[All] Greenbelt Reversal, Bill 23 and Regional Planning Update

Fri Oct 6 10:09:39 EDT 2023

Good Day,

Headlines and many new media stories continue on the Greenbelt and forced urban boundary expansions as the media and opposition parties continue to demand answers from the provincial government.   Here’s the latest:

1) Another Conservative Staffer Gone in Greenbelt Scandal - Amin Massoudi, Ford’s former Principal Secretary and an aide so respect the Premier described him as “like family” was another casualty of the Greenbelt Scandal late last week:

	The Toronto Star - Doug Ford’s Office Says Its Severing Formal Ties with Key Aide Amid Greenbelt Scandal:
	https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-s-office-says-it-is-severing-formal-ties-with-key-aide-amid-greenbelt/article_5f63b450-267c-5a45-bdbc-e228c6ffa3e4.html

2) Local, Provincial and National Media Coverage - Here's some of the news articles from the past week as the Greenbelt scandal and concerns with the Ford government corruption dominate the headlines.  Issues include Greenbelt developer compensation, the Newmarket Greenbelt hospital cancellation, the Greenbelt dominating the Liberal leadership race, investigations into many outstanding questions/issues on forced boundary expansions that parallel the Greenbelt scandal, and much more:

	The Toronto Star - Doug Ford Won’t Compensate Developers For Greenbelt Flip-Flop:
	https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-won-t-compensate-developers-for-greenbelt-flip-flop/article_4e8ce00e-23d0-5e36-aaef-3e189b84531a.html

	YorkRegion.com - Continue The Fight - Rally Celebrates The Return Of The Greenbelt:
	https://www.yorkregion.com/opinion/contributors/continue-the-fight-rally-in-richmond-hill-celebrates-return-of-greenbelt-lands/article_e883a4d5-e725-56f9-ae18-c624d45b23b4.html

	Globe and Mail - Doug Ford Is Very, Very Sorry.  But For What?
	https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-doug-ford-is-very-very-sorry-but-for-what/

	The Toronto Star - Another Doug Ford Aide Ousted Over Greenbelt Scandal:
	https://www.thestar.com/news/morning-digest/another-doug-ford-aide-ousted-over-greenbelt-scandal-uhn-building-affordable-homes-in-parking-lot/article_b1c42ebe-be35-59e3-bf3a-583af686727e.html

	Great article by ALO member Mark Winfield pointing out many opportunities for us over the months ahead:
	TVO - The Greenbelt Is Safe For Now - But Will the Scandal Alter Doug Ford’s Course?:
	https://www.tvo.org/article/the-greenbelt-is-safe-for-now-but-will-the-scandal-alter-doug-fords-course

	Newmarket Today - Province Vetoes Proposal For Hospital On Greenbelt:
	https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/province-vetoes-proposal-for-hospital-on-greenbelt-bordering-newmarket-7621342

	The Toronto Star - Greenbelt Dominates Liberal Leadership Debate:
	https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/greenbelt-dominates-ontario-liberal-leadership-debate/article_58565222-7c77-5ed4-ab6c-30930e8d95e8.html

	The Globe and Mail - Bonnie Crombie Raises More Than $1 Million for Ontario Liberal Campaign, Defends Developer Donations:
	https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-bonnie-crombie-ontario-liberals-campaign-developers/

	The Globe and Mail - Proposal To Build Hospital On Protected Greenbelt Land Cancelled:
	https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-proposed-hospital-cancelled-after-ontario-reverses-greenbelt-land/

	The Toronto Star - The Details Just Don’t Add Up:  Greenbelt Ghosts Haunt Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives:
	https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/the-details-just-don-t-add-up-greenbelt-ghosts-haunt-doug-ford-s-progressive-conservatives/article_812d5128-3d1e-5907-abe6-19a339a5ad78.html

	The Record - Canada Is Building Fewer Homes Today Than During the 2020 Lockdowns - And The Worst Is Yet To Come: 
	https://www.thestar.com/real-estate/canada-is-building-fewer-homes-today-than-during-the-2020-lockdowns-and-the-worst-is/article_e5e4218d-418f-5087-88f9-31c1ba75d7f4.html

	The CBC - Accountability In Greenbelt Controversy Leads Back To Premier Doug Ford, Political Experts Say:
	https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/greenbelt-accountability-ford-1.6985348

