Premier Doug Ford's government has hit the brakes on a proposal that would allow more housing to be built on Ontario's dwindling farmland.
Farmers say the proposals had the potential to lead to hundreds of thousands of homes on prime farmland.
Steve Clark, Ontario's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, said Wednesday that the government is not moving forward with the proposal that would have allowed the owners of agricultural land to carve out up to three housing lots on each farm parcel, a policy known as severance.that under pressure from farmers, Ford's government was considering backing off from the proposal.
"We've extended the consultation period on the provincial policy statement just to make sure there's adequate time for ideas that don't involve severances."
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