Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark insists controversial changes to the Greenbelt are about building new homes not rewarding wealthy developers who donate to the Progressive Conservatives.
Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark insists controversial changes to Ontario’s Greenbelt are about building new homes, not rewarding wealthy developers who donate to the Progressive Conservatives.
“We will have a significant portion of the Greenbelt to be added upon and at the same time have as a minimum 50,000 new homes,” said Clark, who has pledged to build 1.5 million new homes over the next decade to alleviate the “severe housing crisis.”found that of the 15 areas where development will soon be allowed, eight included properties purchased since Premier Doug Ford’s election in 2018..
“This could be to support wealthy landowners who bought land just before this was announced. That seems very suspicious,” said Bowman. Elections Ontario records show Rice’s companies, someone named Michael Rice, and donors whose names match those of his senior staff, have given the Tories $47,000 since 2014.
“This is a huge land play for a handful of people to cash in and the people of Ontario are going to pay the price for it,” said Schreiner, warning of other consequences for agriculture and the food supply.
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