How Does Gentle Intensification Create Affordable and Low-Impact Housing?
Kevin Eby is the former Waterloo Director of Community Planning and is now a founding member of The Alliance for a Liveable Ontario. The Alliance is an organization of over 800 individuals and 130 groups with the collective goal of building a sustainable future for the province. They aim to create a future of affordable housing that is climate resilient and co-exists with nature. The organization's website explains they 'offer hope by fighting bad policy decisions' and 'inspire leadership across all sectors.' Kevin Eby also served on the provincial Greenbelt Council before resigning in 2020 in protest to the government proposing power and authority are taken from conservation authorities.
What Happens when we Build Homes on Local Farmland?
Max Hansgen is the President and Region 3 Coordinator of the National Farmers Union of Ontario. In response to Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act, the NFUOntario joined what they described as a rare coalition of farmers, housing advocates, urban planners, environmentalists, labour unions, healthcare workers and community groups from the province to release a detailed statement opposing the Bill. Max is no stranger to farming. He and his wife, Shelagh, work together at Earth's Mirth where they grow vegetables for food box programs at the local farmers market.
Do we Really Need to Build on the Ontario Greenbelt?
David Crombie is a politician, consultant and former Mayor of Toronto. Mayor Crombie served from 1972-1978 and is famously described as Toronto's "Tiny Perfect Mayor." Additionally, he was a commissioner of the Royal Commission on the Future of the Toronto Waterfront and a founding chair of the Waterfront Regeneration Trust. In May 2004, the Honourable David Crombie received the Order of Canada. Before leading a remarkable resignation in 2020, David served as chair of the Greenbelt Council here in Ontario.