Hello, Given the climate…

Hello, Given the climate changes affecting extreme weather causing floods and droughts, it is essential to maintain green spaces that thrive. Farm land helps us with food security. Green space helps cool against extreme heat. Green spaces absorb excess water instead of flooding. They capture carbon. Green spaces provide necessary and essential biodiversity required for pollinators to survive. They are key to growing food as well. We cannot overlook that face that humans are one small piece of a much larger puzzle. All living things work together to provide the life we enjoy on Earth. We can't pretend they are irrelevant to human living.

We need greater city density around existing transit and infrastructure. This provides community, costs less and provides the residents with established opportunity and quality of life. The great thing about cities is the access to everything, locally.

Canada is known internationally for it's natural beauty and green space. Why would we trade that in? It's value never declines. It is there for everyone. No one wants to drive hours and hours to enjoy it. Our green spaces are our legacy. They define us as Canadians. Once they are gone, they are not coming back.

There are decades of science that refute urban sprawl on every level. Don't forsake our future. There are far more benefits to density in existing cities while maintaining essential and necessary green space for farmers and citizens.