Ontario Majority Government 2022-2026
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Next step: Premier's Office asks for a look see ....
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Ford asks integrity commissioner to review senior aide's role in Greenbelt decision
TORONTO — The Ontario Integrity Commissioner said it has begun reviewing a request from Premier Doug Ford's office to investigate a senior aide about his role in selecting which lands in the protected Greenbelt would be approved for housing developme
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I like how they have accepted all of the commisioner's recommendation, except the one to review the decision allowing the land to be developed. An $8B windfall for their friends is a nice one.Next step: Premier's Office asks for a look see ....
Ford asks integrity commissioner to review senior aide's role in Greenbelt decision
TORONTO — The Ontario Integrity Commissioner said it has begun reviewing a request from Premier Doug Ford's office to investigate a senior aide about his role in selecting which lands in the protected Greenbelt would be approved for housing developme
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They're defending moving forward by saying 1) "what preferential treatment?", and 2) more housing'll be built.
'No one had preferential treatment,' Ontario Premier Doug Ford says of Greenbelt developers
Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters that “no one had preferential treatment” when it came to choosing what Greenbelt land would open for development days after a bombshell auditor general’s report suggested the decision making favoured certain developers with ministry access.
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Ford is in a good position. As long as he governs like a liberal and the alternatives suck he can maintain power. The beauty of that is he gets the conservative vote, who think they are voting for a conservative.
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Alternatively, conservative voters vote for him because he is the least objectionable option...
Correct.
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Man overboard ...
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Should the Minister resign, too? On the one hand, the buck does stop with him in his department. On this one, not likely to happen.
On the other hand, Chiefs of Staff are chosen/hired by the Premier & Co, not individual ministers. Even LESS likely to happen.
But, hey, part of the latest narrative goes: we're talking way less than 1 percent of the entire Greenbelt, so what's the agita all about?
Chief of staff for Ontario housing minister resigns amid Greenbelt report
The chief of staff for Ontario’s housing minister has resigned following a scathing Greenbelt report that alleges he and the government favoured certain developers when opening up the protected land.
www.cp24.com
Should the Minister resign, too? On the one hand, the buck does stop with him in his department. On this one, not likely to happen.
On the other hand, Chiefs of Staff are chosen/hired by the Premier & Co, not individual ministers. Even LESS likely to happen.
But, hey, part of the latest narrative goes: we're talking way less than 1 percent of the entire Greenbelt, so what's the agita all about?
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In fairness to Ontario, at least the province is taking action on this, vice the Feds’ ongoing journey for how it can formulate a “These aren’t the droids your looking for” solution on the Chinese interference issue…
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Give the Trudeau burn barrels a chance will you.
Eaglelord17
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I think the term your looking for is forced to pretend to take action as opposed to being able to shuffle it under the rug. True action would be cancelling the zoning changes and the ministers/Ford resigning.
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Premier Ford just needs to change the land back to its former status and start over with better security/oversight.
The folks who bought it up can't say anything....like a drug dealer reporting someone stole his dope.
The folks who bought it up can't say anything....like a drug dealer reporting someone stole his dope.
IKnowNothing
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They can't make a public stink, but, have you considered how angry those developers would be that their kickbacks didn't pay off, and how that might impact Ford's future fundraising and political career? Have some sympathy for the guy.
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No, ‘pretend’ is what Team Trudeau does. This in the other hand, is supporting lawful investigation, without putting the cart before the horse.
À chacon son proper goût…
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"The truth is, the former Wynne Liberal government took land out of the Greenbelt at least 17 times and I don’t recall an uproar, a fuss or claims that paradise was being paved over for a parking lot."
And the NDP is as nutty and hyperbolic as ever.
torontosun.com
Now we stop guessing and wait until the official report comes out. Innocent until proven guilty and all that.
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And the NDP is as nutty and hyperbolic as ever.
LILLEY: Mythology of Greenbelt shouldn't stop common sense solutions
Since it was created in 2005 a mythology has built up around the Greenbelt that stretches from Niagara to Port Hope.
torontosun.com
Now we stop guessing and wait until the official report comes out. Innocent until proven guilty and all that.
LILLEY: RCMP confirms they are looking into Ford's Greenbelt moves
Public complaints to the OPP have now been sent to the RCMP to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest.
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lenaitch
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I suspect he will enjoy a very, very, soft landing.Man overboard ...
Chief of staff for Ontario housing minister resigns amid Greenbelt report
The chief of staff for Ontario’s housing minister has resigned following a scathing Greenbelt report that alleges he and the government favoured certain developers when opening up the protected land.
Should the Minister resign, too? On the one hand, the buck does stop with him in his department. On this one, not likely to happen.
On the other hand, Chiefs of Staff are chosen/hired by the Premier & Co, not individual ministers. Even LESS likely to happen.
But, hey, part of the latest narrative goes: we're talking way less than 1 percent of the entire Greenbelt, so what's the agita all about?
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Strange in that before the report the OPP stated there wasnt any there, there
Retired AF Guy
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Probably realized that there might actually be something going on and decided to pull a Pontus Pilate and wash their hands of it. Let someone else take the heat.
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I'll be blunt, I don't think the the greenbelt scandal is really that big of a deal to most voters. As Jen Gerson from The Line summed it up, it's a story about rich people getting richer by scamming other rich people.... People struggling to make ends meet aren't going to get too worked up about it, particularly when the opposition has an equally bad reputation for scandal.