Doug Ford promised NOT to…

Doug Ford promised NOT to touch the Greenbelt! This is not justified. The environment is too important for all of our futures. Dense housing needs to be built on land already available and on land that comes up for sale - especially near transit.

This is from the Greenbelt Plan:

1.1 Context (from The Greenbelt Plan)

The Greenbelt Plan, together with the ORMCP and the NEP, identifies where urbanization should not occur in order to provide permanent protection to the agricultural land base and the ecological and hydrological features, areas and functions occurring on this landscape.

While providing permanent agricultural and environmental protection, the Greenbelt also contains important natural resources and supports a wide range of recreational and tourism uses, areas and opportunities together with a vibrant and evolving agricultural and rural economy.

1.2.1 Vision
The Greenbelt is a broad band of permanently protected land which:
• protects against the loss and fragmentation of the agricultural land base and supports agriculture as the predominant land use
• gives permanent protection to the natural heritage and water resource systems that sustain ecological and human health and that form the environmental framework around which major urbanization in south-central Ontario will be organized
• provides for a diverse range of economic and social activities associated with rural communities, agriculture, tourism, recreation and resource uses
• builds resilience to and mitigates climate change

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CLEARLY these lands were designated to be PERMANENTLY part of the Greenbelt!

We say NO to using ANY of the Greenbelt for new housing. Please listen to the people of Ontario and your constituents!
Respectfully,
Alexandra