Talk:Greenbelt (Golden Horseshoe)

message: This article has but one point of view, and that is the pro-greenbelt side. There should be a controversy section, or at least an article that is a little more neutral.
:: I wouldn't say that it's one-sided. It clearly states multiple times that there is opposition to the protection of the greenbelt. While Wikipedia should always remain unbiased, I don't think it's too outlandish to say that maybe there are more objective benefits than downsides to maintaining a solid oxygen supply in the atmosphere. Claiming that the greenbelt serves a useful purpose isn't some one-sided opinion so long as it can be verified as true. Spyroevan (talk) 18:31, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Such a biased position on neutrality! (I don't have an account, please don't judge me negatively) 204.239.155.99 (talk) 18:27, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Completely one-sided 

message: This article from the Globe and Mail may be a useful reference. Mindmatrix 19:53, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Ontario Greenbelt Logo.gif

message: I don't know where the original info came from. This is the info that I have used in my edit. http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page187.aspx
Ontario’s Greenbelt is an area of green space, farmland, vibrant communities, forests, wetlands, and watersheds. It contains nearly two million acres (800,000 hectares) of land – an area larger than Prince Edward Island – and is the largest and most strongly protected greenbelt in the world. ... It extends 325 km from the eastern end of the Oak Ridges Moraine, near Rice Lake, in the east, to the Niagara River in the west. The Greenbelt includes the 800,000 acres of land protected by the Niagara Escarpment Plan and the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, and 1 million acres of land known as the Protected Countryside established by the overarching Greenbelt Plan.
 Peter K Burian (talk) 19:13, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: We need to show the conversion from hectares to acres and to square miles and square kilometers; it's a hassle but needs to be done, I believe. Peter K Burian (talk) 19:44, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Size of the greenbelt   

message: I have updated the Future section with March and April 2017 info from major news media.
Here's a bit more that I did not include. (Not sure if it should be included). I wonder how others feel about adding some of this quote: 
Toronto’s Chief Planner and Executive Director of the City Planning Division, Jennifer Keesmaat went on to say: “Our region is not running out of land to build houses.  Far from it: there are more than 1,500 square kilometers of undeveloped land in the Greater Golden Horseshoe.  We could build five more Mississaugas, or 11 more Oakvilles, without bumping into the Greenbelt.”  She sees better planning and mass transit as the keys to affordable housing. http://www.sierraclub.ca/en/the-ontario-greenbelt-is-a-great-success-but-is-its-future-secure
Peter K Burian (talk) 20:31, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: btw, I am not an environmentalist. I am more interested in history, geography and business/commerce. So, I came at this edit from that perspective. I have no bias and my edits are based on the facts from experts and the trusted news media such as the CBC, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail and the National Post. Peter K Burian (talk) 20:49, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add this to the Future section?