
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">In addition to the devastation of Bill 23, here is a new attack by the Ford government today beginning the destruction of the Greenbelt by allowing takeouts, land swaps and trying to Greenwash it all with some token lands distant from where it is most needed.<div><br></div><div>I am currently making my way home from Eastern Africa and hope to be in Canada by Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>Please share any thoughts or ideas.</div><div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Cheers,</span></div><div>Kevin.</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. It is also expected that today the government will announce that it is officially going to prohibit the Waterloo, Halton and Hamilton Official Plans (not that Bill 23 didn’t already do enough damage to them).</div><div><br></div><div>P.P.S. Awful that Ford is dumping all this in the middle of a school strike so that it won’t be noticed or make the media in any noticeable way…</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Kevin Thomason</div><div><br></div><div>Phone: (519) 888-0519</div><div>Mobile Phone: (519) 240-1648</div><div>E-mail: kevinthomason@mac.com</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>Cc:</b> Kevin Thomason <kevinthomason@mac.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Government release on Greenbelt attack</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: Helvetica; }

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ul { margin-bottom: 0in; }</style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong>Ontario News</strong> <<a href="mailto:newsroom@ontario.ca">newsroom@ontario.ca</a>><br>Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2022 at 15:02<br>Subject: Ontario Launches Consultation on Proposed Changes to the Greenbelt<br><br></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td width="5%" style="width:5.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"></td><td style="background:#1a1a1a;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><img border="0" width="256" height="82" id="_x0000_i1025" alt="image001.png" src="cid:image001.png@01D8F05E.E7214920"></b></p></td><td width="5%" style="width:5.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td width="5%" style="width:5.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:3.75pt"><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:3.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:3.75pt"> </p></td><td width="42" colspan="2" style="width:31.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></td></tr><tr><td width="10" style="width:7.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p style="font-size:18px!important"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#666666">STATEMENT</span></b></p><h2><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Ontario Launches Consultation on Proposed Changes to the Greenbelt</span></h2><p><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Proposal would expand the Greenbelt by approximately 2,000 acres and facilitate the building of at least 50,000 new homes</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">November 04, 2022</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><br><a href="https://u22040672.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=nW6WfPO4Bjg1VsnalDVryeDJe5ixZPtjiuF6ez553Y6kmbxOmK7ZdyxLWSeGKeQ1vIEqGZqu07PRRrEMc-2BZhrawYPSpiVWIyZVF0yp50c5ma30tGLDUXZNOXGgwoASPz3zxeVDPSHJRP2paF5-2FQmteykH-2BXksI2nqtPtR874kskeQJ2mOwKeCoe4PMUgPDtI1LHcDHyGCw-2FXgxKzkJtF5C5H0mDh2POXDXj4KfbjwrcfEPMq-2F2syvEEPTDukvFDpSRQyjY6VJJF0np59QaulIg-3D-3D3Wnq_zq8O0Yy4vfmaOPd-2BTr90ERgpZM4CLB6wzgsStTbp2-2Bci67HiSaDRPVMYM8nwZdJo38oVt2KyRBZKlFN8JwvA9szzSgzKSiqru2rtp8c-2BRNRXAI30iiEEqX5mOgriZtCbNKwRkpCKmqPWtNUCj5FLYajgTN0xu5Ryd6D-2FxhNSJ-2FasVaZJjGfCeatnGjY22igMsjwi39oHzLrO6nyps-2BOLblOsMpnLl8D4LNpH0v7O2B4-3D" target="_blank">Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing</a></span></p></td><td width="10" style="width:7.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:3.75pt"><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:3.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:3.75pt"> </p></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:3.75pt"></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:3.75pt"></td></tr><tr><td width="10" style="width:7.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">TORONTO — Today, Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, issued the following statement regarding the launch of a 30-day consultation to facilitate the building of more homes while expanding the Greenbelt.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">“Last week, our government introduced the <em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">More Home Built Faster Act, 2022</span></em>, which takes bold action to address Ontario’s housing supply crisis by building 1.5 million homes over the next 10 years. Today, we are taking further action to support this goal by launching a consultation on proposed changes to the Greenbelt. These proposals will support our municipal partners’ plans for responsible growth and help build at least 50,000 new homes, while leading to an overall expansion of the Greenbelt.