I live in Paris Ontario. We…

I live in Paris Ontario. We moved here 20 years ago - because of the picturesque landscape - - the river, the hills, the trees, surrounding forests. In the past few years - this is continually being destroyed. Entire swaths of forest have been cut down for subdivisions. The gorgeous area in a loop of the river, known as "Barker's Bush" is supposedly going to have all it's corn fields (which lie circled within the woods) built into a subdivision. Prime area along the river near downtown - which could have been made into park / walking area something like in Stratford Ontario - keeps popping up more townhouses and real estate. Beside our beloved cenotaph - which has remained treasured and the same for decades - a beautiful old theatre has been torn down for ugly modern condos. I am an Ontarian that does NOT WANT more businesses, jobs, real estate, housing, people moving into small town rural areas! There are a tonne of deer and other wild life that are continually getting displaced. I care about the bees, butterflies, wildlife and trees much more than money and businesses! Why do trees have to be cut down? Why do you have to ruin these beautiful areas? Money should be spent on enhancing them! Make the river side a beautiful place in nature to enjoy! That would bring tourists to our little shops more than real estate! You're ruining one of the "loveliest little towns in Canada". I am not happy. The environment matters to me. I voted Liberal because of that. Do not assume that everyone wants water resources, green spaces and farmland changed into subdivisions and businesses. I DO NOT. There are lots of urban places to do that in. The places of nature need to be kept and at any chance possible - worked into any building up - not destroyed. The north end of Paris with the ugly new subdivision going in looks horrendous! It looks like Mississauga or Kitchener (another area that is having all its farmland and woods destroyed for ugly subdivisions). And the south end where they mowed down the pine forest and every little farm around that area, looks equally as ugly. Paris was a beautiful little small town that is quickly being ruined while real estate big shots rub their greedy hands together on making a buck over ever square inch of land around here. I don't want it. My voice matters too. I want to see forests and rural areas for as long as I live here & I don't want to have to move away to find it. I drove down to Washington DC last summer - how come all their highways and towns are surrounded by trees?? Why can they keep things looking green? Ontario loves nothing more than to chop down trees. This area also has a high Six Nations history and culture - where nature is held sacred. This has to be taken into consideration. In 20 years, I've come to know a lot of people in my town - and they hate all the subdivisions coming up and the trees being cut down. Please stop. Please do not let Bill 66 bypass agricultural protection and threaten our economy. I cannot stress enough how important this is to me and my family and neighbors.