As a young adult looking to…

As a young adult looking to buy a first house, I understand the need for more housing. However, as a graduate from an Environmental Science program, I do not understand the need to remove green space from the Greenbelt to make this happen. There are many other places that homes could be built that do not take away what little green space we have left.

Houses can always be built somewhere else. You cannot bring back nature to its original form once it is destroyed. Do you not want future generations to be able to connect with nature in its finest original form? Or would you rather them be confined to a city because we destroyed the green space to build more houses?

We need to be building our cities with less single homes and more town houses and condo buildings to fix the housing issues. We need to be adding to the Greenbelt so that more land and species are protected for future generations to enjoy. Finally, we need to think about the future and not just the here and now.