Letter: Concerns about Bill 21’s impact on planning and rural economy

To the Editor, Bill 21, Protect our Food Act, traps Ontarians in a prison of two ideas: you either ‘protect farmland’ or you ‘enable development.’ That framing hides a critical reality — the bill removes local planning discretion while offering no clear standards to replace it. The legislation requires an Agricultural Impact Assessment (AIA) before any zoning change on agricultural…