This bill is one of the most…

This bill is one of the most short-sighted bills ever enacted. It is long term pain for our children, grandchildren and generations beyond for the enrichment of a very few. We will need all the arable land and greenspace Ontario can get. In a few short years, perhaps even in the lifetime of this government, the need will be felt by all. And then where will your supporters go as they realize the folly of the bill.

There is a vast supply of land for development within existing municipal boundaries to address the housing crisis. Housing should not supplant agricultural land. For years it has been known that urbanization should be slowed on agricultural land and yet no government has the courage to do just that.

We need more stringent controls on development. You cannot, in our lifetimes, recreate or restore natural environments. To think you can indicates a gross misunderstanding of ecology.

Please, please, please, for the sake of your own descendants, rescind this bill.