Ontario Premier Doug Ford is receiving a polite welcome at a major farm and rural expo, but there is an undercurrent of anger among some attendees about his plan to open parcels of protected Greenbelt land for housing development.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford rides in on a float towed by a tractor at the 2023 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo, in Bowling Green, Ont., Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Ford received some cheers and thumbs up as a tractor pulled him and his caucus on a wagon through the expo during an opening parade, and received polite applause during his speech, though several people silently held up signs urging Ford to keep the original promise he made several years ago not to touch the Greenbelt.
Ken Reed, from Kitchener, Ont., said he generally supports the Progressive Conservatives, but it seems like the Greenbelt decision was done to benefit wealthy developers and he doesn't like it. The legislature usually shuts down for the day so that politicians can attend the rural expo, but this year the return from the summer break was pushed back to next week to accommodate the plowing match schedule.
NDP Leader Marit Stiles, however, did mention the Greenbelt, and received many enthusiastic nods of support.
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