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Ontario is expected to grow by more than two million people by 2031, with approximately 1.5 million of those new residents in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Region. This growth was recently confirmed by the federal government’s newly released immigration targets. To accommodate that growth and support the building of more homes, our government is proposing to remove 15 areas of land totalling approximately 7,400 acres from the edge of the Greenbelt area.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">At the same time, we are proposing to add an additional 9,400 acres to the Greenbelt, including a portion of the Paris Galt Moraine and 13 urban river valleys in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, for an overall Greenbelt expansion of approximately 2,000 acres.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">These proposed changes to the Greenbelt meet the following criteria, all of which must be met before a property is given consideration:</span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Greater than 1:1 offset must be achieved to ensure overall Greenbelt expansion</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Affected areas must have the potential for homes to be built in the near future</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Affected areas must be adjacent to the existing Greenbelt boundaries</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Affected areas must be adjacent to an existing urban area</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Affected areas must be on or near readily serviceable land, with local infrastructure upgrades needed to service the projects to be funded entirely by the proponents</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Should these lands be removed from the Greenbelt, the landowners will be expected to develop detailed plans to build housing quickly. It is the government’s expectation that new home construction will begin on these lands by no later than 2025, and that significant progress on approvals and implementation must be achieved by the end of 2023. If these conditions are not met, the government will return these properties to the Greenbelt.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">These changes are an important part of our government’s balanced strategy to build a stronger Ontario by protecting environmentally important lands while tackling Ontario’s housing supply crisis. We are fulfilling our commitment to get more homes built faster so more Ontarians can find a home that meets their needs and budget.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><a href="https://u22040672.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=nW6WfPO4Bjg1VsnalDVrydGf1Ny2zHgLgOhHHmU7iODLrO2GXIyboEBjjhTcd0GWaDR9KyE2Ck6Z8tsRvYIba1Ar3WnjkcZNN9ho-2FvwUVfpuj7e8FBEEGINGQoDZ7o2npVwZ61bHEHzP6TpRMypVZ-2FRYZ5Cw-2F4TSdYni-2BtlEBL70p2Czyf9JXSmY-2BWjmNdBymtiHqkGdKr5cX1AjeX5Knv1J60zHlMFMB2pLYSZs9r7ZAfzPPdAExXgjmo2y-2F-2FmQDMh5nI3tkdVmVPXCc2hg1llU8QJCxcKt1U2w7dkZa1Q-3DNRUE_zq8O0Yy4vfmaOPd-2BTr90ERgpZM4CLB6wzgsStTbp2-2Bci67HiSaDRPVMYM8nwZdJo38oVt2KyRBZKlFN8JwvA9pH28W7poOag9vQAkBL-2BbvwzeP5Dbh6fONEUXFXzAphTP0iDIwPVtfDkv14o2fuOkBe9LbZJmooiQgnBzQfvAC1UnvA7IKPIqbCjKp7Z-2Fq2pPiUwVGq9va4hHLP-2BVX3Yu9tvxRepewJfYLdUjYCm3QI-3D" target="_blank">Comments on these proposals</a> are welcome through the Environmental Registry of Ontario by December 5, 2022.”</span></p></td><td width="10" style="width:7.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:3.75pt"><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:3.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:3.75pt"> </p></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:3.75pt"></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:3.75pt"></td></tr><tr><td width="10" style="width:7.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Media Contacts</span></h3><p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Victoria Podbielski<br>Minister’s Office<br><a href="mailto:victoria.podbielski2@ontario.ca" target="_blank">victoria.podbielski2@ontario.ca</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">MMAH Communications Branch<br><a href="mailto:mma.media@ontario.ca" target="_blank">mma.media@ontario.ca</a></span></p></td><td width="10" style="width:7.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:3.75pt"><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:3.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:3.75pt"> </p></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:3.75pt"></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:3.75pt"></td></tr><tr><td width="10" style="width:7.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">We have recently updated Ontario Newsroom Subscription. You may receive additional emails. 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