Good afternoon, I am here to…

Good afternoon,
I am here to make a quick comment on Bill 97. My family currently owns farmland, on which my husband and I would like to move onto. It is an opportunity for us to become land owners/workers, something that in today's housing market we cannot afford to do. I hear the concerns farmers have with Bill 97, and I agree with them, but I also do not feel like allowing up to 3 houses to be built on a farm is enough. My husband and I cannot afford to take the risk of investing/building our own house on land that we do not own. For various legal reasons and issues that can arise, we are not comfortable with this. I know Bill 97 was originally designed to meet this very concern, but I think the solution instead of eliminating it completely is to put regulations onto a severance (not 3).

It does feel frustrating that currently my family has land that they could give us (at a time where we can't afford to buy it) but that this isn't currently an option. Where we would build on the farm is area that has not been used actively for farming in over 30 years, so the impact to currently farmed land would be very minimal.

I hope a solution where both sides can agree comes quickly. I would very much love to be able to build on the farm and be there to help, but building a home on land I don't own is just not something I can comfortably do.

Thank you