I object to the replacement…

I object to the replacement of the Provincial Policy Statement. We need strong protections for Ontario’s farmland and natural heritage - we need to be working towards combatting climate change, not adding to it by reducing farmland and the natural environment. We have seen through the pandemic the precariousness of the food supply chain and the need to ensure a local, secure food source. We need to preserve forests, wetlands and other natural areas to combat extreme weather events, such as flooding, fires, and derecho storms as we had in Peterborough last May. More concrete and development reduces the natural environment with more tendency for flooding.
There are other, more environmentally friendly solutions to the housing crisis - more urban infill, developments that are less reliant on cars, higher density dwellings, a relaxing of municipal bylaws that allow for basement and main floor apartments, and more.