MONTREAL – The federal government committed to planting two billion trees across the country to restore natural habitats and fight climate change, and now Quebec wants to harvest some of them. The provincial government is asking Ottawa to allow the local forestry industry to chop down trees in areas of the province hardest hit by last year’s forest fires. Ottawa has committed more than $3 billion to help provinces, territories and organizations plant a total of two billion trees by the end of 2031 as part of a national effort to reduce greenhouse gases. Quebec Minister of Natural Resources and […]
We have a large section of green space running alongside the waterfront trail in Oshawa.
Home to butterflies, coyotes, deer, and a quite a few different bird species. Now completely levelled and being prepped for new houses. Why in that space? I’d love to know!
Why? Because waterfront properties are valuable, and of course the only reason to build a property is for value and investment. Land can serve no other possible purpose except investment and profit.
More valuable to wildlife and our natural ecosystem.
But yes, it’s always about money and property value.
I can’t wait for the new residents to complain about coyotes trying to eat their dogs. God knows, we get enough complaints about wildlife entering urban areas… after their natural habitats were destroyed so we can build a few more houses.
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We have a large section of green space running alongside the waterfront trail in Oshawa.
Home to butterflies, coyotes, deer, and a quite a few different bird species. Now completely levelled and being prepped for new houses. Why in that space? I’d love to know!
Why? Because waterfront properties are valuable, and of course the only reason to build a property is for value and investment. Land can serve no other possible purpose except investment and profit.
More valuable to wildlife and our natural ecosystem.
But yes, it’s always about money and property value.
I can’t wait for the new residents to complain about coyotes trying to eat their dogs. God knows, we get enough complaints about wildlife entering urban areas… after their natural habitats were destroyed so we can build a few more houses.