Great comment Christine! As a recent transplant from southern Ontario, I can attest to the major battles going on between well-established rich developers in places like Hamilton and Toronto will need to continue expanding the cities and suburbs and taxpayers will see the expenses coming down the road and want to preserve the essential, green spaces, wetlands and farms. I hope we can see that wisdom and develop inward and upward
Thank you, Phil, for your thoughtful reply and interest! Agreed, southern Ontario would greatly benefit from the populace gaining insight as to the true costs of suburban sprawl into undeveloped areas (i.e. no current infrastructure to tap into). I do believe that if we have full transparency + accountability, the informed taxpayer would not support this continued practice as we would recognize we cannot afford green space development.
I do believe we all need to remember that government is us - the electorate would be best served electing true leaders that uphold good governance (transparency + accountability + equity) and in doing so, our tax investments would serve the collective while being affordable. Of course, the developer and the council members 'in the pockets' of said developers will resist empowering the electorate / taxpayer with the required information we speak of.
Great comment Christine! As a recent transplant from southern Ontario, I can attest to the major battles going on between well-established rich developers in places like Hamilton and Toronto will need to continue expanding the cities and suburbs and taxpayers will see the expenses coming down the road and want to preserve the essential, green spaces, wetlands and farms. I hope we can see that wisdom and develop inward and upward
Thank you, Phil, for your thoughtful reply and interest! Agreed, southern Ontario would greatly benefit from the populace gaining insight as to the true costs of suburban sprawl into undeveloped areas (i.e. no current infrastructure to tap into). I do believe that if we have full transparency + accountability, the informed taxpayer would not support this continued practice as we would recognize we cannot afford green space development.
I do believe we all need to remember that government is us - the electorate would be best served electing true leaders that uphold good governance (transparency + accountability + equity) and in doing so, our tax investments would serve the collective while being affordable. Of course, the developer and the council members 'in the pockets' of said developers will resist empowering the electorate / taxpayer with the required information we speak of.
Thanks for your insight Christine! Great guest post.
Thanks for mentioning my new EP! 😄🤘