Comment
This ERO should be repealed.
There should be no lands removed from the Green Belt as it has been since 2005. I mentioned the reasons in my submission to ERO19-6216.
The "pay to slay" option is being re-used in a new format, that plans to remove lands that have been protected because of their value in wetlands to purify water/prevent flooding, and promoting biodiversity etc., and replace them with Paris-Galt Moraine and Urban River Valley lands , some of which are already protected from development (e.g., publicly owned lands designated as municipal parks and open space). These additional lands were proposed earlier in 2021 and 2022 by the government (but never materialized), but are now offered as a "sweetener" in the deal. I don't buy it.
The swapping of plots of land targeted for development destroys the permanence and certainty required for any part of the Greenbelt to function properly.
The boundaries of the Green Belt should not be shrunk at all, and this ERO removed.
Submitted November 30, 2022 11:41 AM
Comment on
Decision on proposed amendments to the Greenbelt Area boundary regulation
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019-6217
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75390
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