The Greenbelt should not be…

The Greenbelt should not be touched. It is far too important to the survival of so many ecosystems, the mental health and well-being of the workforce and helping to curb environmental devastation. The province should create an incentive to people to rent their vacant residential properties either by fines or tax breaks because there are so many empty dwellings. Cities across the province need to tax people, businesses or shell companies that are sitting on empty buildings and can be converted to residential properties. With the forced repurposing of these buildings we can decrease the need for sprawl. Urban sprawl does not help the housing crises because it is the wealthy that can afford to purchase these new dwellings.