Environmental advocates are celebrating Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s decision to reverse his plan to open the protected Greenbelt lands for housing development as a victory. But they emphasize the influence of private interests on governance and planning decisions remains a pressing issue.
Hundreds of people staged a protest Sunday outside the office of Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy to demand permanent protection for the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve (DRAP), which was removed from the Greenbelt.