Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters that “no one had preferential treatment” when it came to choosing what Greenbelt land would open for development days after a bombshell auditor general’s report suggested the decision making favoured certain developers with ministry access.
“No one had preferential treatment,” Ford told reporters before pivoting to talking points about the housing crisis, which his government has used as the reason for developing the Greenbelt.Get the latest local updates right to your inbox Both politicians sidestepped further questions about the report Friday by repeating the fact that their government will be implementing 14 of the 15 recommendations laid out by the auditor general.
Ontario’s official opposition requested in a letter sent Friday that the legislature be recalled “immediately” in order to fully address the report. The owners of the 15 land sites chosen through this process could see more than an $8.3 billion increase in the value of their properties, the report found.The report also found that Amato implemented a strict three-week timeline for the team of public servants tasked with reviewing sites for removal and altered criteria when it was determined most of the sites would not fit the set parameters.
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