Two Ontario MPPs advocate for the creation of a foodbelt to safeguard farmland and bolster the agriculture sector against potential U.S. tariffs. Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner and independent MPP Bobbi Ann Brady presented a private member's bill aimed at forming a task force of farmers and experts to devise a protection plan. They argue that farmland is vital for food security, which is a matter of national security. The bill's critics fear it may face risks due to Bill 5, which could facilitate the encroachment of development on farmland.
Now, more than ever, is the time to protect our farmland, support farmers and grow more food right here in Ontario. Because food security is national security, and without farmland there are no farms, no food, no future.
Haldimand and Norfolk counties are home to numerous farm families who not only contribute significantly to the local economies, but the Canadian economy. This holds true for every agricultural region in this province.
If passed, the bill would create a task force of farmers, agricultural experts and land-use planners to develop recommendations to create a foodbelt protection plan.
Critics have argued Bill 5 would give the government power to push through certain projects like a tunnel under Highway 401 or mineral mining in northern Ontario, with little resistance.
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