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A fisherman works a corner of Duffins Creek in the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve. Some. Contributors. Opinion ...

And the premier claims the Greenbelt needs to be developed, despite the fact that over 14,000 hectares or an area the size of the City of Vancouver is currently available for housing in municipalities across the Greater Toronto Area. And there surely is no Greenbelt B once its choicest acreage has been paved over. This is a group chock-a-block with Conservative politicians — though generally of the more progressive stripe — including former federal cabinet ministers Pauline Browes, David Crombie and Peter Kent, plus the current MP for Wellington-Halton Hills, Michael Chong. As we environmentalists (and grandmothers) say, there is no Planet B. [Greenbelt](https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2022/11/17/who-owns-land-hamilton-endangered-greenbelt.html) is the most immediate, tangible and alarming of all these changes, despite all his promises not to touch it. [Bill 23](https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2022/11/30/narrow-minded-bill-23-panned-by-hamilton-staffers-council.html) puts private profits over the protection of nature thus threatening the future health of the environment, and our children and grandchildren.