Hello, I do not agree with…

Hello,
I do not agree with this proposed amendment. While housing is important, the Greenbelt should be protected as it is. The government needs to move beyond simply bulldozing valuable natural resources to address the housing crisis. The Housing Affordability Task force did not specify that the Greenbelt must be used to achieve the housing targets. There are other solutions available.

"The province has pledged to replace the land it’s removing from the Greenbelt by adding 9,400 acres elsewhere." This is also a very concerning statement. Valuable land cannot just be added elsewhere. There is a reason why this land has been protected.

I am a Canadian in my 20s who would love to be able to afford my own house one day. My parents immigrated here in the 90s and bought a home that I could only dream of affording today. However, I do not believe that this proposed amendment has people like myself in mind. After reading The Narwal's article, I am concerned that this decision is being made not for the benefit of ALL Canadians in the present and in the future, but for the benefit of a small group of already wealthy individuals. How can we trust that decisions like this will not further increase the growing gap between the haves and the have-nots?