As a citizen of Ontario…

As a citizen of Ontario living in the golden horseshoe I strongly oppose the development of the greenbelt. We need the greenbelt to support our local environment, including the prevention of flooding and preservation of biodiversity. Not only will the proposed changes be detrimental to the environment in Ontario, I don't believe that these changes are necessary or effective for addressing the housing crisis. We have so much unused, underused and misused urban land (as a resident of Hamilton, and a person working in Toronto I see this in both urban centres). Housing developments comprised of large, sprawled, car-dependent homes will not address the housing crisis as these developments will not be affordable and will only cause further harm to the environment. If the province is serious about addressing our housing crisis, we need to built smart density (including increased density in currently sparse sprawling subdivisions), and focus on building livable medium density housing in transit oriented communities. We do not need more subdivisions on the greenbelt.