Ontario Premier Doug Ford's extraordinary reversal on his decision to open the GTA's Greenbelt for housing development flows from two colossal political miscalculations.
Steven Guilbeault is expected today to stop a study of the Rouge National Urban Park that was launched after Premier Ford opened nearby protected lands to development.
The Greenbelt fiasco has been an enormous distraction from the challenges facing the Greater Toronto Area and it’s doubtful the Ford government will significantly change its approach.
Mayor Andrea Horwath was one of many Hamiltonians thrilled by the Greenbelt reversal, but wants more including the return of agricultural land forced into the urban boundary.
In reversing his decision on the Greenbelt, Doug Ford made no mention of ecology or biodiversity, the very things the Greenbelt was created to protect.