I am strongly opposed to the…

I am strongly opposed to the plan to remove lands from the Greenbelt for residential housing. I am particularly concerned about fragmentation of the critical Greenbelt ecosystem, as well as increased building of homes outside of existing urban boundaries which increases sprawl and decreases the efficient use of infrastructure / resources (e.g. roads, transit, sewage etc.). Please focus on building more housing within existing urban boundaries and focus on supporting municipalities to move forward with a variety of options to increase affordability as well increasing density in a way that encourages a variety of housing (e.g. triplexes and multi-plexes as well as larger apartment units) but does not worsen climate change as building outside of cities will do. I am also appalled at the move to decrease the powers of conservation authorities to take care of the environment for all of us, as well as municipalities' ability to legislate green building codes. This is all a huge step backwards at a time when we need to all be working together to move forward and improve the situation, not worsen it.

In short, the current proposal is short-sighted and unnecessary and I am absolutely appalled and opposed.

I would like to reference the CELA submission for additional details. https://cela.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1512-Submission-Greenbelt.pdf

Thank you.