Monday, 27 April 2015

Eastern Ontario Greenbelt

Q107: By the end of 2016, will the Ontario government officially announce an Eastern Ontario greenbelt?
Yes: 25%
(A tentative plan counts, but consultations about the idea alone do not count)

According to the latest Ontario budget (see here, pg. 71), the government of Ontario is considering a Eastern Ontario analogue to the greenbelt in the Golden Horseshoe.  This greenbelt would be separate from (and presumably much larger) than the current federally administered greenbelt around the central Ottawa.

I do not think an official announcement will be made, at least in the time period in question.  The reference in the budget is fairly vague.  The municipal situation in Eastern Ontario is also somewhat different from that in the Golden Horseshoe; the City of Ottawa is much more dominant in Eastern Ontario than any one municipality in the Golden Horseshoe, so coordination between different municipalities is not as necessary.

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