First Nations leaders from across Ontario are demanding the provincial government return environmental protections to land it recently removed from the Greenbelt to build housing.
The Chiefs of Ontario, an organization that advocates for 133 First Nations in the province, said it unanimously passed a resolution at an emergency meeting Monday opposing the so-called Greenbelt land swap.
In addition to returning the land to the Greenbelt, the resolution featured four other demands, including that Housing Minister Steve Clark resign or be removed.
Ontario Regional Chief Glen Hare, who is from the M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island, said First Nations weren’t adequately consulted on the Greenbelt changes, despite the
