This move by the provincial…

This move by the provincial government is wrong in so many ways I can't list them all. Including: the obvious corruption involved in promising developers the Greenbelt will be opened, then assuring the public the Greenbelt will NOT be opened, while big developers continue to buy this "protected" land – then cash in big when their parcels are removed from the Greenbelt and the market values skyrocket. And then: municipalities are told they must slash development fees paid by the developers, AND they can't get knowledgeable advice about environmental impacts from MNRF or Conservation Authorities, so they will make decisions in ecological ignorance, while also having to hike our property taxes – all so that big developers get a windfall. Plus: the associated changes to wetland evaluations will seriously weaken protection of the small percentage of original wetlands that still remain; the predictable result will be a continued, accelerating decline in biodiversity. Plus: some of the best farmland in Canada, the land that is more important every year for our food security, continues to be paved over. All of this might be excusable on some level, IF it were actually needed to address the affordable housing crisis. But the provincial government knows full well that there is already ample land available for 1.5 million new homes, because your own Housing Task Force told you so earlier this year. All in all, this round of changes, under the guise of building more homes, is utterly disgusting and will make many voters think twice before even considering voting Conservative, ever again.