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Replacing the Green Belt with lands that are already protected through other policies is not in fact replacing the Green Belt. It is removing protected green space by simply reframing how pieces of land are classified/regulated through policy and ending up with less land protected.
What measures are going to be in place to ensure these house/homes being built will result in more affordable housing? Will developers be asked to keep older trees on lots when building, like how subdivisions were made in the past? It’s possible, and crucial to reducing the effect of the urban heat dome, which just makes financial sense for society, and insurance companies (Hello IBC Canada financially supporting PC Party) as wild weather intensifies through climate change.
Will any developers who bought this land cheap, as it was undevelopable when purchased, be tasked with paying via taxes any windfalls gained by reducing (because that’s what’s happening) the Green Belt and their new found ability to sell houses in a market that is likely to be still high come 2024 when sales may begin?
Submitted November 6, 2022 1:57 AM
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Proposed Amendments to the Greenbelt Plan
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