The green belt and…

The green belt and legislations on environmental protections are there to make sure we have a province in the future. I know this government is not really caring what the little folk say, but by passing this bill you are destroying tourism in many places. If this government is really for the people then maybe it should be looking at how to increase Tourism not decrease. Our tourism is a 12 month a year business and it depends on the health our our environment to thrive from cycling paths in the summer to ice fishing in the winter. The following are just some of the smaller numbers that you may not be looking at for tourism value outside of Toronto:

Bruce Grey Simcoe, also known as Regional Tourism Organization (RTO) 7, is designed to help build and grown tourism in an area that stretches from Tobermory to Washago.

In 2015, they said more than nine million tourists spent more than $1.3 billion in the area. There are also more than 1,400 businesses employing upwards of 17,000.

So if Ontario is opened for business maybe you should be looking at expanding on the businesses that are already established and putting the energy into making them sustainable, instead of trying to destroy the lively hood of over 17,000 people in just one area of Ontario. This bill is not for the good of the province it is for the good or Toronto and Toronto is not the centre of the Ontario universe. Please start considering those of us who actually live and work outside of the GTA, we count too.