Adding land for protection…

Adding land for protection in the Paris - Galt Moraine is a strategy that has been confusing for planning in municipalities in that area as it is being introduced without consultation.Further, this addition to Greenbelt area does not functionally replace the formerly protected wildlife corridors, farmland, woodlands,wetlands and wetland complexes in a different watershed that are being removed from Greenbelt.The areas being removed are part of an integrated natural heritage system.The associated changes to the Oakridges Moraine Conservation Plan is more of the same chipping away at natural infrastructure. It's as if parts of your heart, lungs, brain, liver, kidneys were to be removed and expect to be compensated by a third leg stitched on.The proposed remedy is not equivalent to what is being removed.

Some specific examples of removals listed in a note by Ontario Nature, November 30 2022:

- wildlife corridors, farmlands, woodlands and wetlands between the Rouge River and Duffins Creek watershed, headwaters of Petticoat Creek
- in King Township, wildlife corridor between Holland Marsh and Oakridges Moraine
-Rouge River headwaters wetland complex
- Markham, wildlife corridor connecting OakRidges Moraine to the Rouge National Urban Park
-Clarington, a large provincially significant wetland that is part of a sensitive groundwater recharge area. ( someone's drinking water supply)

And more will be gone.

Please reconsider these misguided strategies to resolve a housing supply crisis.They will not result in needed attainable housing for young people and their families. It will only reduce Ontario 's biodiversity, food security, and resilience to imminent catastrophic climate change.