Your document is too long…

Your document is too long and its lack of transparency, and your egregious lack of notification to the public should not have been allowed at all. The document obviously favours development over all other considerations. Development is a short-term idea which will harm Ontario's agriculture, will harm Ontario's small communities, and will encourage the rampant destruction of the environment in this province. In municipalities such as Russell, where big developers have taken an interest, the infrastructure cannot absorb more people, and it definitely cannot afford to lose more land to development. The reason farmland is so precious is that developers and municipal councils have destroyed what existed. The solution then for farmers is to tear down their forests and fill in their wetlands, which they have carte blanche to do. As a result it is hotter, windier, uglier, noisier and there is more erosion, more pollution, more deaths of wild animals, more loss of birds, more damage to groundwater and surface water. Building houses is not the solution. Even if there were enough homes, where will these people find a doctor? Where will they go to an emergency room? What will be the broken down condition of the roads they travel on? Where is the commuter trains or other public transit they will need? There must be consideration of all aspects of life--not just lip service. Who benefits? A few people who are already too rich.