As of late there have been a number of calls and emails regarding "Natural Heritage" planning by municipalities and counties. People are outraged, when they find out exactly what "natural heritage" and the Ontario Heritage Act was created for.
From the 1973/1974 legislative debates the Ontario Heritage Act was to "introduced tax changes which eliminated succession duties …" because "our succession duties continue to have an undesirable impact on small businesses, family farms and Canadian ownership." The points continue with:
