Scrapping the Ontario Land Tribunal—a double-barrel solution for the housing and climate crises

IDuke/Wikimedia Commons

The Ontario Land Tribunal—previously the LPAT, and the OMB before that—has long frustrated municipalities as an unelected body with the power to overturn the decisions of elected officials, and the will of the public.

Staring down a housing affordability crisis and the looming effects of climate change—both of which could be mitigated by smart land use policies—a new request to scrap the OLT looks to put the power back into the hands of municipalities.

Published in The Pointer Brampton and The Pointer Mississauga March 9, 2022