Hello, I am urging the…

Hello,

I am urging the Ontario government to not build highway 413 and instead, open up highway 407.

I'm concerned about several negative impacts if this highway was to be built including:

The destruction of nature including wetlands at a time in when we should be protecting these spaces in order to do what's right by Indigenous communities and future generations but also from a climate change mitigation strategy - wetlands help with flood control which is one of the top environmental risks related to climate change in Ontario according to the Ontario Climate Change Impact Report.

The cost to taxpayers when the majority of Ontarians will not use this proposed highway and the majority of Ontarians either didn't vote for the current government or didn't vote at all; this government is not representing the majority of Ontarians, more consideration of what we want should be a priority.

The costs of this highway impacting areas where we need funding more urgently than enabling vehicular traffic such as improving health care, providing supportive housing crisis and improving a mental health supports for Ontarians most in need.

Lastly, we're supposed to be working toward lowering our carbon emissions as a province and country, anything that promotes more "car culture" is not going to help us get there, despite how many people may drive EVs at the moment.

I urge you to listen to the reports that show the negative potential to species and eco-systems in Ontario and to the analysis and reports that show this highway will not improve commuting time significantly and stop the construction of highway 413.