From Redevelopment to Reversal: A timeline of events in Ontario’s Greenbelt scandal
A timeline of the events that have occurred in Ontario's Greenbelt debacle.
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Ontario’s Greenbelt is safe for now, but will the scandal alter Doug Ford’s course?
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s extraordinary reversal on his decision to open the Greater Toronto Area’s Greenbelt for housing development flows from two colossal political miscalculations.
The first was failing to recognize the…
Doug Ford reverses Greenbelt plans: Construction would never have provided affordable housing
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced a reversal of his government’s decision to allow developers to construct residential properties on parts of Ontario’s Greenbelt. While this is a positive outcome for an ongoing saga, let’s be…
Why is Doug Ford doubling down amid Ontario’s Greenbelt scandal?
The past few weeks have witnessed an extraordinary series of events in Ontario politics. Reports tabled by the province’s auditor general and its integrity commissioner on the government’s November 2022 decision to remove…
Greenbelt review could see recommendation for more land removals, new minister says
A review of Ontario's Greenbelt could recommend more land be added to the protected area, but it could also see more lands removed, the province's new housing minister said Sept. 6.
A day after Premier Doug Ford announced a review of…
Doug Ford accepts Steve Clark’s resignation, announces review but allows Greenbelt development…
Following Steve Clark's resignation Sept. 4 as Ontario's housing minister, opposition parties and environmental advocacy organizations sounded the alarm: The move, they warn, should not distract from Doug Ford's behaviour and his…
Ontario housing minister violated integrity act in Greenbelt land swap: commissioner
Ontario's housing minister violated ethics rules when the government removed land from the protected Greenbelt for development, the province's integrity commissioner found, saying the process was marked by "unnecessary hastiness and…
Ontario looks at returning land to Greenbelt after owner lists properties for sale
Ontario is looking at returning land slated for housing to the Greenbelt after a company tried to sell two parcels that were removed from the protected area for development, Premier Doug Ford said Aug. 29.
In a written statement,…
Doug Ford’s Greenbelt scandal: The beginning of the end of his years in power?
The findings of Ontario’s auditor general on the provincial government’s decision to remove 7,400 acres from the Greater Toronto Area Greenbelt came as no surprise to those who have been closely following Premier Doug Ford’s…
MPPs, advocates, demand police investigation into PC Greenbelt land swap following scathing AG…
In light of the damning auditor general's report released last week that exposed the deeply flawed process behind the removal of 15 parcels of land from the Greenbelt, opposition leaders are in unanimous agreement that the Ford…