There were no investigations, or outrage, when the Wynne Liberals cut into the Greenbelt 17 times just a few short years ago.
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That’s just one of the problems with matching announcements Wednesday that Ontario’s Integrity Commissioner David Wake and Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk will investigate Ford’s Greenbelt changes. Lysyk’s investigation is unlikely to find anything, it’s not her job to investigate this, but Wake’s office could be a problem for Ford depending on how things go.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
“It is the government’s expectation that new home construction will begin on these lands by no later than 2025,”The removal of 7,400 acres of land, about 0.3% of the two million acres in the Greenbelt, was being offset by the addition of 9,400 acres of land. The plan was for this land to be used for what premier Ford calls “attainable housing,” meaning housing built that ordinary families could afford.Article contentThey’ve claimed this is pristine farmland being paved over. It’s not.
What’s amazing about all of this is that the Wynne Liberals cut into the Greenbelt 17 times, and there was no outrage. They took land out of the Greenbelt to allow the building of
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