The changes proposed in Bill…

The changes proposed in Bill 66 directly contradict statements that the Conservatives government under Doug Ford will protect the Greenbelt. What Ontario does not need is more urban sprawl.

Urban sprawl directly effects both human and environmental health an is more expensive in the long-run to support in terms of infrastructure. The only individuals who benefit from urban sprawl are the developers and those that they employ. This is a short sighted affront to logical and thoughtful planning in Ontario.

Of course, you are aware of this and, instead of considering the very real long term impacts on the citizens of Ontario, will no doubt let the short term windfall of a select and privileged group carry the day.

Environmental health and its total destruction is already the legacy of our generation. Those before us didn't know about the consequences and those after us will be too late to stop it. We sit at a tipping point, and Bill 66 represents just one of many ill-fated policy decisions that we will come to regret when our children ask us how we could have been so greedy. It takes real courage to change the course and it is time that "competitiveness" was the main consideration in our policy decisions.