Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 13, 2023

[thread] Toronto greenbelt

2nd developer goes to court to avoid questions f. Ontario auditor general in Greenbelt probe
Rice Group CEO Michael Rice seeks to block/delay summons
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/michael-rice-auditor-general-greenbelt-1.6904603

* 2nd prominent Toronto developer who owns land that removed f. southern Ontario's protected Greenbelt going to court to avoid answering questions f. Ontario's A.G.

https://ricedevelopmentcorp.ca/about

Comment: appropriation of public land
https://persagen.com/docs/ontario_minister_s_zoning_orders_controversy.html

#Ontario #Greenbelt #neoliberalism

2nd developer goes to court to avoid questions from Ontario auditor general in Greenbelt probe | CBC News

A second prominent Toronto-area developer who owns land that was removed from southern Ontario's protected Greenbelt last year is going to court to avoid answering questions from the province's auditor general.

CBC
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Aug 10, 2023

Addendae 1

Investigation into housing minister's chief of staff after scathing Greenbelt report
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/investigation-into-housing-minister-s-chief-of-staff-after-scathing-greenbelt-report-being-considered-1.6513314

Special Report on Changes to the Greenbelt
https://www.auditor.on.ca/en/content/specialreports/specialreports/Greenbelt_en.pdf

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenbelt_(Golden_Horseshoe)
* scathing Auditor General report blasted process/decisions regarding Greenbelt
* 7,400 acres of land removed from the Greenbelt
* 92% tied to 3 developers w. direct access to housing ministry

#Ontario #corruption #Greenbelt #capitalism #neoliberalism #PublicLand

Investigation into housing minister's chief of staff after scathing Greenbelt report being considered

Ontario's integrity commissioner is reviewing a request to investigate the way the housing minister's chief of staff handled opening Greenbelt land to development.

Toronto
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Aug 10, 2023

Addendae 2

Bombshell Greenbelt report: One-on-one with Ontario's auditor general
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/bombshell-greenbelt-report-one-on-one-with-ontario-s-auditor-general-1.6513544

* Greenbelt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenbelt_(Golden_Horseshoe)
* A.G. report: https://www.auditor.on.ca/en/content/specialreports/specialreports/Greenbelt_en.pdf

* 30 square kilometers of land removed from Greenbelt
* 92% tied to 3 developers w. direct access to housing ministry

#Ontario #corruption #Greenbelt #capitalism #neoliberalism #PublicLand

Bombshell Greenbelt report: One-on-one with Ontario's auditor general

Ont. Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk spoke CTV News Channel in a one-on-one interview to discuss some of her key findings from the 'Special Report on Changes to the Greenbelt.'

CTVNews
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Aug 10, 2023

Addendae 3

Timeline: Doug Ford government & Ontario’s Greenbelt
Auditor general’s explosive report adds key dates to chronology that confused Ontarians
https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-greenbelt-timeline-auditor-general-report

* auditor general Bonnie Lysyk adds key dates to timeline of Doug Ford's development policy decisions around Ontario's protected Greenbelt
* quality source: The Narwhal @thenarwhal
*https://persagen.com >> search: "Doug Ford" AND greenbelt

#Ontario #corruption #Greenbelt #capitalism #neoliberalism #PublicLand

The Doug Ford government and Ontario’s Greenbelt: a timeline

Auditor general’s explosive report adds key dates to the chronology that has confused Ontarians — including when a prominent staffer received a ‘package’ of requests from developers

The Narwhal
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Aug 14, 2023

Addendae 4

Greenbelt Land Grab Wasn’t About Affordable Housing, ‘Unprecedented’ AG Report Shows
https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/08/13/greenbelt-land-grab-wasnt-about-affordable-housing-unprecedented-report-shows

* “truly unprecedented” report by Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk shows Doug Ford government’s “Greenbelt land grab” was never about building affordable housing on a treasured expanse that 83% of Ontarians & 76% of Progressive Conservative voters want protected

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/ford-s-secret-greenbelt-sell-off-was-never-about-affordable-housing/article_a81e5058-4939-58f0-990d-7acc009ee02d.html

#Ontario #corruption #Greenbelt #capitalism #neoliberalism #PublicLand #appropriation

Greenbelt Land Grab Wasn’t About Affordable Housing, ‘Unprecedented’ AG Report Shows

A “truly unprecedented” report by Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk shows that the Doug Ford government’s “Greenbelt land grab” was never about building affordable housing on a treasured expanse that 83% of Ontarians and 76% of Progressive Conservative voters want to see protected, veteran Greenbelt advocate Burkhard Mausberg writes, in a blistering analysis piece for the Toronto Star.

The Energy Mix
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Aug 23, 2023

Addendum 5

RCMP probing Doug Ford government's handling of Greenbelt
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/rcmp-probing-ford-government-s-handling-of-the-greenbelt-1.6530698

* RCMP referred to file by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in effort to avoid “perceived conflict of interest”

RCMP now in charge of potential investigation into Ford government's Greenbelt land swap
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/greenbelt-land-swap-opp-rcmp-1.6944697

#Ontario #corruption #PoliticalCorruption #Greenbelt #capitalism #neoliberalism #PublicLand #appropriation #RCMP #OPP #DougFord

RCMP probing Ford government's handling of the Greenbelt

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is probing the Ford government’s handling of the Ontario Greenbelt after being called in by provincial police.

Toronto
Show threadProf Prachi Srivastava

@persagen

Well, now that's quite the development.

Aug 23, 2023 at 6:13pmWeb