The Ontario auditor general published a bombshell report this week, finding that Premier Doug Ford's process for opening up protected Greenbelt land to housing development favoured a small group of well-connected developers who stand to make billions. Rob Benzie of the Toronto Star and Jessica Smith Cross of The Trillium break down the news and the impact it could have on Ford’s political fortunes.
A central focus of the Ford government is exploiting the “Ring of Fire” region in the northern James Bay Lowlands, despite the resistance of Indigenous nations there. These nations assert that the provincial government has failed in its consultation duties, and that its drive to exploit the area’s minerals is endangering the region’s peatlands, which act as crucial carbon sinks.
The communal exercise of a credible and nationally televised debate likely has real value. But for the purposes of staging a good debate, we might benefit from fewer props and interveners and more room for conversation between the people who would lead the country at this pivotal time.
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