It is a gross error to…

It is a gross error to consider the Greenbelt as merely "red tape". It suggests you do not understand how essential it is to the health and long-term well-being of the people of Ontario both in the long- and short- term. Developments on Greenbelt-designated land means removing natural growth, ruining natural watersheds, water tables, and other bodies of water. All of the above eliminates the very things that provide sufficient clean oxygen for us to breathe, (did you know that the canopy of natural trees filters out the carbon?), ruins the biodiversity that contributes to rich soil, and will affect all the farms within its range, as well as the quality of air and potable water available to all. Eliminating natural growth in this deliberately chosen location, leads to more pollution from vehicles, factories, paved and side-walked areas with few trees that will be vulnerable to the extremes in weather we now get due to climate change, resulting in erosion, instability of infrastructure, flooding, etc. What you are calling "open for business" in this location means the destruction of healthy life for all who live there and near there now. To ignore the reasons behind this restriction shows willful ignorance, and possibly greed at the expense of other beings. I cannot comprehend how you can make such a choice - it lines only the pockets of the investors.... You may try to change the facts to sell this idea, but there's no escaping the irresponsibility underlying it. Please do the right thing... if you truly care about "the people".