Why all the “Hands OFF the…

Why all the “Hands OFF the Greenbelt” protests? Common sense — or it should be!
Reasons for opposition are right there in the name — the Greenbelt is a tightly-woven “belt.”

Think of your favorite belt: Someone tells you they are going to remove 15 pieces and it won’t make a difference — it will still hold up your pants ... because they are going to place pieces of other belts in other places, like your pocket. And besides ... it’s for a good reason — to give their friends ‘much-needed’ raw material (when you know it’s a lie, they have warehouses full) to make something ... for sale, at great profit (under the guise of it being a public service).

Sound ridiculous? Of course! So does removal of Greenbelt lands for housing!

■ Ontario’s Greenbelt is a provincial treasure — admired worldwide — to protect, not plunder!
■ It should be permanently protected — for food and natural heritage/asset benefits it provides.
■ It is a system — continuous ‘belt’ of inter-connected, inter-dependent pieces — as a whole.
■ Developers are NOT short of land for housing. It’s a lie, we all know it ... and so do you!
■ Stop the lies. Get REAL!