permanently protected area of green space, farmland, forests, wetlands, and watersheds, in Southern Ontario, Canada
Halton Hills had plans for a walkable town. Ontario’s Ford government had other ideas
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Ontario expected to introduce bill to return lands to the Greenbelt: Legislation set to be introduced just days after the RCMP announced it had launched an ...
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RCMP launches investigation into Ontario’s Greenbelt land swap: The RCMP says it has launched an investigation into the Ontario government's Greenbelt land swap ...
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Quick Glance: RCMP to Investigate Controversial Land Swap in Ontario Greenbelt
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford responds to opposition question at Queen's Park
- The RCMP announced a criminal investigation into the Greenbelt deal on Tuesday
- Experts refute claims and state that there is enough space for development outside the protected Greenbelt
- Following revelations that key parcels of land in the deal were owned by developers who are large donors to the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, the Ontario Liberal Party called for a formal probe into the deal
Randall Denley: The Greenbelt bungle spooks Doug Ford into abandoning his entire housing plan
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UPDATED: Province reversing urban boundary expansions for Ottawa, several other communities
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Ontario premier reverses plans to build on green belt after ministers quit: ‘It was a mistake,’ says Doug Ford to allow development in protected areas of ...
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Quick Glance: Doug Ford apologizes for Greenbelt, sets a trend
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces reversing his government's decision to open the Greenbelt to developers.
- Ford apologizes for the plan to take 7,400 acres of land out of the Greenbelt and build 50,000 homes.
- The government's plan only involved developing 0.3 percent of the two-million-acre Greenbelt.
- Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk found that the plan had been put together hastily.
Randall Denley: In the battle of the housing plans, Ontario's is better than Poilievre's
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Mayor Olivia Chow hopes for ‘big building boom’ in Toronto after Doug Ford’s Greenbelt reversal
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Paid articlePaid Politics Briefing: RCMP opens investigation into Ontario’s Greenbelt land transfers
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Paid articlePaid How big should a home be? Plus other letters, Oct. 1: ‘At least 400 square feet’: In today’s letters to the editor: the Prime Minister’s Office; safe supply; ...
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Paid articlePaid EXCLUSIVE: 2018 Ontario housing minister mandate letter promised to ‘protect the Greenbelt’
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Quick Glance: 2018 Ontario Minister Mandate Letter: Greenbelt Protection Assured
- Global News received the 2018 mandate letters containing specific instructions given by Premier Doug Ford to the Ontario cabinet ministers after his inaugural election.
- The mandate letter later given by Ford to Minister Clark demonstrated the government's commitment to fulfilling that promise.
- The second-term mandate letter included a clear instruction, discussed by Ford with his cabinet ministers, to open the Greenbelt for housing construction.
- In addition to reviewing official growth plans, Premier Ford also directed Clark to focus on renters in Ontario.
Ontario government had targeted more Greenbelt sites without public’s notice, documents show
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Paid articlePaid Terence Corcoran: De-zone Ontario’s Greentrap and free up Toronto: The real Greenbelt scandal is the growth-killing destruction of property rights ...
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Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: Terence Corcoran: Freeing Ontario's Greenbelt for the Benefit of Toronto
- The true scandal of the Greenbelt lies in the destruction of property rights, hindering growth.
- Preserving picturesque and rare habitats is a commendable endeavor.
- Ontario's Greenbelt, touted as the largest zoned anti-urban area on Earth, represents one of the most significant violations of property rights in the free world.
- Five years after the Greenbelt eradicated 810,000 hectares of property rights, Smith lauded the Greenbelt model.
Greenbelt developers will not be compensated for return of land: Housing minister
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Former Doug Ford aide Amin Massoudi paid $237,000 by PC caucus services : Mr. Massoudi left his government post in 2022, but providing ‘communications support’ ...
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Ontario looks at returning land to protected area after developer lists properties for sale
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Doug Ford’s Greenbelt review plus other letters, Sept. 7: ‘Falsely stated … erroneously suggested …inaccurately said’
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Paid articlePaid Scandal in Ontario plus other letters, Sept. 14: ‘Politicians in Canada don’t usually take bribes’
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Ontario government in turmoil after minister quits over land swap scandal: Premier says officials will review deals to sell protected lands after Steve Clark ...
theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/05/ontario-steve-clark-resigns-greenbelt-land-swap
Quick Glance: Ford cabinet reshuffle following housing minister's resignation over Greenbelt plan
- Steve Clark stepped down from his position as housing minister after a scathing report from the integrity commissioner.
