Ford doubles down on Greenbelt plan, supports Ontario Housing Minister after scathing report

Doug Ford says Steve Clark has a tough job and will remain part of the team as Ontario tries to fulfill its promise to build 1.5 million homes over 10 years

Last year, the province took 7,400 acres of land out of the Greenbelt to build 50,000 homes and replaced it with about 9,400 acres elsewhere.

Integrity Commissioner J. David Wake found the Greenbelt land removal process was marked by “unnecessary hastiness and deception.” Both Clark and Ford have denied wrongdoing, but admit that the process to select the lands, which favoured certain developers, was flawed.

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