This development should not…

This development should not proceed. The land that is considered for development is prime agricultural land. It is 66% more productive than anywhere else in Canada and supplies 52% of Ontario's fruits and 10% of its vegetables. ( Furgala, 2019).
As well the idea that land will be given back is a "red herring" as the land to be redesignated as the Greenbelt and therefore be protected is actually land that is not developable because all the lands are in a floodplain and cannot be developed anyway. (Armenakis & Nirupama, 2014).
This plan suggest that it will address the housing crisis in Ontario but where the new development is to take place residents are already paying more than 30% of their income on housing (2016 Census Housing Data for Peel CD, CSD & GTA). This would suggest that people living in these areas may not be able to afford the new housing whatever it may look like.

Furgala, G. (2019, June 14). Between the farm and table: The GTA's Greenbelt helps feed Southern Ontario, but a food system is more than just farms. Restobiz. Retrieved December 1, 2022, from https://www.restobiz.ca/between-the-farm-and-table/

Armenakis, C., & Nirupama, N. (2014). Flood risk mapping for the City of Toronto. Procedia Economics and Finance, 18, 320–326. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2212-5671(14)00946-0

Map of area: https://arcg.is/05KiDn