October 05, 2023

Letter to the Editor: Three step process to remedy the Doug Ford Greenbelt fiasco

Protesters lined the Highway 10 entrance during the recent Markdale Hospital Opening ceremonies.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Now that Doug Ford has apologized for the Greenbelt Errors, it is time to do the necessary repair work.

1. Legislate a Greenbelt Protection zone similar to the Niagara Escarpment and establish a commission to oversee and administer.
2. Stop the Hwy 413 and use the existing Hwy 407 as the east west corridor. Buying it back and making it free for everyone. It does not destroy any more greenspace or wetlands and is already in place. Certainly far less expensive than building a new highway.
3. Reinstate the power of the Conservation Authorities to oversee land use development and eliminate the Ministerial Zoning Powers.

Let's start acting as a democracy and be honest and forthright.

Richard Bino,
Singhampton

 

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