Please stop this absurd move…

Please stop this absurd move:
1 - "Replacing" the lands with other lands is a shell game. Some of the lands are already protected so designating them doesn't add anything and the rest is around a small town that wasn't consulted. It also makes a joke of the purpose of the greenbelt, which is to provide a belt of green around our most densely populated area
2 - Ford did NOT raise this possibility during the election campaign and when asked about the lands said he would not touch them. This is clearly a lie. Or maybe his answer was couched to fit in with this action but regardless it was not truthful in intent.
3 - It is suspicious that developers have bought much of the land in this area - if it was truly supposed to stay a greenbelt why would they have bought "undevelopable" land? This raises many concerns of conflict of interest.
4 - the premise that this action will allow more affordable homes is laughable. So many reasons why this is unlikely to occur.
5 - Being such a huge omnibus bill, there are layers that should be supported that hide many that should not occur. Break them into separate bills please.
6 - What is the hurry? There are more years of this government. Take your time to truly identify the consequences. Again - this all suggests a very dangerous lack of transparency and creates great concern for the process this government will follow for the next 3 years.

Kitchener Conestogo Riding