Ford Says His Government Will Do a ‘Complete Review’ of Greenbelt Lands

Ford Says His Government Will Do a ‘Complete Review’ of Greenbelt Lands
Ontario Premier Doug Ford enters a room to speak to journalists at the Queen’s Park legislature in Toronto on Sept. 5, 2023. The Canadian Press/Chris Young
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will do a “complete review” of all Greenbelt lands—a move to correct the current land selection process which two provincial watchdogs recently found to be rushed and flawed.

At a press conference on Sept. 5, Mr. Ford said the review will include hundreds of additional applications for land removal from the protected Greenbelt and not limited to the 14 that were already selected. The process for the latter was found by the province’s auditor general and integrity commissioner to favour certain developers.