	The Toronto Star - Private Sector Plays Key Role In Boosting Housing Supply But Must Up Its Game CMHC:
	https://www.thestar.com/business/private-sector-plays-key-role-in-boosting-housing-supply-but-must-up-its-game-cmhc/article_58406eef-cda6-5738-90a3-85f8b37675bf.html

	The Hamilton Spectator - Haldimand Left Hanging For Over A Year By Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing:
	https://www.thespec.com/news/council/haldimand-left-hanging-for-over-a-year-by-ministry-of-municipal-affairs-and-housing/article_d617f3d7-0789-5116-8c07-2e2c19479284.html <https://www.thespec.com/news/council/haldimand-left-hanging-for-over-a-year-by-ministry-of-municipal-affairs-and-housing/article_d617f3d7-0789-5116-8c07-2e2c19479284.htm>

	The Toronto Star - Here’s When Doug Ford’s Greenbelt Land Swap Will Be Formally Reversed:
	https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/here-s-when-doug-ford-s-8-28b-greenbelt-land-swap-will-be-formally-reversed/article_0cdb1a5b-a895-5a39-86d6-540324b912c2.html

3) Forced Urban Boundary Expansions - It has been great to see more people realizing the parallels between the Greenbelt scandal and the forced urban boundary expansions in Hamilton, Halton, Waterloo, Guelph, Ottawa and elsewhere where thousands of acres of farmland and greenspace have been doomed for development without any study, any rationale, no data, nor any public consultation and often against the advice of local municipalities.  Not surprisingly, the chosen lands are often already owned by well-connected developers.  

This unnecessary and unsustainable forced urban sprawl will have far-reach consequences to our communities.  We need to continue to send a strong, clear message that we already had the sustainable plans needed for the future.  Please speak up to elected officials and send letters to the editor and local media: 

	Greenbelt 2.0? Why Doug Ford’s Boundary Changes in Ottawa and Hamilton Could Make Developers Rich:
	https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-ottawa-hamilton-urban-boundaries-greenbelt-1.6984470

	The Toronto Star - The Exact Same Problem As The Greenbelt: Doug Ford Hammered Over Changes To Municipal Boundaries:
	https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/the-exact-same-problem-as-the-greenbelt-doug-ford-hammered-over-changes-to-municipal-boundaries/article_e9875287-9f6e-55f1-9140-a61864d0440d.html
	The Record:https://www.therecord.com/politics/provincial/the-exact-same-problem-as-the-greenbelt-doug-ford-hammered-over-changes-to-municipal-boundaries/article_3fdee9c8-1794-5626-945d-732e2103d9d2.html

	Guelph Today - Leaked Memo: Province Expected Local Opposition To Official Plan Changes:
	https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/leaked-memo-province-anticipated-local-kickback-on-official-plan-changes-7644320

	The Narwhal - Ontario Favoured Unnamed Third Parties Over Experts When Forcing Hamilton To Expand: Court Documents:
	https://thenarwhal.ca/hamilton-urban-boundary-expansion-docs/

4) Land Speculation Boom Consequences - Doug Ford’s opening of the Greenbelt, MZO’s, rural severances, forced urban boundary expansions, and permitting settlement area boundary expansions at anytime for almost any reason has set off a land speculation gold rush across the province.  It remains to be seen if the Greenbelt reversal will slow this alarming trend but the consequences of skyrocketing land prices, unaffordable farms for new farmers, and the positioning of housing at any cost trumping all land protections, floodplains, and conservation efforts is very concerning.  

Below is an article about a rural Wilmot Township property near Kitchener that is on primary groundwater recharge lands, is well beyond the Countryside Line, is part of the Waterloo Moraine, has a Regional Protected Countryside Designation, and has never been contemplated for urbanization at any point but regardless is being marketed by realtors as potential development lands.  Apparently our rural Mayors have been experiencing unprecedented amounts of inquiries and pressure from developers and land speculators seeking development on farmland and protected areas.  We need to send strong, clear messages that our rural municipalities will remain rural and that development will be focussed within the urban envelope as outlined in our Official Plans.

