Opinion: We need to modify Ford’s vision to curb the ever-expanding urban footprint on the agricultural lands that feed us, and recognize that natural gas is not green energy.
Canada and Ontario are betting big on so-called green energy, critical minerals, batteries, and electric vehicles. Their wager is reminiscent of Henry Ford’s venture on the Model T that transformed North America. Its legacy is a global dependence on automobiles, suburban sprawl, congested roadways, long commutes, and global warming.
Highway 413, disputably an effort to reduce gridlock, will further eliminate thousands of acres of farmlands and natural areas. A new road to exploit Ontario’s Ring of Fire will dissect northern forests. Housing Minister Clark aims to destroy 7,400 acres of Greenbelt with 50,000 houses. The counter argument is that more houses, more industry, more transmission lines, more energy, and reduced red tape are in the public interest.
Are citizens best served through urban sprawl, altered rural landscapes, compromised agricultural productivity, and imperiled freedoms of rural Ontarians?
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