One of Southwestern Ontario's farming-heavy counties warns Ontario's move to make home-building easier outside built-up areas could cost it as much as 10 per cent of its farmland.
A largely rural Southwestern Ontario county is warning that Ontario’s move to make home-building easier outside built-up areas could pave over as much as 10 per cent of its farmland.
Changes proposed by Doug Ford’s government would clear the path for suburban sprawl and contribute to the loss of badly needed farmland in one of the richest parts of the province’s agriculture belt, Oxford County staff say in a new report going to politicians there.
“If approved, this policy would have a significant and irreversible impact on agricultural land and operations and the long term success and viability of agriculture in the county and the province as a whole,” the report said.