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I would like to express my opposition to Bill23.
As it is stated now it will destroy wetlands, farmland and woodlands and undermine important environmental protection. We need real investment in affordable housing, and this Bill will only deliver more money to developers while worsening the housing emergency.
"A shortage of land isn’t the cause of the problem,” according to the report by Ontario government’s own Housing Affordability Task Force. “Land is available, both inside the existing built-up areas and on undeveloped land outside greenbelts.” A bigger problem, the report said, is that Ontario hasn’t used the land it has efficiently.