Ford’s plan for Greenbelt development would make region’s map ‘Swiss cheese,’ Wynne says

Kathleen Wynne says Doug Ford’s plan to open elements of the Greenbelt for development if he is elected premier would make the map of the protected space appear to be Swiss cheese. The Liberal premier says the Progressive Conservative chief’s plan would compromise the integrity of key water methods and agricultural land presently beneath safety. Her feedback come a day after Ford stated he would enable some development within the Greenbelt to ease the housing disaster within the Better Toronto space. Wynne says there may be nonetheless land to construct on within the area, so opening up the Greenbelt for development is pointless. Ford has stated that for every bit of the Greenbelt opened for development, he would add equal land to the protected space to make sure it would not change in measurement, however he hasn’t stated how that would work. The Greenbelt, a 7,200-square-kilometre space that borders the Better Golden Horseshoe area round Lake Ontario, was protected against city development by laws in 2005. Wynne stated Greenbelt land opened up for development can’t be simply regained. “If you happen to open up the Greenbelt and make it right into a Swiss cheese map you by no means get that again,” she stated. “You by no means get that water safety again. You by no means get that agricultural land safety again. It’s completely wrong-headed. I couldn’t disagree with (Ford) extra.” Ford’s development feedback on Monday got here after the Liberals pointed to a web-based video of him — apparently taken in early February when he was a Tory management candidate — promising to open up a “large chunk” of the protected space. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-wynne-greenbelt-development-election-1.4643189?cmp=rss