I oppose plans to remove…

I oppose plans to remove lands from the Greenbelt.
It is not necessary, as there are already 88,000 acres of land on backlog for development.
Major urban centres are asking for higher density housing development, why is this being circumvented to destroy the greenbelt?

· Premier Ford promised his government wouldn’t touch the Greenbelt

· A report prepared by government-hired consultants said Greenbelt land was not needed to build needed housing.

· Building on unserviced Greenbelt land will not solve the unaffordable housing problem.

· Greenbelt land was designated after significant scientific studies and extensive public consultation and cannot just be whittled away without significant justification and extensive public consultation.

· Adding already protected river valleys to the plan cannot be used to justify removals.

· Neither can adding land in the Paris Galt Moraine, especially when no justification has been given for why these lands were chosen.

· Altogether the government should be protecting the existing Greenbelt and adding to it, not deleting from it.

Canada has very little arable land, and most of it is in the areas proposed for destruction by the Ford Government. Loss of farmland, loss of economic revenue, loss to food security. Loss of woodlands and wetlands destroys green infrastructure benefits, impact to endangered species, cost to future generations, impact on traffic congestion in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. We need more compact complete communities serviced by many types of transit, we do not need more urban sprawl. I have lost faith in this government, as it sees itself as ABOVE THE LAW, in my opinion.