Doug Ford calls Greenbelt a ‘failed policy’

Asked when he told the province’s bureaucrats to look at the Greenbelt as part of the housing solution, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Friday he had not asked them to look at any specific area, but said that this area of the province was “a failed policy, a flawed policy,” from the previous Liberal government. He said he was a strong believer of not building on areas like marshes and ponds, and that they’ve added 2,000 acres to the Greenbelt, but added they would continue to build in the province to provide housing to new Ontarians.

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