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It’s not too late to Save Our Greenbelt!

On November 4th, the Provincial Government announced plans to develop over 7,400 acres of Ontario’s world-renowned Greenbelt after promising its full and continued protection on multiple occasions. On December 15th, this disastrous decision went ahead, despite comments from thousands of concerned Ontarians and dozens of protests.

This is bad policy. It won’t address the housing crisis, and it’s catastrophic for farmlands, near-urban nature and water sources. 

We’re not giving up on the Greenbelt. Ontario simply can’t afford to lose this fight if we want a liveable, sustainable future. Now, more than ever, we need you to help us Save Our Greenbelt. 

In alliance with organizations across the province, we will continue to fight this egregious decision and demand that the Provincial Government give back our Greenbelt. 

Donate towards the fight and help us keep up the pressure to #SaveOurGreenbelt!

Chopping up our Greenbelt is wrong, plain and simple. Why?

• It is entirely unnecessary. Over 80,000 acres of non-Greenbelt land are available to build housing on. Thousands of new housing units have been approved but are not being built – for example, only 9% of approved homes in the Waterloo Region have been built in the last two decades. There is also lots of room and opportunity to build inside our cities and towns by implementing gentle density, so we build near where people want to live and say NO to sprawl. Just like Hamilton and Halton Region did.
• Cuts to the Greenbelt will NOT create affordable housing. Developers have made millions due to the rising housing costs over the last decade and these homes will be no exception.
• We were promised the Greenbelt was safe. Premier Ford even declared his love for the Greenbelt, in a now deleted tweet: “I listened to the people and we are not touching the Greenbelt.”
• It sets a dangerous precedent. Once some Greenbelt land is developed, all of it is at risk. Other landowners are going to want to cash in on these priceless plots of land.
• And finally, it’s all a smokescreen. Much of the land proposed for the “swaps” is, in fact, already protected.

The pavement hasn’t been poured yet! There is still time to Save Our Greenbelt but it will take all of us who care about Ontario’s environment, and future, to save it.

The Greenbelt is special, but don’t just take our word for it. Watch the following videos to learn more about this national treasure: