The proposals outlined by…

The proposals outlined by Bill 66 represent nothing short of a danger to the economy of Ontario and the health and well-being of Canadian citizens. The greenbelt serves an important role in propping up Ontario's agricultural and tourism industries, eliminating its protections will assuredly be to the detriment of those working in these sectors. The development of protected greenbelt lands is in my opinion a threat to the food security, and therefore national security, of Canada as a nation. Greenbelt lands represent the best croplands in Canada, and some of the only croplands capable of growing soft fruits. For this valuable land to be destroyed for housing developments and industrial parks is not just economically short sighted, but is an attack on Canada's ability to provide its own food supply. This would make Canadians even more dependent upon American and Mexican imports to put food on the table. Greenbelt protections should be strengthened, not eliminated. In my time living south of Lake Ontario I have seen what should have been protected farmland consumed by housing developments. Developers have for too long been able to exploit greenbelt lands, knowing that they will more than make up for in profit what they lose in paying fines. I do not, and can not support any administration which would consider weakening greenbelt protections.