The Greenbelt is an…

The Greenbelt is an essential habitat for hundreds of species. Specifically in this case, the Paris Galt Moraine area provides critical habitat and one that CANNOT be replaced.

1) The Paris Galt Moraine performs critical ecological and hydrological functions that are vital for the well-being of our environment and communities.

2) The City of Guelph is the largest city in Canada to rely almost exclusively on groundwater for their drinking water and the moraine is an essential water recharge area in the Grand River Watershed.
The moraines in the area provide drinking water for close to 200,000 people and the surrounding population is expected to grow by 1 million people by 2041.

3) Protecting the moraine is the fiscally responsible option to ensure the availability of clean drinking water and finding other means of providing water would be extremely expensive.

Is there nowhere else to have housing? Are we running out of room? Why are we not moving north?

I understand we need housing - but we cannot build houses at the expense of our ecosystem.