	The Record - Land Outside Kitchener’s Urban Boundary Is Being Sold As A Long-Term Development Project.  There’s Only One Problem: It’s Already Protected:
	https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/land-outside-kitchener-s-urban-boundary-is-being-sold-as-a-long-term-development-project/article_e1863d9a-9765-54db-beb9-c4d3d9b5ed5a.html

5) Editorials and Insights - Here’s a great editorial that clearly outlines future challenges:

	The Toronto Star Editorial Board - Grim Prediction Of Ontario’s Climate Change Future Should Spur Change:
	https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-won-t-compensate-developers-for-greenbelt-flip-flop/article_4e8ce00e-23d0-5e36-aaef-3e189b84531a.html

6) Additional Greenbelt Sites Targeted - Not surprisingly it has been discovered by reporters at the Globe and Mail that the provincial government had targetted additional Greenbelt lands for development beyond the initial 15 parcels.  Thankfully, due to the strong public pushback to protect the Greenbelt the Ford government has backed off on development of these additional areas as well:

	The Globe and Mail - Ontario Government Had Targeted More Greenbelt Sites Without Public’s Notice Documents Show:
	https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-cancelled-greenbelt-land-documents/

7) Greenbelt Celebration - Wed, Oct 11th - Join the Greenbelt Promise team, Small Change Fund, and other Greenbelt supporters to celebrate the Greenbelt victory at The Pilot, 22 Cumberland Street in Yorkville in Toronto on Wednesday, October 11th at 6:30pm.  A poster is attached below.  Come out for complimentary snacks and celebrate the Greenbelt.  Full details and registration can be found at:

	https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOvpXMaC_2Kc6lsj9LW7jDbf6Egzi7qo5G87sOhYwMoGf43w/viewform

8) GreenWR West 5 Tours - An invitation has been extended to anyone who would like to join GreenWR (www.greenwr.org <http://www.greenwr.org/>), a local grassroots organization promoting Green Development Standards to help ensure we better meet our climate targets, on a tour of West 5 in London.  West 5 is an all-solar, net-zero community that has done many innovative things for sustainability.

The tour will be given by the project’s lead engineer Derek Satnik from s2e Technology in St. Jacobs.

We will be meeting at West 5 (https://west5.ca/) at 2:00pm on Friday, October 13th and there will be options to carpool down to London if you would like to travel down with others.  

Please let Kevin Thomason (kevinthomason at mac.com) know if you would be interested in joining the citizens, elected officials, developers, and municipal staff on this tour to see what we can learn and how we can bring needed innovations to our local communities.

9) What’s Next For Us? - Issues that we need to ensure Doug Ford’s provincial government reverses course on include:

	1) Reversing the forced sale of Conservation Authority Lands and restoring the powers/duties of our Conservation Authorities,

	2) Ensuring that Regional Planning Authority is fully returned to Waterloo, Durham, Niagara, Halton, York, Peel, and Simcoe County,

	3) Cancelling the reclassification and downgrading of Provincially Significant Wetlands and the removal of wetland offsetting policies,

	4) Repeal of the unfettered ability to expand Settlement Area Boundaries anytime, for any reason, 

	5) Ensuring the cancellation and removal of severances for farmland and rural lands with a strong “No Rural Severances” policy,

	6) Rolling back of forced urban boundary expansions in Hamilton, Waterloo, Halton, Ottawa, and elsewhere against local municipality decisions/official plans - particularly where sufficient new housing was already being accommodated within existing plans.

	7) Calling for continued investigations by the RCMP, Auditor General and Integrity Commissioner - not only into this Greenbelt Scandal but also the very similar decisions by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing that had no public input or consultation on forced urban boundary expansions, MZO’s, Growth Plan elimination, Regional Planning changes, and the wetland evaluation system changes.

	8) Continuing to fight on other key issues such as Highway #413, the Bradford Bypass, Ontario Place, Healthcare, Education, etc.

10) Concerning Waste, Stormwater Management and Water-Taking Exemptions - The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) is raising alarm about proposed changes by the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks to exempt waste management systems, stormwater management and water-taking from current licensing requirements.  They are strongly urging the Ministry not to proceed with these proposals.  CELA is hosting a free webinar on Tuesday, Oct 17th at 1pm to learn more.  There is also an Action Alert with links for you to submit comments by October 30th:

	CELA Oct 17th Webinar Information:
	https://cela.ca/webinar-environment-ministry-proposes-to-exempt-harmful-activities-from-licensing-requirements/

	CELA Action Alert:
	https://cela.ca/action-alert-environment-ministry-proposes-to-exempt-harmful-activities-from-licensing-requirements/

11) Environmental Defence - Highway #413 Video - Watch this great video on the need to stop Highway #413 from Environmental Defence:

	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixKWiZJmOyA

12) OPG Gas Plant Public Consultation - It has been very concerning to see the awful proposals from the provincial government to expand our fossil gas plants.  Here’s some information from the NDP MPP Jessica Bell on an upcoming public consultation you may want to speak out at:

Ontario Power Generation is holding an online public consultation regarding the Portlands Gas Plant Expansion.

