Development of the Greenbelt…

Development of the Greenbelt is a lazy and unimaginative way to address housing issues.

Expanding urban sprawl is not the way fill the housing gaps in Ontario and will be detrimental to the little remaining land saved from development. Access to outdoor space a short drive from the GTA is critical to why people love living in Ontario. Permanently destroying this outdoor space through development of homes that are spatially disconnected from existing social services, transit and other important community supports will not only increase our current state of car dependency, but also hurt the environment and, by result, generations to come. Particularly, this decision sets the precedent that policies existing for environmental purposes are smoke and mirrors, and can easily be superseded when it is convenient. Additionally, circumventing this by tacking on an additional piece of land in Northwestern Ontario is a cop-out and we all know it.

Ontario does not need more space for homes and reducing access to undisturbed outdoor space does not make this province a more attractive place to live. Please reconsider this regressive proposal and come up with something that will make people want (and be able to afford) to live in this wonderful province again.