Amending the Greenbelt Plan…

Amending the Greenbelt Plan is an absolute mistake. The Greenbelt provides critical ecosystem services that support biodiversity, regulate natural biogeochemical cycles, and helps mitigate climate change. More housing is important, however it is important to build up instead of out. Urban sprawl will lead to habitat damage and destruction, causing fragmentation, loss of biodiversity, release tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, and ultimately be detrimental to human health. The Greenbelt must be protected, and this new proposal is short sighted, will disproportionately impact the most vulnerable communities, and will negatively impact current and future generations.