“Keep your mouth shut and stick to it” & “in for a rough ride, hold the line ‘it’s all about housing’” - quotes from #RyanAmato in documents released on #DougFord's #greenbelt scandal

https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/energy-and-the-environment/environmental-group-releases-thousands-of-government-documents-on-greenbelt-urban-boundary-scandals-7759102

There's also an intriguing reference to Cherrywood, the site owned by TACC’s Silvio #DeGasperis and the largest single chunk of land taken out of the Greenbelt. An attendee at a briefing with the housing minister’s office said the ministry was doing “just what (the) owner asked for.”

Environmental group releases thousands of government documents on Greenbelt, urban boundary scandals

Opposition politicians say the document dump shows the premier was in the loop

The Trillium

The documents received by #EnvironmentalDefence show that:

  • #RyanAmato directed senior ministry staff to keep their mouths shut about the #greenbelt changes

  • maps detailing some of the preferred developer properties needed to be provided to #DougFord’s office

  • Cabinet-privilege redactions were applied during September and early October 2022 even though the Minister and the Premier claimed under oath that they did not know about the changes until late October

Well-spotted @lneumannca! 👀

Great reporting @thenarwhal 🏅

The Ontario Provincial Police confirmed in a statement that Carrique “did have a professional work-related relationship with members of the Amato family,” but said that wasn’t the reason the service decided to refer the review to the RCMP.

“They should have punted [the review] to the RCMP much sooner,” said Mukherjee... “It raises the question of how seriously they took the early allegations”

#DougFord #RyanAmato #DeGasperis #Greenbelt #OnPoli

Who is Ryan Amato, the political staffer at the centre of Ontario’s Greenbelt scandal?

Amato has family ties to the head of the Ontario Provincial Police, public records reveal

The Trillium

Chief of staff AG report put at centre of Greenbelt controversy resigns

https://venera.social/display/85a863ed-1764-e6b1-89b6-613116003408

Chief of staff AG report put at centre of Greenbelt controversy resigns

Ryan Amato, Chief of staff The chief of staff at the centre of an explosive investigation into the Ford government’s Greenbelt land swap controversy has r...