Hello, I would like to start…

Hello,
I would like to start by saying I do not support this amendment. Please remember that in 2020 the highest percentage of green house gas emissions was from gas and oil, buildings, and transportation. There is a Paris Agreement (2015) in place to protect our land and to stop climate change. Canada is one of many countries that has agreed to this change! By amending the Greenbelt boundary regulation, this government is actively choosing to ignore this global issue. Yes, housing is another big issue in Ontario. However, it takes more than just "building homes for Ontarians". This is proposal is a mere Band-Aid to the bigger problem. The housing crisis should be fixed in areas like the downtown core, where shelters are full and homeless people have no where to go this winter. There are empty buildings and hotels that can be used to help these people. Why build more houses where people cannot access them easily? Homeless people, more times than not, do not have proper identification because they have been homeless for so long. How will they be able to apply for the housing that is going to be built? There needs to be leadership in focusing on the intersectionality of climate change, homelessness, poverty, marginalization, etc. Thank you for taking the time to read this comment. Please. No more building, let's work with what we have. We live in excess. Show that this government truly cares about its people. Protect us.