The Greenbelt and other…

The Greenbelt and other provincial plans are not only local or regionally important, but have provincial significance and that provincial significance must be defended at all cost. Provincial rules must be maintained to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, the floods and warming we must avoid and the species and tourism we must protect. These are not "externalities" but a real part of our economy. MNRF has valued these services at $85 BILLION dollars a year annually in southern Ontario (Estimating Ecosystem Services, SIG), so it should not be a municipal decision to trump provincial benefits with petty local property tax increases by developing land that is designated for protection. Bill 66 must not be enacted.