I am an Ontario resident who…

I am an Ontario resident who has watched farmland in my home town in Simcoe County get swallowed up by cookie cutter homes, while farmers struggle to find space to cultivate. This is even worse when I drive through the Greenbelt along highway 400 and see how close factory development and highway expansion are stealing the farm scenery I was once so proud to show my international visitors. Farmers cannot farm in river valleys. Replacing beautiful fields with hilly moraines doesn’t work. Plus, the run offs and chemicals from farms into river valleys? Do we want another Walkerton?? This is short sighted- new immigrants want home near services and transit. Not distant homes in faceless subburbs. Infill more in towns and city. Make them vibrant again. Don’t take the green belt and limit the future for farming and feeding Ontario.