Really short sighted plan to…

Really short sighted plan to pay farmers money for trees that you then sell back to them to heat their homes. Soon the bigger problems of desertification and water scarcity will be upon us. Hand wringing will do nothing.
Ontario still has some forests but not many, and the fact that your policies are encouraging deforestation is absolutely the worst thing for the future hope of life on this planet. Sounds dire? Well it is.
Ten years ago a large scale clear cut was done north of my property. The man doing it assured me that it was sound as the logs were going to a pellet plant. TEN YEARS of deforestation later, a 400 year old sugar maple on this property has collapsed as the wind patterns have shifted since the clear cut.
I am devastated to see the extent of clearing still allowed while the each level of government pawns it off on the next level below them. All adds up to no bylaw until most all of the trees are cut down.
The trees retain water and allow it to enter the aquifers that fill our wells. The loss of tree cover is allowing the soil to wash away with the rain water as there are no longer trees to slow the flow