Ford to Go Ahead With Greenbelt Plan Despite AG’s Criticism

Ford to Go Ahead With Greenbelt Plan Despite AG’s Criticism
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to the media during a press conference following the release of the Auditor General’s Special Report on Changes to the Greenbelt, at Queens Park, in Toronto, on Aug. 9, 2023. Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press
Tara MacIsaac
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The Ontario government’s process for choosing which parts of the Greenbelt to open for housing development was “biased” and did not show “effective land-use planning,” says the province’s Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk.

Ms. Lysyk found that the selection of 15 land sites opened for development “favoured certain developers.” About 67 percent of the land is on sites two developers spoke to the housing minister’s chief of staff, Ryan Amato, about at an industry function they all attended in September 2022, Ms. Lysyk said.