Since Doug Ford became Premier, Portland’s greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution has increased by 550%. In 2022, it produced as much GHG pollution as 133,000 cars. But now Ontario Power Generation (OPG) wants to increase Portland’s gas-fired generating capacity by an additional 50 megawatts (MW) to support Premier Ford’s plan to increase the GHG pollution of our gas plants by 700% by 2043 <https://ocaa.cmail19.com/t/y-l-xlrdkjy-iykiilhdf-y/>.

As the Toronto Star reported this weekend <https://ocaa.cmail19.com/t/y-l-xlrdkjy-iykiilhdf-j/>, far from being a “peaker plant” that operates for only a few hours a week at most, Portlands has been running as much as 21 hours a day all summer. This is not what we were told would happen when the plant was built despite strong community objections, but it is what happens when the provincial government refuses to invest in lower cost alternatives like solar, wind and energy efficiency <https://ocaa.cmail19.com/t/y-l-xlrdkjy-iykiilhdf-t/>.

The public consultation will take place via zoom tomorrow, Thursday, October 5, from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. To attend, you must sign up in advance here:aturapower.com/portlandsupgrade <https://ocaa.cmail19.com/t/y-l-xlrdkjy-iykiilhdf-k/>

We are in a climate emergency and action on clean energy can’t wait. Whether you’re able to attend the meeting or not, I would also like to encourage you to send a letter to the Premier and your MPP: https://www.jessicabellmpp.ca/stop_portlands_gas_expansion

13) Indigenous Led Coalition - Pearen Park, Toronto - Since December 2022, an Indigenous-led coalition has been trying to engage collaboratively with Metrolinx regarding the construction of an above-ground extension of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, which threatens various parks, the Eglinton Flats and Humber River and requires the destruction of 1, 485 trees. On Jan. 30 2023, ENAGB Indigenous Youth lit a Sacred Fire Ceremony, that has been burning continuously 24 hours a day/7 days a week, and entered into ceremony to honour each one of the trees that's going to be destroyed. 

Metrolinx is threatening legal action against the Indigenous youth. Please consider signing the petition, donating what you can, contacting MPP Michael Ford (Michael.Ford at pc.ola.org <mailto:Michael.Ford at pc.ola.org>) about the issue -- or your MPP -- and spreading the word. If you're in Toronto, you can also go visit the site at Pearen Park. They have Wednesday night socials. You can find more info here: https://www.stopthetrainsinourparks.ca/take-action

14) Reminder - Meeting Next Friday - Join us online next Friday, October 13th at 5:30pm to discuss the latest news and what’s next:

	Topic: Grand River Watershed Bill 23 Bi-Weekly Zoom Meeting
	Time: Every Other Friday at 5:30pm EST

	Join Zoom Meeting
	https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09

	Meeting ID: 826 4469 5701
	Passcode: 713374

Thanks for all the great efforts so far - including Hal Jaeger and everyone who helped to get hundreds of signatures on the petition that has gone to MPP Catherine Fife to present in the Legislature.  

Have a great Thanksgiving Weekend and please share any questions or ideas.

Cheers,
Kevin Thomason and Mike Marcolongo on behalf of all our community groups.

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A) Upcoming Events

Friday, October 6th - 8pm to 9pm - Climate Emergency Vigil - Waterloo Public Square - https://www.faithclimatejustice.ca/climate-vigils.html

Wednesday, October 11th - 6:30pm - Greenbelt Celebration - Yorkville, Toronto - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOvpXMaC_2Kc6lsj9LW7jDbf6Egzi7qo5G87sOhYwMoGf43w/viewform

Friday, October 13th - 2:00pm - West 5 all-solar neighbourhood tour in London - contact kevinthomason at mac.com if you would like to join us.

