NO! Keep the green belt green! This is a decision based on corporate greed and lobbying on the Ford government. This would be going against efforts to aid in climate action. STOP!
I am wholeheartedly against any expansion of building in the green belt area. The declassification of protected wetlands is also a very grave concern. Building houses on drained wetlands is irresponsible but also will cause great damage to ecosystems connected to the wetlands being drained.
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With the rising cost of food and rising costs in shipping and importing food, it seems completely illogical and irresponsible to build on land that should be protected.
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It's simple.
Ontario has 16M people and not enough arable land to feed them.
The fundamental health and strength of our population depends on preserving what little farmland we have.
It's time to develop lands north of Orillia, where agriculture is not practical.
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Using the perceived shortage of housing lands for development as an excuse to attack the Protected Oak Ridges Moraine is disingenuous and a terrible idea. The idea to protect the Moraine and other greenbelt areas was well founded and it should all be left alone , as the courts decided long ago.
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I never voted for Ford, but I wish people could have realized what a bully he is then. And everything he has been doing now shows what kind of government the Cons are. How dare you take away areas from the greenbelt which is supposed to be passed on to the next generations.
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While Canada has many lands, I do not see a reason to impact the conservation plan to ensure the quality of living with good ratios of green areas and protect our nature.
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Bill 23 will turn southern Ontario into a parking lot if it is allowed to become law. The green belt is protected land and should not be given up to developers especially not at the burden of municipalities to foot the bill.
The government should not backtrack on its promise to leave the greenbelt intact. These changes will set a precedent for every landowner and speculator to lobby the government to remove lands from the greenbelt for their benefit. Furthermore, the greenbelt is not a reserve of land for development.
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I oppose the removal of the listed lands from the Greenbelt Area. Removing lands from protected areas is not the solution to building more homes. These lands were designated and protected for a reason, actions which were supported by strong government commitments to protect the lands in perpetuity.
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This is a terrible idea and completely ignores the state of emergency the world is in. As a wise person recently said, we need more housing, not houses. Removing land from the greenbelt is willful blindness, ignorant, and a horrible attack on our planet.
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The world is heating up.
Building on green spaces and agricultural land is an idea based on greed.
How about we build up already unused and empty lands with in towns. We allow people to subdivide and split housing. We need to tighten our belts not expand into land that helps us survive.
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This seems to be short sighted and not well thought through. Please reconsider ignoring the environmental impact and please don't make the 'little guy' pay for things that corporations do. It's not fair and not a good business model for anyone.
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We are strongly opposed to the Ontario Government’s proposal to remove 7,400 acres of land from the Greenbelt. The rationale for this removal of land and the changing of the boundaries is unsound and detrimental to farmland & ecosystems.
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The thought that developing our greenbelt and removing environmental rights (see Bill 23) in the face of extreme consequences from climate change is absolutely despicable.
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We are at a climate crisis. Clean, quiet and preserved and protected land and air is priceless and a human right. The wildlife owns this land, not us. If there is a housing crisis in Toronto and the surrounding municipalities…build up not out! No more urban sprawl.
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