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford reorganized his cabinet in response to the resignation of his embattled housing minister.
- Ford stated that he now has a 'renewed team' in place.
- Clark's resignation came shortly after Ford expressed support for him to continue as housing minister.
Ford government cabinet minister Kaleed Rasheed resigns after Greenbelt probe: Developer Shakir Rehmatullah, who benefited from the recent Greenbelt land swap ...
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How Doug Ford’s decision to slash tuition fees backfired: It hastened the inflow of foreign students and undermined Ontario education
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Paid articlePaid Ontario’s Greenbelt debate, plus other letters, Aug. 25. ‘At the heart of this saga is this government’s tiresome myth that protected Greenbelt lands are ...
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Paid articlePaid What to do with 24 Sussex? Plus other letters, Sept. 11: ‘Our prime minister should not be living in the bloated residence of a colonial timber baron’
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Paid articlePaid Evening Update: Officials say Wagner chief Prigozhin on passenger list of jet that crashed in Russia with no survivors
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Randall Denley: Go east, Doug Ford, where more houses can be built with less controversy
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Ontario government's Greenbelt land swap influenced by well-connected developers, AG finds
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Explaining Ottawa’s Greenbelt - and its future: As the political fallout continues over the Ontario Greenbelt, we take a closer look at the future (and past) of ...
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Paid articlePaid Opposition demands Greenbelt reversal amid revelations of Ford government appointee’s family ties
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Liberals seek $15-billion in savings plus other letters, Aug. 17: ‘Hardly a serious effort … to reduce spending’
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Paid articlePaid Timeline of key events following Ontario’s decision to develop Greenbelt lands: Steve Clark stepped down from his cabinet role on Monday following weeks of ...
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Doug Ford’s Greenbelt mess is just the latest example of his disdain for rules: The Premier has always shown contempt for the safeguards that keep governments ...
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Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: Ford reaffirms plans to construct housing in Greenbelt
- Ontario remains committed to the construction of housing in the protected Greenbelt, despite a scathing report by the auditor general and expert opinions that suggest achieving provincial housing targets elsewhere.
- Lysyk discovered that certain influential developers who already owned land in the protected Greenbelt were given preferential treatment.
- Ford aims to build 50,000 homes on the former Greenbelt lands.
- The Integrity Commissioner of Ontario is reviewing Ford's request to investigate Ryan Amato, the chief of staff to Housing Minister Steve Clark.
The buck stops nowhere as Doug Ford dispenses with ministerial responsibility: Housing minister Steve Clark should resign if there is to be any accountability ...
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Paid articlePaid Steve Clark apologizes for role in Greenbelt land swap, keeping job: The integrity commissioner found Clark violated two sections of the Members' Integrity Act
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Taylor Swift tickets plus other letters, Aug. 16: ‘If anything, they are underpriced’
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Paid articlePaid Politics Briefing: RCMP reviews potential ‘irregularities’ in Ontario Greenbelt development
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LILLEY: RCMP again falsely claimed politicians under investigation: First they falsely claimed Justin Trudeau was under investigation, now its Doug Ford ...
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Doug Ford’s Greenbelt removals plus other letters, Aug. 11: ‘We should stop the relentless attack on potential housing supply and take whatever we can to ...
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2nd developer goes to court to avoid questions from Ontario auditor general in Greenbelt probe
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/michael-rice-auditor-general-greenbelt-1.6904603
Centrepiece of Doug Ford’s Greenbelt housing plan faces multiple roadblocks: The needed pipes and roads to convert Duffins Rouge to housing will take years and ...
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The ugly downsides of Canada’s costly obsession with electric vehicles: Pumping billions into battery production intensifies the car culture when we should be ...
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Paid articlePaid Local lettuce: Amid imported food shortages, greenhouse farming takes off in Canada
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Ontario has enough land for two million new homes without touching Greenbelt: report
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