Friday, October 13th - 5:30pm - Next update meeting on Zoom - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09

Friday, October 13th - 8pm to 9pm - Climate Emergency Vigil - Waterloo Public Square - https://www.faithclimatejustice.ca/climate-vigils.html

Saturday, October 14th - 9am - Harvest Walks - Nashville Conservation Reserve - https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/

Saturday, October 14th - 10am - Harvest Walks - Bolton Walk South and Bolton Walk North - https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/

Saturday, October 14th - 1pm - Harvest Walks - King-Vaughan Road Walk - https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/

Tuesday, October 17th - 1pm - CELA Webinar on Waste, Stormwater and Water-Taking Exemptions - https://cela.ca/webinar-environment-ministry-proposes-to-exempt-harmful-activities-from-licensing-requirements/

Friday, October 20th - Final day to comment on ERO Deadline to Return Lands to the Greenbelt - https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7562

Saturday, October 28th - Already Sold Out! - Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition Event with Margaret Atwood and Sarah Harmer - https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/gather-for-the-greenbelt-tickets-658110374847?aff=scgcaugeml

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B) Speak Up On The ERO To Return Greenbelt Lands:

	https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7562

	https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7562

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C) Greenbelt Celebration:

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D) Harvest Walks - Saturday October 14th:

	9am - Nashville Conservation Reserve
	10am - Bolton Walk South
	10am - Bolton Walk North
	1pm - King-Vaughan Road Walk

Learn more at - https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/

https://environmentaldefence.ca/howtostop413/

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D) Recent Media

OPINION <https://www.tvo.org/current-affairs/tag/opinion>
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ENVIRONMENT <https://www.tvo.org/current-affairs/tag/environment>
The Greenbelt is safe for now — but will the scandal alter Doug Ford’s course?

OPINION: With the protected area seemingly safe from housing development, the government needs to focus on how it redevelops existing urban areas

 <https://www.tvo.org/author/mark-winfield>
Written by Mark Winfield <https://www.tvo.org/author/mark-winfield>
Sep 27, 2023
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Premier Doug Ford plows a field with a tractor at the 2023 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo in Bowling Green. (Nathan Denette/CP)
Premier Doug Ford’s extraordinary reversal of his decision to open the Greenbelt for housing development flows from two colossal political miscalculations.
The first was failing to recognize that the Greenbelt, established by the previous Liberal government in 2005, had acquired an iconic status in the minds of residents of the region.
The Greenbelt was based on earlier Niagara Escarpment and Oak Ridges Moraine conservation plans, both adopted by Progressive Conservative governments. It was deeply embedded in municipal plans throughout the region.
Over time, the Greenbelt became a symbol in Ontario of efforts to protect prime farmland and key natural-heritage sites from the region’s sprawling urban growth.
The government, however, refused to let go of the idea of opening the Greenbelt to development despite a complete lack of evidence that the land was required to meet the region’s housing needs.
According to the province’s integrity commissioner, it then allowed a “madcap process” to unfold around the actual removal of lands, which turned out to offer the potential for billions in profits to well-connected developers.
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Is Ford’s future now in doubt?

The second blunder was to try to double down on the Greenbelt removal decision in the aftermath of harshly critical reports from both the auditor general and the integrity commissioner.
Even after the resignations of the housing minister and his chief of staff at the height of the scandal, Ford wouldn’t back down.
It took more than a month of a series of damning and embarrassing news reports — leading to the resignation of yet another cabinet minister, Public and Business Service Delivery Minister Kaleed Rasheed — for Ford to relent.
But the political damage suffered by the government through this period is starting to seem profound, and the fallout is certain to continue:
The RCMP is considering an investigation into the Greenbelt deal-making;
Rasheed has admitted to misleading the integrity commissioner under oath during inquiries into the Greenbelt decision; 
The auditor general is planning a follow-up audit on the whole episode.
Freedom-of-information requests from the media and leaks from other sources are likely to lead to further revelations in the weeks and months to come.
Although the next provincial election is nearly three years away, the Greenbelt scandal has raised serious questions about the viability of Ford’s own future as premier.
The Greenbelt is out of the woods

Ironically, one almost-certain outcome of the entire episode is that it’s probably ended any possibility of Ford’s intention to dismantle the Greenbelt.
The political fallout so far almost ensures no politician in Ontario will make similar moves against the Greenbelt for a generation or more.
The Greenbelt scandal has also vividly illustrated how badly the province has mishandled housing and development issues.
The province’s land-use planning system — including the Greenbelt and growth plans for the Greater Toronto Area — was once the subject of international acclaim for how it managed intense growth pressures while protecting farmland, housing affordability, and natural-heritage areas.
The Greenbelt debacle has demonstrated how that system had degenerated into an instrument wielded by the province to serve the wishes of well-connected developers.

