Media Statement – Auditor General on Greenbelt Take-Outs
Local MPPs complicit in $8.3 billion dollar Greenbelt land grab.
Local MPPs complicit in $8.3 billion dollar Greenbelt land grab.
The proposed Bradford Bypass highway is likely to degrade air quality in the Bradford area, impacting resident’s health.
Tell decision makers that your health is more important than the Premier’s developer buddies profits.
It is increasingly clear that policies that promote increased vehicle traffic should be seen as a last resort, and implemented only where no other options are possible.
We all see them—the posers. The ones who say they’re environmentally conscious, but then they do things like use disposable diapers and single use plastics, drive a pickup truck, feed their kids pre-packaged food, travel by plane, or live in a suburb.
Just like me.
In Simcoe County three of our local MPPs – MPP Dunlop, MPP Downey and MPP Mulroney – are directly responsible, as members of cabinet, for approving the Greenbelt takeouts.
Freedom of Information requests obtained by the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition show that the province is not being upfront regarding the Bradford Bypass.
A short essay on conservatism, conservationism, environmentalism and why all of the above are important.
…congestion will worsen on highways 400 and 404, the province continues to intentionally mislead Ontarians using unverified traffic studies.
…the changes in Bill 23 do not address the housing affordability crisis, rather they will simply put more money into the pockets of billionaire developers at the expense of Ontarians and the natural resources we depend on.
Governments have failed to act to protect our communities and the futures of our children and grandchildren, and they continue to treat our environment as if it’s incidental to life, rather than a foundation for it.
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