Ontario Greenbelt

• Developer launches constitutional challenge of law returning Greenbelt lands

  The Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act is the legislation fulfilling Ford's promise to restore Greenbelt protections to 15 parcels of land.

  Politics

  Dec 15, 2023
  
• Ontario government tables bill to return lands to the Greenbelt

  Ontario's municipal affairs and housing minister introduced legislation Monday to return parcels of land to the protected Greenbelt.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2023
  
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• RCMP launches investigation into Ford government Greenbelt landswap

  The federal police announced its investigation in a statement on Tuesday afternoon, saying it will be led by its Sensitive and International Investigations Unit.

  Politics

  Oct 10, 2023
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• Ontario will not compensate Greenbelt developers, housing minister says

  Ontario Housing Minister Paul Calandra says the province will not compensate developers whose lands are going back in the protected Greenbelt.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2023
• COMMENTARY: 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 GTA's Greenbelt for housing development flows from two colossal political miscalculations.

  Commentary

  Sep 26, 2023
• Ontario legislature resumes after Greenbelt about-face, minister resignations

  Ontario's legislature resumes sitting Monday on the heels of two cabinet ministers' resignations, a cabinet shuffle, and a major policy reversal.

  Politics

  Sep 24, 2023
• Hamilton reaction to Ontario’s Greenbelt reversal swift as mayor says she’s ‘thrilled’

  Mayor Andrea Horwath was one of many Hamiltonians thrilled by the Greenbelt reversal, but wants more including the return of agricultural land forced into the urban boundary.

  Environment

  Sep 21, 2023
• ‘It was a mistake’: Doug Ford says government will reverse Greenbelt land swap decision

  'It was a mistake to open the Greenbelt. It was a mistake to establish a process that moved too fast,' Ford said. 

  Politics

  Sep 21, 2023
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• Cabinet member in Doug Ford’s government resigns after Greenbelt probe

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office says cabinet member Kaleed Rasheed has resigned from his role and from the Progressive Conservative caucus.

  Politics

  Sep 20, 2023
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• Hamilton landowners speak out in favour of Ford government’s Greenbelt plan

  A landowners group, among those who delegated at a special planning committee, are speaking out in favor of the Ford government's plan to build on former protected lands.

  Politics

  Sep 18, 2023