Municipal Leaders for the Greenbelt

NRU
Oct. 22, 2014

Sixty-five elected officials and candidates running for office have publicly declared their commitment to protecting and enhancing Ontario’s Greenbelt. They join the Municipal Leaders for the Greenbelt in pledging to:

• Support the Greenbelt as a permanent feature of Ontario’s landscape and committing to maintaining the boundaries of the Greenbelt.

• Encourage protection and connectivity between natural heritage systems in every community that links to the Greenbelt.

• Support the permanent protection of agricultural lands within the Greenbelt.

• Ensure that planning decisions influencing the Greenbelt adhere to the Greenbelt Plan.

GTA municipal leaders who have made this pledge include: Ajax councillor Pat Brown and councillor candidates Joanne Dies and Kurtis McAleer; Aurora mayor Geoffrey Dawe and mayoral candidate John Gallo; Burlington mayor Rick Goldring and councillors Marianne Meed Ward and John Taylor. Clarington  councillor Wendy Partner; Durham Region chair candidate Lynn Porteus; East Gwillimbury mayoral candidate Cathy Morton;  Georgina mayor Robert Grossi, mayoral candidate Margaret Quirk, councillors Naomi Davidson, John McLean and Phil Craig and councillor candidates Dave Neeson, Dan Fellini and Norman Ronka; King councillor Debbie Schaefer and councillor candidate Greg Locke; Markham councillors Jack Heath and Valerie Burke; Milton councillors Sharon Barkley and Colin Best; Mississauga councillors Jim Tovey, Chris Fonseca and Ron Starr; Oakville mayor Rob Burton and councillors Allan Elgar, Alan Johnston, Tom Adams, Pam Damoff,  Max Khan, Ralph Robinson and Jeff Knoll; Pickering councillor Peter Rodrigues; Richmond Hill councillor Brenda Hogg and councillor candidates Karen  Cilevitz and Triton Haitas; Toronto councillors Paula Fletcher, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Janet Davis, Mary Margaret McMahon and Mike Layton and councillor candidate Joe Cressy; Vaughan councillor Deborah Schulte and councillor candidate Anthony Niro; Whitby councillor Don Mitchell, Whitchurch-Stouffville mayoral candidate Anthony Neufeldt Fast and councillor candidate Jim Priebe.