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Canada

Ford government used code words to make it ‘unduly difficult’ to search Greenbelt records: report

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government has come under fire for failing to meet its legal obligations when it comes to…

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Canada

Developer asks Ford government to amend Greenbelt bill

The owner of one of the 15 properties removed from the Greenbelt is asking the Ontario government to exclude its…

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Politics

Ford apologizes for ‘wrong’ Greenbelt decision, vows to reverse land swap

The Ontario government is changing course and reversing a contentious land swap for the province’s protected Greenbelt, following weeks of…

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Politics

Ontario MPP Kaleed Rasheed resigns from Ford’s cabinet following Greenbelt probe

Mississauga East-Cooksville MPP Kaleed Rasheed has resigned from cabinet and the Ontario Progressive Conservative caucus in the wake of an integrity commissioner probe…

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Tech

What’s a greenbelt supposed to do? Contain growing cities and preserve the nature that protects them

In 45 years of farming beans, wheat and corn on his rolling acreage in historic Campbellville, Ont., Peter Lambrick has…

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Politics

Greenbelt review could see more land opened to development, new housing minister says

Ontario’s new housing minister Paul Calandra says development will continue on 14 sites removed from the Greenbelt last year as…

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Politics

Ontario will ‘re-evaluate’ sites in Greenbelt land swap as part of sweeping review, Ford says

Toronto Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will “re-evaluate” controversial Greenbelt land swaps panned by two provincial watchdogs as rushed and flawed,…

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Politics

Ontario Housing Minister Steve Clark resigns amid Greenbelt land swap controversy

Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark is resigning from cabinet, after weeks of pushback from political opponents, First Nations leaders and…

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Politics

Ford stands by Ontario housing minister as opponents call for firing over Greenbelt land swap

Premier Doug Ford doubled down on a pledge to build more homes in Ontario and insisted on Housing Minister Steve…

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Politics

Integrity commissioner recommends housing minister be reprimanded over Greenbelt land swap

Ontario’s Integrity Commissioner is recommending that Housing Minister Steve Clark be reprimanded for his role in the province’s contentious Greenbelt…

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