Expanding development onto…

Expanding development onto the Greenbelt is a short-sighted and ill-thought-through attempt to ease the housing crisis. Paving over these environmentally sensitive lands will make climate emergencies more likely and endanger Ontario’s food security. While we need big solutions to combat the housing crisis, these big solutions also need to be smart. You don’t fix one crisis by making another one worse. We must keep the existing Greenbelt as is and find ways to add density to our existing developed land. Ontario has the potential to be an example to the world when it comes to climate action and sustainability but if we keep making these short-sighted decisions, we may stunt our province’s potential and damage our home for decades to come.