I'm a retired farmer. I…

I'm a retired farmer.

I have watched prime farmland get paved over and built in Ontario for many years. Spreading homes out onto our farmland is the worse mistake that can be made. We only have so much farmland. It's a finite resource. Once it's all built on, there will be no more farms. People don't realize how important farmland is for our survival unless they are farmers. Ontario cannot and should not take more farmland.

Try focusing on building on existing city lots. So many places I see in cities that have abandoned crumbling, buildings or vacant lots. Why not repurpose those for new homes. We must build up instead of out.