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63420

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Allowing for development on the Green Belt does not address the increasing need for affordable and sustainable housing as it is going to cause more urban sprawl to areas that are not well serviced by transit, education, health care or infrastructure. Read more

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63426

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I do not want the green belt to be touched. There are no valid reasons to disrupt environmentally significant areas of Ontario. Land developers should not be able to profit off of this. There are tons of low density areas around the city that can be Re zoned instead. Read more

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63430

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Do not develop on the greenbelt. That area should be preserved and protected to ensure a healthy environment. Yes we need more homes but destroying this area is not a good solution. We can start by capping how many homes individuals and corporations are allowed to own. Read more

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63432

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Building urban sprawl on the Greenbelt is not a viable solution to Ontario's housing crisis. In fact, it is hard to imagine that this proposal benefits anyone except developers and their lobbying groups at the expense of Ontarians as a whole. Read more

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63434

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The Greenbelt Plan is yet another short-sighted effort on the government's part, designed nearly wholly to put money into the pockets of developers and the politicians whose pockets they line, with little to no consideration for the necessary environmental protections in the province's most fertile Read more

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Leave the green belt alone. Toronto has enough urban sprawl as it is and to little farmland and natural habitat. Dougie and his developer buddies should look elsewhere. If you want to do something with the green belt, preserve it as public parkland.

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Will the removal of the land solve the housing issue? Approx. 50K houses will be built on these land, how would the government ensure the affordability of these homes. The average home price of the proposed areas such as Richmond Hill, Vaughn and Markham could be over 1. 2 million. Read more