While I support efforts to…

While I support efforts to remove barriers to housing development, I do not support how you are approaching this. Using the housing crisis and other provincial priorities such as transit and long-term care to gut hard-won gains on the heritage front will not generate 1.5 million new homes or redevelopments. Where is the evidence for this?

It is more likely to generate yet again more unaffordable housing while destroying our sense of place and filling our landfills with the rubble of an existing housing stock that could be repurposed following proven standards. This is not sustainable development.

Our communities will be impoverished and bland. Who will want to live or relocate there? What will our descendants think of our uninformed decisions?

Communities have a right and are best positioned to determine how to face the challenges of housing. Imposing a vision from Toronto will not work. I urge you to consider other solutions through proper community consultations before passing new draconian legislation.