I live in a small city and I…

I live in a small city and I walk by vacant lots of land within the city that are for sale and not being used at all. I do not at all agree with shoving buildings there, but if it came to choosing whether to use that lot or to cut down a forest, with all the wildlife, environmental and social repercussions I would prefer the vacant lot to be opened up for business because it's already in the city. We have cut down too many forests as it is. You have to be out of your mind to think destroying more land (that has already been agreed to be protected) is going to magically make everything better when we already have land that is open for business that nobody wants. The depressing part of this is the government will have nowhere new to "open up for business" if they cut down the forests and make Ontario look the same all over. Businesses fail! Why kill a forest just to roll a dice and pray to get money out of it. If you don't understand the benefit of having forests, please visit one. Go see for yourself what the Ontarion parks have been trying to do. Go see what is at stake! After you've done that examine your stance on "Opening Ontario up for business" a.k.a. project I'm gonna cut down some Greenbelt and try to figure out what happens without doing any research or having any foresight.