Critical point: 70% of these greenbelt lands were formerly public lands sold to farmers - as Agricultural Land, and to be kept Agricultural Land, in perpetuity. Speculators moved in on these farmers and bought their land - cheap. Their golden moment? An unethical Minister and Premier willing to break these legal covenants.
It is remarkable, really. It took quite a few bad actors for this to come together.
BREAKING: A damaging tornado has impacted densely populated portions of the Milan metro, specifically Cernusco sul Naviglio, Lombardy, NW Italy about 2 hours ago.
The Ontario Court of Appeal has struck down Premier Doug Ford’s controversial campaign finance law that limits spending by unions and other third parties. https://t.co/4jWJRogwtF
BREAKING: Great news. Federal government could intervene on Greenbelt development, Guilbeault warns Ontario: https://t.co/G1GwqgfFya #HandsOffTheGreenbelt
@Sflecce Seniors: We wear masks in public settings because getting sick at Christmas would be really sad.
Stephen Lecce: Here is some taxpayer-funded panettone and my ongoing apathy about your health.
🧵 If the Ford/Lecce regime has $1 billion to give to Highway 407 in forgiven penalties, and $1 billion to give to drivers in forgiven licence fees, and $100s of millions to give in pre-election voter bribes and $100s of millions to give in bribes to parents, it sure has …
The word is "lied". When you say, again, and again, that you won't touch the Greenbelt, and then you strip Greenbelt Protection from 7,400 acres, it doesn't matter what else you do: you've lied. (1/?)