The Greenbelt is critical to both water supply, environmental sustainability and to quality of life in the GTA. it must be protected at all costs and in spite of high developer pressure.
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With human population at an all time high and with this most recent pandemic it is extremely important to reserve our Greenbelt and farmland more now than ever. We need to take a close look at our own resources and not be so dependent on other countries to feed us.
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The greenbelt is what makes Ontario, specifically this part of Ontario, so beautiful. Doing anything to the greenbelt other than keeping it as an untouched, natural space is chipping away at one of the very reasons people move to Ontario in the first place.
I would suggest you consider expansion of the Oak Ridges Moraine south to Lake Ontario along the Shelter Valley creek basin and east/west along the Lake Ontario shoreline at least south of the CN/ CP railway between Cobourg and Colborne.
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I have lived in Ajax for 6 years and as someone who uses the parks land around here very often, I have to say that protecting our current green belt is 1000x more important than providing new detached housing.
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I live Princeton, Ontario, near Paris. The massive number of homes built in Paris in the last 5 years has badly impacted the “small town” in my opinion. Developers can’t keep taking farm land. Town councils only see tax dollars.
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I am delighted to hear that this government wants to expand the Greenbelt. The Greenbelt grows our food, cleans our air and water. The Greenbelt takes care of us. Thank you for this initiative.
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Overall it’s a great idea to protect the grand river. I am a long resident of Paris and live on that end of town. All though the map is not exactly clear on where the green belt is starting.
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Do you have suggestions for other potential areas to grow the Greenbelt?
1) Extending eastward, following the Trent-Severn Waterway
2) Extending eastward, following the path of the Great Trail
What is the point of growing the Greenbelt if it offers no real protection? It seems any apparent protection can simply be overcome by using an MZO at the whim of the government, as was done in the case of the Pickering Provincially Significant Wetland.
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Expanding the Greenbelt to include the Paris Galt Moraine and enhanced protection of urban river valleys are great first steps, but will be inadequate unless followed up by more substantial greenbelt expansion to environmentally sensitive areas in surrounding areas to the present greenbelt.
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Protecting the environment is a great initiative, but the way that the Greenbelt has grown is certainly not in favor of the environment, economy or affordability.
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This ERO is a greenwashing attempt by PCPO ministers of the environment and housing and municipal affairs in the face of extreme public opposition to the sprawl-inducing GTA West Highway and the devastation of important wetlands in Pickering and Vaughn.
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Sounds like timely move forward. I support growing the greenbelt. While it arguably could exacerbate development pressures, the recent pandemic shows the pressure from residents for green space is equally acute.
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Expanding the Greenbelt doesn’t do anything if your Minister is going to keep chucking MZOs all over the place to build a big, useless HWY 413.
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By all means expand the Greenbelt, but only after honestly protecting what was established in 2005. Re-establishing the 413 highway after it was studied and rejected is completely contrary to protection of the existing Greenbelt.
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As a citizen of canada and a resident of ontario, i wish to see an increase in the size of the greenbelt, and zero additional rezoning, paving, or development in it.
If covid has shown anything, it is that the residents of ontario wish for more greenspace, more nature, not less.
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