Hamilton's mayor is calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to abandon his plan to open up parts of the Greenbelt for development after the province's auditor general found a small group of well-connected developers influenced the plan.
A group of well-connected developers stand to make a lot of money after influencing Doug Ford's provincial government's process for choosing protected Greenbelt land to open up for housing, the province's auditor general says. Here's a drone's eye view of some of Hamilton's Greenbelt land.
A coalition of groups including environmentalists, labour unions, farmers, housing advocates and more has issued a statement slamming the Ontario government’s plans to open up sections of protected Greenbelt land for housing development.