I am strongly opposed to…

I am strongly opposed to opening the Green Belt to developers. The Green Belt includes all of our farming communities. We have already paved and built over many acres of good farmland and are quickly reducing our capacity for providing our own home-grown-in-Ontario food. The wetlands are not only home to many species of wildlife but are also an important component of our water supply. Changing this and reducing our water quality safety standards puts our clean water supply at risk and may lead to flooding. And most important, the forests are the lungs of our province. They absorb millions of metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions and provide us with clean oxygen to breathe. Cutting the forests will accelerate the process of Climate Change which is the most serious threat to our future on this planet. We are putting not only ourselves but our children & grandchildren at risk of creating an uninhabitable planet. Bill 66 is aimed at short-term gain which is far outweighed by the damage it will cause.