As climate change erodes the…

As climate change erodes the productivity of farmlands to the south of us, Canadian farmland will become the most precious resource we have. To encourage farmers to pave it over is extremely short-sighted, apart form the ethical and aesthetic implications of so doing.

Natural spaces of all kinds need to be protected, not eroded. It is known that greenspace is not needed for housing development, adequate brownspace exists. In any case, what is missing is not housing per se, but AFFORDABLE housing. This is best achieved by switching the initiative for the provision of new shelter to public non-profit groups, to avoid the profiteering and waste of private sectore development initiatives. Happily, Olivia Chow has started discussion of this process in Toronto.

To create a natural environment in Ontario even more crowded and degraded than it currently is injures the quality of life of all Ontarians.

Think again before it is too late.