ifec-r- if so what do you think says j fwmpagei n the freeze has been a hardship to t ci smaller builders said jim murphy gov- conservative govemmenthad waited eminent relations director for the until after the vaughankmgaurora by greater toronto homebuilders election to help jts friends they the association tories figure nobody cares anymore in some cases people were already but the federation of ontario living in developments frozen by the naturalists arid save the rouge yalley freeze he said system aid exemptions were reason- once you receive draft plan i able for developments where all approval in our industry you start to sell approvals were granted we dont want units togobacktothepastsaidstryspres subdivisions frozen included those ident glenn de baeremaeker adding whose site plan had been approved but the real test will be what the province not registered many municipalities also does in november when the freeze expires v josh matlow of earthroots however argued hodgson had destroyed the integrity of the freeze its a smack in the face of concerned citizens and environ- fnentalists who have put their trust in the government allow builders to put up model homes once a draft plan is appioved hodgson seemed to apologize in his press conference remarks for casting a wide net we did not have all the information we needed and we clearly couldnt con sult ahead he explained we hadjto wanted exemptions he argued but an exemption the province granted this week arrived three weeks too late foijan fisher of oak ridges one visitors to ijatcliam gauery on main street stoutfvffle take in the mixedmedia sisterfarnuyhome of eight neighbours who pooled some exhibit by artists rorkirisella anh paul liortthe shdwfewssuch works as cracked eggshells trttt ij- i y-ii5- in an i a 11 v an agreement the residents made i builder expired at the end of june said while some of the partners been replacedby new homeown waiting another three or four more halt everytlung immediately r months wouldnt have made an enbr- the provinces freeze was pretty dra mous difference for builders who yeoman a violation of peoples rights and its legislation was not well thought out richmond hill mayor bill bell argued a lot of people who they never intended to get caughtrin this thing got caught up in it you cant make the automatic assumption that everybody who was caught in this asked for an exemption bell said t hodgson also announced a round of that may choose to act on their own public sessions next month to solicit we just got caught upin the frenzy opinion on a future moraine policy said this government just did a along with a webpage jerk reactions jhe environment wwwmahgovbncaoakridges- talists trying to get votes v moraineindexe asp for comments i 1 2 iv 3 is hi wi i i v r s v i i i h ii f j m 1