I have heard, twice, that…

I have heard, twice, that the proposal to allow rural farm severances has been dropped, in response to the outrage from agricultural producers, environmentalists and others. I hope this is true. Please ensure it does not go ahead.

There are several reasons I am opposed to this proposal:
* it drives up the price of farm land -- and as I manage, on my fixed income, to keep my food costs low thanks to eating only local in season produce, I really care about the cost of food.
* it encourages rural sprawl. Transportation emissions are the biggest source of greenhouse gas in my two-tier municipality. Despite municipal governments' promises to reduce our GHG emissions, we haven't whittle them a bit. We can't afford to make them worse.
* it increases the cost of municipal services, things like garbage pickup, sewage, water supply to build into the country. It's not a cost-efficient solution.