After a scathing auditor general’s report that found Ontario’s decision to open up protected Greenbelt lands for housing was heavily influenced by a small group of developers who now stand to make billions, the big question is: Can anyone stop the controversial land swap from going ahead?
Parts of the Greenbelt, a vast 810,000-hectare area of farmland, forest and wetland from Niagara Falls to Peterborough were opened to development in a bid to get more housing built late last year.
Following the report by Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk that found “the process was biased in favour of certain developers and landowners,” Premier Doug Ford said his government would accept
