Half of Ontario’s Greenbelt Council Quits in Wake of Chair’s Protest Resignation

Half of Ontario’s Greenbelt Council Quits in Wake of Chair’s Protest Resignation
Former Toronto Mayor David Crombie of Toronto, (right) laughs with Budge Wilson of Halifax, N.S. after receiving the Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on March 11, 2005. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward
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Half of the remaining members of Ontario’s Greenbelt Council have followed their former chairman’s lead by stepping down in protest of pending environmental reforms.

Six members, all appointed under the previous Liberal government, resigned from the council on Sunday in the wake of a similar move by former Conservative federal cabinet minister and Toronto mayor David Crombie.