By removing protections, to…

By removing protections, to the detriment of the Greenbelt, Clean Water etc, is disingenuous as the government presents it as an opportunity to lower housing costs as a result of increasing supply of homes.

This is a government that is catering to the lobby of developers, who instead of looking at opportunities to increase density and reinvent cities, by improving the choices within developed areas, is looking to grab land and develop in Green Areas that are perfect for high end homes. Notice Affordable is not a word that is used..

We have seen development along lake ontario and other waterfront areas, do nothing for affordability or availability, but has only increased the bottom line for section of the population that doesn't need for the additional choice.

Removing protections is short sighted, weak willed and clearly meant to benefit the "haves" of our society, while not looking at the changing nature of cities, public transit, climate change, and how sprawl is an epidemic of our province.

Lands were protected for a reason.. those reasons still exist, now more than ever. Food security/agricultural resilience , more cars on roads, extending public transit, clean air, clean water and long term aspirations/planning should be the things to consider.. not the same urban planning models of the 50's, 60's, 70's etc...

This is over reach for the sake of appeasing a group that doesn't have the best interests of Ontarians in mind, and I believe this will be something that I hope will be challenged in Courts, if not now but in the future as causing harm to our communities..