While I generally support the idea of addressing the housing crisis, especially through improving density, I'm particularly concerned about this part of the bill:
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This is outrageous. Depleting farmland for increased housing shows a supreme lack of regard and concern for food supply in a future of potentially disastrous climate change. Not to mention the lack of regard for the animal species and vegetation on this same land.
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The Doug Ford government is spending taxpayer dollars to build two ev battery plants in St Thomas and Windsor but won’t offer subsidies to help said taxpayers buy these cars.
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Please do not increase the spread of urbanization into Ontario's farmlands. Big mistake if done, can not be undone once everything is built. There is prime land all throughout Canada with larger farmlands in other provinces- why is Ontario only considered?
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This proposal must be rejected. It threatens our farmland and the future ability to grow food. Extra farmland is not required for housing, particularly affordable housing.
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I have reviewed the proposed legislation and am concerned about development in prime agricultural land. Growing up in the 70s in southwestern Ontario I am shocked by the amount of agricultural land lost.
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At their meeting on May 16th, 2023, the Council of the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry received a staff report outlining the proposed changes in the new Provincial Policy Statement and Bill 97.
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I have been farming for over 40 years and I have never seen such an overwhelming attack on the farming sector. This is severely limit the ability to produce food in Ontario.
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Re. Severances on Agricultural Lands
Our family is strongly opposed to allowing more residential severances on agricultural lands. WE are farmers, my son farms full time, and his sons also want to farm.
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Please don't do this. There's plenty of infill opportunities available for development. Developers are always going to choose to build subdivisions over infill if you keep accommodating that. They'll build in existing growth boundaries if you make that the only option.
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I want to congratulate the government of Ontario (Doug Ford) on respecting private property rights of farmers. Letting farmers have the choice to use their land to have up to 3 building lots (Bill 97) is a great idea.
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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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I must say that this is first, where I agree with the proposal to expand agricultural areas to include smaller severances that will remain in agricultural use
In todays market, there is no longer the need for huge land tracts fir all agricultural uses.
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I strongly object to breaking up farms to allow for more homes to be built on existing farmland. There are LOTS of already approved building sites in Ontario so jeopardizing our food supply is short-sighted.
Ford government is making a huge mistake by removing prime agricultural land from the protected Green Belt. The impacts of this action will have detrimental effects for generations to come! Prime agricultural land will be lost forever and food production will suffer as a result.
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I am completely against legislation allowing farms in Ontario's greenbelt to be split up for housing developments. Ontario desperately needs this farmland for food production which is becoming a crisis for Canada and the World.
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