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Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the proposed changes to the PPS.
While giving municipalities flexibility on density targets, there need to be clear requirements outlined in the PPS. Words like "encouraged" are weak and do not necessarily achieved what is intended.
Maintain firm settlement boundaries, and do not allow for settlement expansions at any time. Ontario's farmland is extremely valuable to maintain for the future. Food security needs to be a high priority and sustaining the viability of productive agricultural land in connected systems is vital. Settlement expansions can easily lead to scattered residential development and fragmentation of connected farmlands.
It is imperative to view the goals and purpose of the PPS to include much more than increasing housing supply. Sustaining healthy Natural heritage systems and agriculture systems need to be prominent in the PPS.