Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government continues to be tied up in a massive scandal over its plans to remove lands from Ontario’s Greenbelt — including the integrity commissioner’s finding that the housing minister broke ethics rules. Indeed, as world leaders gathered in Vancouver on Aug. 24 to launch a “game-changing” global fund to fight biodiversity
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Comment: Why the proposed changes to Ontario’s Greenbelt matter
The Greenbelt is a haven for farmland and ecosystem services and it’s worth protecting
Letters: Short-sighted decisions lead to prime ag land loss
I read with great interest Matt McIntosh’s item in the July 6 edition of the Co-operator, “Pressure increases on farmland.” These words in particular had a visceral effect: “Protecting farmland and natural landscapes, and thus Canada’s ability to produce food in an unstable world, requires co-operation and long-term thinking.” Also, “the problem, according to CAPI,