[bigguy1231]

The AEGD is being opposed by the same people who oppose anything that might possibly benefit this city. These are the same people who opposed the RHVP saying that it would destroy the valley and was not needed. Well the valley is just fine and the RHVP is at capacity. The Industrial lands at the top of the RHVP are filling up adding to the taxbase of this city and adding many needed jobs.

As for the other lands available for industrial development there are not enough parcels that are big enough to meet the needs of potential tenants. The restrictions mentioned are the same restrictions in place around Pearson in Mississauga and that area seems to be thriving.

The AEGD lands are not going to be developed immediately. They will be developed as needed just like some of the other industrial lands that we now have on the periphery of the city. The city needs to plan long term and this is just part of the process of meeting the future needs of the city. If this city doesn't do this we will lose posssibly billions in future development and thousands of potential jobs.

Only fools would think that the urban boundary is not going to grow and only fools would think that the city can dictate to developers how those developers will spend their money. They will do what they have done to this city what they have done for the last 40 years, they will invest in other cities and not here.