[GREN-Exec] [Bulk] Re: Fw: Strategic Disposition of CityLands --Stirling/Homer Watson

[Randy B. McLean]

It is nothing more than a forecast using an exponential growth rate which is like compound interest.  Einstein called compound interest the 8th wonder of the world.
It was suposed to rain all day today.  That too is a forecast.

I am still not convinced.  Quality of life is still preferred.

Randy
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Susan Koswan 
  To: 'Executive GREN' 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:03 PM
  Subject: [Bulk] Re: [GREN-Exec] Fw: Strategic Disposition of CityLands --Stirling/Homer Watson


  Population growth is a reality. UN says in 2050 the population will level off at 8.9 billion. Just finished reading An Edible History of Humanity that mentioned the length of time it takes for the world population to add another billion – found this nice chart on Wikipedia to illustrate it.

   

  I’d expect some of them will settle here especially if we’re a thriving community… so until people stop having kids and world health stops improving, we have to plan around it. 

   

  If the chart below doesn’t come through, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population

   

   



   

  Susan K

   

  From: executive-bounces at gren.ca [mailto:executive-bounces at gren.ca] On Behalf Of Randy B. McLean
  Sent: June-09-09 8:55 AM
  To: ante712-gren at yahoo.ca; Executive GREN
  Subject: Re: [GREN-Exec] Fw: Strategic Disposition of City Lands --Stirling/Homer Watson

   

  GREN Executive:

   

  I wrote this to Ginny and few weeks ago and was am now seeing the same issues pop up all over.

   

  Who decided and when that this area was to grow in the way that they decided and why?

   

  Things have changed.

   

  Randy

   

  Ginny:

   

  I am watching from some distance and is seems that no one is asking an important question(s).

   

  Does the province of Ontario, and those who are supposed to govern it, still think this Region and area is going to have a mass influx of population in the next 20 to 25 years elevating the population by 50%?

   

  Who came up with this theory?

   

  Why does this Region and the cities have thier heads so deep in the sand (or other places) not to be able to step back and say "WAIT!, the last year or so has shown that many people have been wrong and that has been true with housing, development, industrial expansion, economic shrinking, global warming, the free market, banking governance, food inspection, terrorists or the lack thereof, etc. etc. could it also be so with the provincial vision of the future and the places to grow plan that we may be doing all this preperation for all these people who may not even bother to show up."

   

  Is it time to ask for a rethinking of the quality of life and never mind seeing how many people we can squeeze into the city limits of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge.  Besides, and not being indifferent, If we grow the way we are then in 25 years everybody will have a next door neighbour who was never even heard of the ROPP.

   

  Randy



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