The proposed realignment of…

The proposed realignment of the greenbelt boundaries is robbing my daughter and other future Ontario residents of clean air, clean water and access to food growing areas. Sites that are seem suitable in the short term for conversion to residential uses, are actually a hugely short-sighted theft from future generations. It takes hundreds of years to build up quality soil, it costs millions of dollars to compensate for the lost water filtration and flood control functions of river valley lands and headwaters.

Not only is it an abominable assault on the environment, it is also a massive waste of taxpayer dollars with the only obvious benefit being to a handful of private developers. These are public lands, for the public good. This government doesn't have the right to steal and pave over this land to further private interests.

There is plenty of underutilized land within existing municipal boundaries. Once we lose this land - there is no getting it back. Compensating with acres near Erin is no substitute for the impacts in Pickering, eastern Toronto etc.

This is a shameful attempt to steal a public good for private profit and must not be allowed to happen.