Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Paul Calandra, right, stands next to Ontario Premier Doug Ford in the Legislature in Toronto on Oct. 25, 2023.
There’s fresh scrutiny of how Premier Doug Ford’s government issued dozens of fast-track approvals to rezone select properties, some of them owned by developers who also stood to benefit from Greenbelt land swaps.Premier Doug Ford's government has issued more than 100 minister's zoning orders to fast-track development on properties around Ontario. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Paul Calandra is now reviewing them but has said he's not concerned about the vast majority.
A tally by the Ontario NDP finds that just four guests at a Ford family wedding reception benefited from as many MZOs as previous Liberal governments issued in total over the course of their 15 years in power.its use of MZOs as a way to spur housing construction or to clear away red tape from urgent provincial projects such as long-term care facilities.
"There are Conservative insiders who are benefiting from MZOs just as they have benefited from insider information around the Greenbelt grab," Burch said in an interview. Green Party leader Mike Schreiner is calling for a careful review "to make sure that the same corrupt process that led to removing land from the Greenbelt hasn't been involved in any of these MZOs."
"Our audit found that the application and decision-making process for issuing MZOs, as well as public communications about them, is not transparent," Lysyk added. Two companies that have been represented by lobbyist Nico Fidani-Diker were granted MZOs for projects in Caledon and. Fidani-Diker worked for more than two years in the premier's office, including a stint as Ford's executive assistant.for a project in Kawartha Lakes. Ford appointed Nigro to be chairman of the LCBO in 2019 and a board member of Invest Ontario in 2022. Ford also appointed Nigro to be chairman of Ontario Place, and he is currently the.
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