If we lose the green belt we…

If we lose the green belt we lose biodiversity and many species that are unique to this area. If we don't have enough wetlands, trees, proper biodiversity and healthy ecosystems we are more prone to flooding which impacts houses, insurance rates, etc.

The greenbelt is:
"It is one of the most biologically diverse places in the country and among the most threatened, as once-abundant forests, wetlands, tallgrass prairies and oak savannahs are lost or broken into smaller islands of green. Amidst the skyscrapers, residential neighbourhoods, farmland and road and railways, there are more rare species of plants and animals here than anywhere else in the country." Source: https://wwf.ca/stories/seven-rare-species-carolinian-zone/