This is an omnibus bill…

This is an omnibus bill obviously designed to remove necessary environmental protections under the guise of providing other reforms. The Ford government promised not to threaten our waterways and greenbelt, and this is a promise that they ought to keep!

Our waterways are a significant natural resource, and our greenbelt is essential to the quality of air and water that Ontarians enjoy. When we tell our grandchildren about our childhoods spent exploring the woods and rivers and parks, breathing clean air and drinking clean water, will we have to explain to them that they needed to be denied that childhood for the sake of development?

Opening up our environment to destruction is not a worthwhile price to pay for industrial and residential development. Maybe developers should focus on innovation, reducing sprawl, and increasing urban density, rather than sicking their lobbyists on our invaluable green spaces. We can't let development and urban sprawl run rampant forever, it is time to start finding solutions and preserve our province for future generations.