I am a 3rd generation small…

I am a 3rd generation small farm/land owner my parents would love to retire on their property and I would love to be able to have an option to have them stay there while offering support to them. I would encourage the government to not take an all or nothing approach to land severance. We are zoned A1 but other then small farm operations we on our 40 acre mostly woodlot property can not farm the land.

Your proposal would be a perfect way for our family to do succession planning while still making multi generational succession planning possible and affordable.

Could you consider options such as 1 lot on non prime ag lands or locations near settlement areas. I urge you to please get creative with this process and allow for lot creation which giving up prime ag land or smaller parts of ag land.

There are I believe ways to support both and not take land out of production.

I speak for I believe many smaller land owners in Ontario to allow for more lot creation on land that is not farmed or can not be farmed.

Thank you!