Greenbelt

• NDP ask Ontario auditor to probe urban land expansions in wake of Greenbelt report

  Ontario New Democrats are asking the auditor general's office to investigate the province's expansion of some municipal boundaries.

  Politics

  Sep 29
  
• 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
  
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• 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
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• Ontario to introduce new Greenbelt law soon, new housing minister says

  Ford says in question period today that his announcement is a sign of leadership, admitting he made a mistake and is moving forward.

  Politics

  Sep 25
• Guilbeault suspending urban park study after Ford’s Greenbelt reversal

  Steven Guilbeault is expected today to stop a study of the Rouge National Urban Park that was launched after Premier Ford opened nearby protected lands to development.

  Politics

  Sep 25
• 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
• Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton quits government, triggering cabinet shuffle

  Sources said Monte McNaughton, who was first elected in 2011, was considering the shift for months before informing the premier of his decision to step down.

  Politics

  Sep 22
• 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
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• ‘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
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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