Farmland conversion and landfill sites

[Bytor]

The community reaction - however misinformed and shortsighted it may be

Why are you assuming that it is misinformed?

A big part of the problem is that we do not know why this is happening. There's no public plan for this like there normally is for projects requiring some expropriation.

Expropriation for public use? Fine. To help a corporation? No way. Let the corporation try to buy out the landowners themselves. And I mean try. If they get fair market value, expropriation is still doing it by force, even if for valid public needs. It should never be used to enrich a corporation.

I thought they were a bunch of NIMBYs opposing high speed rail, but for this I am on their side.