The protected lands have been at the centre of political and housing discussions for months, prompting deals, reports and resignations
on the government’s removal of land from the Greenbelt, saying the changes resulted from a “biased” process driven by a senior political staffer that “favoured certain developers” and lacked environmental or financial analysis.
The Auditor-General found that then-housing minister Steve Clark’s former chief of staff, Ryan Amato, drove the Greenbelt process and favoured certain developers. The auditor found that he altered or scrapped criteria to ensure lands suggested to him by two prominent developers were included.On Aug. 30, the Integrity Commissioner found that Mr. Clarkover the government’s decision to remove select lands from the Greenbelt. Integrity Commissioner J. David Wake said Mr.
Mr. Ford named former long-term care minister Paul Calandra as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.on the matter to the RCMP. The OPP requested that it investigate “irregularities in the disposition of the Greenbelt surrounding Toronto.” The OPP, which had been reviewing the matter since last fall, did not explain the nature of the conflict of interest, or why it had waited to refer the case.Two days after Mr. Clark resigned, Mr. Calandra said he willof the Greenbelt, but Mr.
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