I do not agree with the…

I do not agree with the proposed changes. We are in a climate crisis and need to preserve our natural areas. Build your new units on abandoned land from old plazas and parking lots. Tear down old buildings and build new units on top. There is no point in building more houses on wetlands and green spaces. Theres already barely any green space left in southern Ontario and we are putting enough stress on species at risk as is. Wetlands filter our water, which is also of extremely poor quality due to nutrient loading and habitat destruction in Southern Ontario. I am a resident in the Niagara Region and the NPCA water quality monitoring report released annually shows extreme exceedances from provincial water quality objectives in nutrients and other contaminants. Expect more stormwater and flooding in your new units built on wetlands and the associated infrastructure costs down the line. This legislation is not for the public good and posing it as a solution to the housing crisis is a facade. This is for developers to line their pockets. We need ecological conservation now more than ever.