The Greenbelt is supposed to…

The Greenbelt is supposed to be protected for a reason from townhouse developers. Big developers have had their eye on the Greenbelt for ages, but the Greenbelt serves an irreplaceable environmental function. Citizens would like an investigation into any developers who are scheduled to profit from exploiting an environmentally protected area. What are they even thinking? Respect the reason the Greenbelt is there. The affordable housing argument doesn’t wash. It is so obvious there are plenty of realistic affordable housing development proposals available that would actually usher in thousands of jobs, create true affordable housing and do so without damaging the environment that this one make zero logic.
This isn’t a “liberals against conservatives” thing or the people vs a PR spin thing. This is serious. Suburban sprawl requiring multiple car families and massive infrastructure on such an environmentally delicate area is never going to be “affordable housing.” Such an offensive proposal would be extremely costly in so many ways including environmentally in ways we can scarcely foresee. The rivers and streams in the area are protected for essential reasons. Once they are gone the land will remain degraded and destroyed. It’s the age of global warming.
Those pressuring to develop at all cost to the environment in order to turn a profit need to check their attitude towards what value truly is. Protect the Greenbelt. Period.