Greenbelt Act, 2005 This…

Greenbelt Act, 2005

This proposal is an absolute sham and criminal. It is particularly insulting as it stands to enrich developers with NO GUARANTEE of benefits to the public. PUBLIC LAND SHOULD SERVE THE PUBLIC.

If it is to be developed, it should be guaranteed community housing / affordable housing. At the very least it should be offered to first time home owners and those struggling to enter the housing market.

It should NOT be developed into unaffordable homes that will be bought up by investors and rented back to the general population at outrageous - and uncapped - prices.
What is the cost of supporting and maintaining the highways, what will be the municipal taxes required to support the infrastructure in these areas.

Questions not being asked:

What is the risk assessment for flooding, who wants to buy houses for 1M and then not be able to sell them because they are in flood prone areas?

What is the cost of supporting these areas with emergency services and police?

Which hospitals and schools will need to built to support these communities? Whose paying for that?

Which electoral areas will these areas represent? Who will pay for that?

How much will garbage services in this area be?

How will these areas be supported by local businesses?

How many teachers will need to move to that area to support the school system there?

How many new catholic and non catholic schools and high schools need to be built?

Libraries, etc

Do we have to pay to subsidize transit in a place no one can reach?

Then:

How come we aren't densifying our current suburbs to improve transit efficiency? Infrastructures are already built and paid for, just need to tear down areas in our GTA that haven't flourished and create denser cities.

Increasing density of our suburbs means more business for our local businesses

Increasing density means needing more staff at a single hospital, then spreading them out over several hospitals.

Increasing density will decrease the taxes per person for the same space, for police, for fire services, for plowing services, for maintenance etc.

We already have problems with class sizes in schools today, now we have to send them out to the green belt to cover those areas too?

Getting real sick of the direction of the Provence. I am a voter and did NOT vote for this.