As a tax-paying young…

As a tax-paying young Canadian, working in the hospitality industry and doing school full-time, I am dismayed at this proposal to destroy the Greenbelt to build more houses. I am working so hard to save money for a down payment for my first home, but I think it is disgraceful to destroy protected Greenbelt land to build houses. We don't need more urban sprawl. Ontario needs to consult urban planners, designers, environmentalists and climate change activists. We need to redesign the cities that we already live in to promote mixed density, with walkable city structures and less car-dependent cities. Does destroying the Greenbelt, which is home to so many species, to build cheap houses that fall apart in ten years, really worth it? The Greenbelt protects the air we breathe in, the water we drink and the health of our environment. Why destroy that for temporary monetary gain? We don't need more family homes. Why build more family homes when you can build high density condos and apartments? We should be building up, not out. Doug Ford, you have broken your promise to the Ontario people by deciding to build on our protected Greenbelt.