Undoing the damage

A complete overhaul of the land-use planning system is now needed to undo the damage done by the Ford government, restore the system’s credibility, and address the province’s housing needs effectively. Evidence backed by expert research, reason, and basic democratic principles of transparency and accountability all need to be returned to the system.
Although the Greenbelt appears to be safe for the time being, attention now needs to turn to the government’s handling of the redevelopment of existing urban areas, a theme Ford highlighted in his speech reversing the Greenbelt removals.
So far the government’s approach to “transit-oriented communities” — ideally, communities developed within a short distance of transit lines — has been to declare these areas free-for-all zones where the development industry can do as it wishes.
Predictably, the results of that approach in midtown and downtown Toronto, Richmond Hill, Markham, and Mississauga have been an overwhelming focus on high-rise condominium developments, a lack of infrastructure and services of all forms, no mixing of uses (for example, significant new employment locations) or housing types, no attention paid to affordability, and significant losses of existing affordable rental housing to “redevelopment.”
This is the polar opposite of the “complete communities” and urban-development centres envisioned in the 2006 growth plan to guide urban redevelopment that accompanied the announcement of the Greenbelt.
The challenges ahead

The province has trampled on efforts by municipalities and communities to support more development along transit lines. The Ford government has apparently been intent on dismantling the growth plan as well as the Greenbelt.
The challenges facing the GTA are multi-dimensional and complex, including:
Housing needs, particularly at the lower end of the income scale;
Structural economic transitions and increasingly polarized labour markets;
The impacts of a changing climate;
A fiscal crisis, particularly for Toronto, driven in large part by provincial downloading.
The Greenbelt fiasco has been an enormous distraction from these challenges — and it remains doubtful that the Ford government can significantly change its approach to governance to address them effectively.
This article was first published in The Conversation <https://theconversation.com/ca>. Read the original version <https://theconversation.com/ontarios-greenbelt-is-safe-for-now-but-will-the-scandal-alter-doug-fords-course-214178>.

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F) Speak Up and Ensure Your Voice is Heard:

Premier Doug Ford - doug.fordco at pc.ola.org <mailto:doug.fordco at pc.ola.org> or 416-325-1941
Steve Clark - Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing - steve.clark at pc.ola.org <mailto:steve.clark at pc.ola.org> or 416-585-7214
David Piccini - Minster of Environment, Conservation and Parks - david.piccini at pc.ola.org <mailto:david.paccini at pc.ola.org> or 905-372-4000
Todd Smith - Minister of Energy - todd.smith at pc.ola.org <mailto:todd.smith at pc.ola.org> or 613-962-1144
Michael Parsa - Associate Minister of Housing - michael.parsaco at pc.ola.org <mailto:michael.parsaco at pc.ola.org>

Local Conservative MPPs:
Mike Harris Jr - MPP Kitchener-Conestoga - mike.harris at pc.ola.org <mailto:mike.harris at pc.ola.org> or 519-669-2090
Brian Riddell - MPP Cambridge - brian.riddell at pc.ola.org <mailto:brian.riddell at pc.ola.org> or 519-650-2770
Jess Dixon - MPP Kitchener South - jess.dixon at pc.ola.org <mailto:jess.dixon at pc.ola.org> or 519-650-9413
Will Bouma - MPP Brantford-Brant - will.bouma at pc.ola.org <mailto:will.bouma at pc.ola.org> or (519) 759-0361
Ted Arnott - MPP Wellington-Halton Hills - ted.arnott at pc.ola.org <mailto:ted.arnott at pc.ola.org> or (519) 787-5247
Ernie Hardeman - MPP Oxford - ernie.hardeman at pc.ola.org <mailto:ernie.hardeman at pc.ola.org> or (519) 537-5222
Matthew Rae - MPP Perth-Wellington - matthew.rae at pc.ola.org <mailto:matthew.rae at pc.ola.org> or (519) 272-0660

Local NDP MPPs:
Catherine Fife - MPP Waterloo - cfife-qp at ndp.on.ca <mailto:cfife-qp at ndp.on.ca> or 519-725-3477
Laura Mae Lindo - MPP Kitchener Centre - llindo-qp at ndp.on.ca <mailto:llindo-qp at ndp.on.ca> or 519-579-5460

Local Green Party MPPs:
Mike Schreiner - MPP Guelph - mschreiner at ola.org <mailto:mschreiner at ola.org> or (519) 836-4190

Independent MPPs:
Bobbi Ann Brady - MPP Haldimand-Norfolk - babrady-co at ola.org <mailto:babrady-co at ola.org> or (519) 428-0446

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Kevin Thomason
Vice-Chair, Grand River Environmental Network

Phone: (519) 888-0519
Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648
Twitter: @kthomason
E-mail: kevinthomason at mac.com <mailto:kevinthomason at mac.com>
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