As a legally-blind person…

As a legally-blind person living in the Niagara peninsula, I think it's very important that the above plan prioritizes developing mixed-use zoning, dense multi-unit housing, and usable public infastructure such as busses, trains, trams, and protected bike lanes.

I struggle every day as a disabled citizen of Fort Erie due to the fact that in the Niagara region, public transit is near nonexistent, and when it does exist, is implemented poorly. I think it's important for a core policy of this plan to be connecting communities indiscriminately with infastructure that accommodates everyone.

Even in larger cities like St. Catherine's and Niagara Falls, it's very clear that the focus is catered almost entirely to car drivers. Additionally, unwalkable swathes of land that are designated solely as suburbia and disallow the construction of fully accomodated neighborhoods (Services, entertainment, commerce, grocery.) are continually resulting in antisocial and even violent behaviour.

If this plan is to focus on housing more Ontarians, it should house them in a way that will actually work for them and benefit them. It should prioritize establishing culturally rich and high density regions that encourage social and healthy behaviour.