I think that urban sprawl is…

I think that urban sprawl is one of the destructive legacies of this era, and am concerned that these changes will facilitate it. I am especially concerned about the ability to add to the urban boundary 40 hectares ata time of agricultural land, apart from the municipal planning process. This encourages sprawl and makes it difficult to maintain a strong urban/rural boundary.

While I am happy to see an increase in urban intensity targets, it is unfortunatel that greenfield intensity targets have been reduced.

There is a focus on housing in this plan, but suburban low-density housing will not solve our serious traffic and transit problems. Ontario needs more low cost, high density urban housing, infilling our brownfields especially in Hamilton.