I'm 70 years old and I was the fifth generation to own the farm I have lived on all my life.
My daughter the current owner is the sixth generation.
The seventh generation is looking to start in the next few years.
Our farm is located about 20 km. west of Waterloo.
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Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Provincial Land Use Plans Branch
13th Floor, 777 Bay St
Toronto, ON M7A 2J3 Canada
RE: File No: 019-6813
Review of Proposed Policies Adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement to Form a New Provincial Planning Policy Instrument
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As a farmer, this is a terrible piece of legislation that will fragment farmland, ruin farms, and making farming even more difficult for new and young farmers.
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Dear Minister Clark,
I am writing to express my concerns regarding the proposed changes found in the proposed Provincial Policy Statement, 2023 (PPS 2023). Specifically, I am concerned about the impact the proposed policies will have on agricultural lands in the province.
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Build up, not out into farmland.
3 lot severances will permanently alter Ontario’s agricultural farmlands and pastoral landscape, and for what?
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Doug Ford needs to realize that the province of Ontario does not belong to him. Crown land, and in fact all of Ontario belongs to the Canadian citizens. It is not his to sell to his buddies in exchange for campaign financing.
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Please stop removing farmland, this is an action that cannot be undone and we need to be able to feed our population. Once farmland is gone, it's gone forever.
I think the plan needs to explicitly include hospitals and health care infrastructure as part of the planning outcomes. If objectives include adding so many thousands of people, then their health needs must be considered and addressed.
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I don't think people should be able to just fill in ponds and drain wetlands willy nilly. Someone should check the wildlife for endangered species and nesting birds before they can fill it in---if they even should. For the sake of a few dollars they are destroying animals homes.
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Increase housing density within city limits. Change the zoning from single family homes to allow multi-family homes, granny flats, low and mid-rise apartments throughout the city. Affordability is needed with both housing and transportation. You can't have one without the other.
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Stop trying to build housing on greenbelt or farm land. It is destroying our province, country, and world. What gives us the right to crush the fauna and flora trying to coexist? We also need to feed ourselves - having more people with less food is not a viable option.
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It is important to preserve what is left of Ontario’s farmland, for sustainability, reduced imports, the agricultural sector of the Ontario economy, and the rural environment. Build houses in cities, not on farmland.
No need for homes if we can’t feed the people.
Farm land need to be farmed
Local official plans have worked and continue to balance growth with land use.
Housing needs to be located near transit built UP in the urban areas.
Please do not pass the proposed erosion of farmland!
Keep new home development closer to city centres therefore reducing urban sprawl. Once farmland is gone it can never be recovered.
New developments close to rural areas do not make good neighbours. Look at what happened to housing near airports? And who was there first!
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This is very good step as the cost of housing is extremely high in ontario. It will be dream only to have house in ontario by our kids. We need more lot supplies for crush the price of house .
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