We need our Oak Ridges…

We need our Oak Ridges Moraine and wetlands to be protected from development so they can handle rain and snow melt before flooding occurs. We are paving over the lands that protect us and provide for us by managing water, by growing our food and by cleaning our air.
Our wetlands and forests are mostly gone already, and as a result, have more flooding impacting more homes and families, and 1 in 5 animals in the province of Ontario is in danger of extinction!
We need to protect our farmers, not our developers, for they provide for our daily sustenance. Who knows how long 'just in time' delivery will be possible and we may need to rely on our local food sources. Look at how our finely-tuned logistics for world trade was broken during covid, and we could not get many needed items, including more recently a popular item like aspirin. We have lost millions of dollars in PPE and vaccines that were needed, delivered and then couldn't be used. What waste! And what new diseases will we being hurriedly have to respond to with climate change/environmental immigration/crop failure?
Bill 23 and its effects will clearly ignore the protected boundaries of animal habitat and travel . You can't swap one piece of land for another. Studies in the USA and other areas show the fallacy of land swapping, and it's only used as a last resort, not the first choice. It is clear that the areas chosen are linked to other desirable neighbourhoods, favourable to the rich and not affordable for the average citizen, especially newcomers who often cannot get employed in their chosen profession.
I despair with this government, its gutting of agencies which protect people, land and our democracy. This decision should go to a plebiscite when it impacts so many people negatively.