The latest nonsense from the province is to open for development areas outside the cities and towns that the Region of Waterloo had hoped would not be made available for development so soon. It is also a clear indication that whether Liberal or Conservative, large amounts of money are available to be made by the already wealthy, at the expense of not only the environment but also the rest of us. Be honest. Do you think that the Grand River's capacity for assimilation of both industrial and human wastes magically increases with each and every additional 50,000 residents? Do you think that our air has an infinite capacity to absorb both industrial and automotive discharges to it no matter how much growth we sustain year after year? As far as infrastructure goes just look at Highway 7 (Victoria St.) from Kitchener to Guelph. It's been at capacity for over twenty years during incredible population growth with nothing but promises for expansion. And on and on. Our drinking water quality has suffered primarily from unremediated industrial pollution for the last one hundred years to the point that we are now treating at great expense Grand River water which is getting worse every year. The pipeline to Lake Erie is on the table and once again most of us will pay the higher price for more people accessing limited natural resources, while the wealthy and those in control reap all the financial rewards.
The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) was so bad and biased that the province replaced it with a new, more progressive Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT). Such horsecrap! A few token defeats of developers and even a local proposed gravel pit (Hunder Pit between Winterbourne & Conestogo) has been followed by business as usual with biased, self-serving decisions not in the public interest again being the norm.
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