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Any development expansion into the Greenbelt should absolutely NOT occur. Building homes into the Greenbelt would destroy valuable and irreplaceable wildlife ecosystems. You can not simply destroy these ecosystems and rebuild them somewhere else.

On top of that, we need to focus as a province on increasing population density within our existing cities and improving public transit. Urban sprawl is NOT sustainable, and even worse when it's destroying protected ecosystems.

The Greenbelt is a unique advantage that Ontario has. It benefits us economically through flood protection and tourism, environmentally through scientific study and carbon storage, and health-wise through clean air and water.

Additionally, the current government previously promised maintaining the protection of the Greenbelt. Election promises should NOT be broken.