Summary: The revocation of…

Summary: The revocation of the Parkway Belt West Plan is both unwise and unnecessary. I oppose this revocation.

The Revocation plan ignores non-human life forms and their ability to move throughout the "belt" area. The proposal would remove the links of the belt and imprison some non-human life forms. There is also benefit to green areas for human and non-human life, for we are all interconnected and changing one deeply affects the other.

Further, the current Regional plans provide for more housing of all types without infringing upon the Belt or any other green area. Humans (and non-human life forms) need open spaces close to where they reside for health and recreational purposes. Invocation of colonization-style planning which sees land as "empty" and only useful if "developed" is not helpful for the future health of human and business life in Ontario. Indeed, after 150 years we are now seeing the devastating effects of climate change and human suffering cause by colonization efforts of previous national and provincial governments. We do not need colonization-style planning to happen again.

The proposed revocation does nothing at all to increase affordable housing, nor to make more homes faster bill effective because there was no demonstrated and researched need for the More Homes Built Faster legislation in the first place,. Each of the Regional Official Plans submitted in 2022, when approved as submitted have superior plans for meeting the future housing needs of people coming to Ontario. Those Regional plans demonstrate there is already adequate land and development area available without any incursions on designated green belt areas.

This is merely a political move without adequate research into the impacts on non-human life forms and ecological systems. The revocation will only reduce the costs to some for the developments some desire, without consideration of the larger consequences to the many.