I am opposed to the proposed…

I am opposed to the proposed changes to Greenbelt Plans that would remove existing tracts of protected land. There is no need to make these changes because there is already more than sufficient land designated for development both outside the Greenbelt and within municipal boundaries. This was the conclusion of the government's own studies!

The integrity of the Oak Ridges Moraine and the Niagara Escarpment Conservation lands must be maintained as planned to protect water sources that sustain the GTA and the farmland that is essential to our food security and sustainability. Farmland is being lost already at an alarming rate to development and resource extraction such as aggregate mining.

On the positive side, the Paris-Galt Moraine lands that are proposed to be added to the Greenbelt, should in fact be added, but not as a quid pro quo to removal of other tracts as proposed.

Please do not proceed with the proposed changes.