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65696

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I, a taxpayer, want to see the province working with our partner municipalities, conservation authorities, and the development industry to support responsible development in approved urban areas within our watersheds while providing access to nature in urban areas. Read more

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65697

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This is an opening to a slippery slope. Not only is it backing down on a campaign promise that likely earned some votes, but additionally will lead to the chipping away and eventual destruction of the green belt entirely as the housing crisis will never end the way things are going now.

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65700

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the corruption involved is disgusting. The question isn't the environment vs. housing. It should be transit + housing in the core. This land grab and $$$$ to greedy developers changes the shape of the greenbelt to no ones gain other than corrupt land owners. This is wrong in all ways. Read more

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65704

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The land that Ontario is seeking to develop provides an enormous Ecosystem Goods and Services value to Ontarians due to its proximity to dense populations. Green land that is close to human developments provides physical, chemical and biological functions that we can quantify in economic terms. Read more

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65707

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The Greenbelt is a very important bulwark against the loss of valuable ecological features and agricultural land in Ontario. Developing the Greenbelt will surely weaken Ontario's ecological stability, and make the impacts of flooding more devastating. Read more

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This would be an environmental danger to allow changes to allow development on the green belt. It is protected for a reason. By allowing one developer to build on it sets a precedent to allow another and then another. Forcing the loss of the green belt. Read more

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While I appreciate the need for increasing the housing stock, can please consider routes that don't encroach on these protected lands? Just observationally there is so much opportunity to build on underused land, even within the city of Toronto. Read more