Intro

Currently, Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, is trying to open up the

Greenbelt in Ontario for construction for businesses and housing areas.

Greenbelt in Ontario for construction for businesses and housing areas. The Greenbelt area has been protected and it wasn't permitted to build in that area.

It has provided Ontario with Fresh air, clean water, locally grown food and a thriving economy

Takes up over 2 million acres of land

721,000 acres of natural land such as valleys, rivers marshes, etc.

Has 4,732 farms

Animals

Several hundred species call the greenbelt a home

Home to 78 species at risk

Would ruin the biodiversity of the forests

Forests

The trees offset 56.5 million cars emissions driven in over a year

These trees being cut would release a cosmic amount of carbon

Farmland

Contains 4,732 farms

Most productive agricultural farmland in Canada

provide us with fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy, beef, pork, and poultry products for prize-winning wines.

provide us with fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy, beef, pork, and poultry products for prize-winning wines. Specialty farms in the greenbelt produce everything from sheep's and lambs, mushrooms, maple syrup, and horticultural goods which are flowers and plants.

Farms are 33% smaller but have 12% more gross income

A lot of items come from the greenbelt which removed the reason to

import provincially and internationally

Less Importing reduces carbon emissions from transporting vehicle

The Canadian Economy

Provides potentially valuable items to trade provincially or internationally

Provides 161,000 jobs

Provides the Canadian government with 9.1 billion dollars in economic profits

Walking Trails

Has a vast network of 10,000 kilometers of trails

Encourages people to go on walks

Walking is healthy for the human body

The Problem

The Greenbelt is the one thing Ontario is doing right

Cutting the Greenbelt down would increase the amount of carbon goes into the atmosphere

Opening the Greenbelt for construction would have an overwhelming amount of negative impacts compared to the good

The Solution

This is a serious cause and our voices need to be heard. To help prevent the forests and farms being clear cut and destroyed for the reason of urbanization. All the natural place is the one thing we are doing right and we cannot lose it. Sign this petition to at least raise our voices, they need to be heard and we need to prevent the greenbelt from being built on for urbanization.

You can help by signing this petition today at letting Doug Ford know we care about the greenbelt and we don't want it to be built on. Let's get this petition to 1,000 signatures to show that we care.