jswizzle3737/ontario_laws_and_regs huggingface dataset:
Having received a request from the Minister of Natural Resources that an undertaking, namely: The activities of, (a) designating, by regulation under the Provincial Parks Act, areas in Ontario as provincial parks; and (b) designating, under the Public Lands Act, areas in Ontario as conservation reserves, in respect of recommended provincial parks and conservation reserves, listed in Condition9 below, be exempt from the application of the Act pursuant to section 29; and having been advised that if the undertaking is subject to the application of the Act, the following injury, damage or interference with the persons and property will occur: A. The Government of Ontario and the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) will be damaged by the interference with their commitment to the Keep It Wild campaign, a program aimed at completing the province’s system of provincial parks and protected areas by the year 2000. B. Protection offered by the Provincial Parks Act to the recommended provincial park areas will be delayed. C. Protection offered by the Public Lands Act to the recommended conservation reserves will be delayed. D. The public will be damaged by the loss of anticipated benefits associated with resource protection, scientific research and education opportunities, and the provision of outdoor recreation opportunities and associated tourism benefits. E. The MNR is preparing an Environmental Assessment for Provincial Park Management, the completion and pre-submission consultation for which would be hampered by the requirement to seek separate approval for those activities in respect of provincial parks specified within this undertaking.
The undersigned is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to order and orders that the undertaking is exempt from the application of the Act for the following reasons: A. The objectives of the Keep It Wild campaign and the provincial parks program are consistent with the conservation, protection and wise management of the environment. B. The establishment of new provincial parks and conservation reserves and the completion of the system of provincial parks and protected areas by the year 2000 has generated strong public interest. C. The establishment and management of new provincial parks and conservation reserves will protect outstanding natural, cultural and recreational features and environments. D. Upon regulation, provincial parks will become subject to Exemption Order MNR-59/2, filed as O. Reg. 83/94 and its successors. E. MNR has advised me that, with the exception of the proposed Westplain Mud Lake Fen, which will remain in private ownership, to be managed under agreement by the Ministry of Natural Resources as a Nature Reserve Provincial Park, all of the sites subject to this order have been subject to a process of public notification and consultation.