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The Provincial Government is being reckless in the plan to persist in building on agricultural and green belt lands. The current proposal disregards the impact of both climate change and food insecurity both now and in the future.
According to Statistics Canada, if the rate of building on agricultural land continues as it has from 2016 to 2025, Ontario will lose 25% of agricultural lands in the next 25 years. That's a conservative estimate.
That loss will make our communities even more dependent on non-local food sources in a time when climate change is creating droughts and fires. Building on green belt lands will also damage watersheds, and ecosytems, creating further climate damage.
In order for the survival and prosperity of future generations, sprawling suburbs can no longer be the norm. Look to European communities for socially responsible design.
Do not sell off the future for private profit today.
Submitted May 30, 2023 8:19 AM
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Review of proposed policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement to form a new provincial planning policy instrument.
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