The Greenbelt is an…

The Greenbelt is an important aspect of our life and community in southern Ontario. We hike, bike and are able to stay fit in part because of the Greenbelt. We love open green areas that we have access to in Ontario. We enjoy living in the GTA - but only because of the Greenbelt. If it goes, we go - and we've been contributing to the economy and paying our taxes for decades.

It should be noted that the Greenbelt is also central to our economy here in Ontario - it provides thousands of jobs, it provides a large source of drinking water, and it provides some of the more intangible economic functions for us Ontarians - local food, green areas to absorb climate change gases and provide clean air, water storage in the moraine - just to start. Some documentation states that the Greenbelt adds $3.2 billion to our economy (see links below). The Greenbelt defines us here in southern Ontario. It took a long time and lots of money and energy to build it - no one government should have the right to tear down what so many have built and what so many people care about and have a stake in.

Ford's malicious attempts to tear down what is best here in the GTA and southern Ontario should not be equal to the efforts of so many for 30+ years.