A letter sent to the Ottawa Citizen from former City Councillor Alex Cullen, August 24, 2019:
"The City of Ottawa recently released its discussion paper '5 Big Moves' as part of its Official Plan Review...Much of it is laudable, but Policy 3 is not. The policy states 'Where urban expansion may be required in the future, consider the potential to expand into the Greenbelt."
"Whoa! Ottawa is already at one million people and is expected to grow more, but nowhere are they manufacturing any more green space. Once you permit urban development in the Greenbelt that greenspace is gone forever. In short, don't bother considering this option." Alex Cullen, Ottawa.
Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice refused to give the City of Ottawa 13,700 acres of the Greenbelt.
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