn an MZO. However, in the past 2 months the Greenbelt scandal
has unfolded that showed various privileged developers were able to directly influence the process, and
consequently the Greenbelt was reversed. In addition, an RCMP investigation is underway, and the
previous Minister of Housing resigned. In October, the new Minister announced he would overturn the
controversial boundary expansions and review all MZO’s.
There is a glimmer of hope!
We need your help to bring attention to this issue, and to be part of the change. No-one knows what the
impact will be on Lakeview. However, we do know the suggested increase was not planned, came
without process, and did not involve community consultation. Without the two decades of hard work
from the community, this developmental opportunity would not exist. We deserve a seat at the table.
Jim Tovey always said, ‘you buy the land, you buy the plan’ and we aim to continue to follow his 3 P’s
strategy of being Proactive, Persistent & Positive.
Send your own letter or email along with the LRA letter to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Paul Callandra MPP and your other politicians
To:
The Honourable Paul Calandra, MPP
Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing
17th Floor, 777 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario, M7A 2J3
Email: Paul.Calandra@pc.ola.org
CC:
The Honourable Charles Sousa, MP Mississauga-Lakeshore
charles.sousa@parl.gc.ca
The Honourable Rudy Cuzzetto, MPP Mississauga-Lakeshore
Rudy.Cuzzetto@pc.ola.org
Councillor Stephen Dasko, Ward 1 Mississauga
stephen.dasko@mississauga.ca
Deborah Goss, President Lakeview Ratepayers Association
admin@lakeviewratepayers.com
Date:
Dear Minister Calandra
I agree with and fully support the position of the Lakeview Ratepayers Board as presented by the letter below, sent to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
In order to restore good faith in the oversight of this Ministry, it is imperative to revoke the Lakeview Village MZO issued by the previous Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Full Name:
City:
Postal Code:
November 2, 2023
The Honourable Paul Calandra, MPP
Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing
17th Floor, 777 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 2J3
Email: Paul.Calandra@pc.ola.org
Re: O. Reg. 91/23: ZONING ORDER – City of Mississauga, Regional Municipality of Peel (Lakeview)
Dear Mr Calandra,
We strongly oppose the proposal to double the density of Lakeview Village Development in Mississauga Ward 1, going from 8,050 to 16,000 units. The government’s claim that this is to fast track affordable housing is misleading.
The original rezoning process involved transparent consultations and expert recommendations for a sustainable community with 5,400 units. The community and the city worked together to grant the developer a 150% bonus in density when amending the Official Plan. That land use approval process took only 3 months from the time the developer purchased the land. The OPA established a fast-track masterplan and zoning process that matched the developer’s site preparation timeline. Again, no delays. Lakeview was a model of how to get a community right and fast-track the planning approvals.
What’s concerning is the Ministerial Zoning Order (MZO) was signed suddenly in what appears to residents as bad faith. The MZO grants the developer unchecked autonomy and sets a worrisome precedent for all future developments. This will lead to billions of dollars in profit for the developer with no significant specification of public benefits or mitigation of negative impacts this density will bring. We must protect the public’s trust in the Planning Act that allowed the Lakeview project to happen in the first place.
We urge you to uphold the negotiated Master Plan and stick to the approved 8,050-unit proposal.
Sincerely Yours,
The Lakeview Ratepayers Board
Add your name and address to our online petition form (coming soon)
Date:
Dear Minister Calandra
I agree with and fully support the position of the Lakeview Ratepayers Board as presented by the letter below, sent to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
In order to restore good faith in the oversight of this Ministry, it is imperative to revoke the Lakeview Village MZO issued by the previous Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Full Name:
City:
Postal Code:
Print out and add your name and address to our paper petition form and add your neighbours
Print out the form and add your name and get your neighbours to sign the form as well. The more names we can get the more political influence we can have on the decision makers. Contact us at admin@lakeviewratepayers.com when you have completed as many signatures as you can get.
Contacts to send your own letter and comments
To:
The Honourable Paul Calandra, MPP
Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing
17th Floor, 777 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario, M7A 2J3
Email: Paul.Calandra@pc.ola.org
CC:
The Honourable Charles Sousa, MP Mississauga-Lakeshore
charles.sousa@parl.gc.ca
The Honourable Rudy Cuzzetto, MPP Mississauga-Lakeshore
Rudy.Cuzzetto@pc.ola.org
Councillor Stephen Dasko, Ward 1 Mississauga
stephen.dasko@mississauga.ca
Mayor (Mississauga)
mayor@mississauga.ca
Deborah Goss, President Lakeview Ratepayers Association
admin@lakeviewratepayers.com
David Breveglieri Mississauga City Planner – Lakeview file,
David.Breveglieri@mississauga.ca
Liberal Leader Candidates:
The next Liberal leader will be elected on Nov 25th.
Write to each candidate and ask them if they will
speak directly to reversing the MZO in Lakeview
Yasir Naqvi info@YasirNaqvi.ca
Ted Hsu info@tedhsu.com
Nate Erskine-Smith team@meetnate.ca
Bonnie Crombie info@bonnieforleader.ca
Recently you may have seen news stories about the Greenbelt where the Ontario government forced through some bad planning decisions. Did you know that your community has been similarly treated?
In May 2023, significant changes were made by the province to the Lakeview Village site (former power plant). Without community consultation the number of housing units allowed was doubled, which now means 40,000 people could be living on that development site alone.
No one knows how that will affect Lakeview’s other 20,000 residents, our roads, schools etc.
The density will become 55,744 people/sq km or as planners say 557 people/hectare. It will be one of the most dense suburban communities in the world.
Do you want to understand more and find out what you can do?
Watch the video above for more info about the MZO along with a bit of history of the communities involvement in the process
This development could overwhelm the capacity of local infrastructure to handle the increased demand, and have a lasting impact on the area.