The RCMP is interviewing witnesses connected to Ontario’s Greenbelt scandal, Premier Doug Ford’s office confirmed to CTV News Toronto on Friday.
Premier Doug Ford takes speaks during a press conference about police helicopter funding in Mississauga, Ont., on Monday, July 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Ontario announced its plans to build at least 50,000 new homes on the protected Greenbelt back in November 2022. Then municipal affairs and housing minister Steve Clark said at the time that the government would need to remove 7,400 acres to do so, but that 9,400 acres would be added elsewhere.
Ford had rebuffed calls to reverse the Greenbelt development plans for months, saying it was necessary to meet the province’s goal of building 1.5 million homes by 2031. However, in mid-September, he announced that his government was changing course. Two cabinet ministers stepped down in the wake of the scandal, including Clark and the former minister of public and business service delivery, Kaleed Rasheed.
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