Please remove Schedule 10…

Please remove Schedule 10 from Bill 66, which allows municipalities to override provisions in the Greenbelt Act, Clean Water Act, Lake Simcoe Act, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act and Great Lakes Protection Act.

Farms used crop rotation to make sure they didn't deplete the soil and could keep growing indefinitely. I'm all for developing businesses and the economy but why not do something similar for industry - i.e., alternating geographical areas: industry - greenbelt - industry - greenbelt.

Having a huge area open to industry means that it's also open to all the environmental/health problems that industry creates. By having the same-sized area open to industry, but split into two by a greenbelt means that you are taking care of the environment while lowering health costs associated with the poorer quality found in cities and still encouraging economic development.

The last thing the government wants to do is open an area for development - have businesses come in without any regard for the environment - and then have them leave when they've depleted our resources, leaving the government to clean up the mess and pay all health costs that result from their activities!