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Episode 22: Will a scathing document dump be the final knockout punch for Premier Ford?
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Will a scathing document dump be the final knockout punch for Premier’s Ford?
From Environmental Defense:
“Released by Ontario's Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing as a result of a series of freedom of information requests show that it was partisan Minister’s Office staff — not civil service experts — who directed changes to municipal Official Plans in ways that favoured select landowners and sprawl developers.
“The documents also show that their lands were designated for development despite being rejected by both municipal planners and provincial Municipal Affairs planning experts. The documents also offer evidence that Ministers' offices, other than that of Housing Minister Steve Clark, were involved as early as January 2022, prior to the June 2022 election, and yet the government still kept Ontario voters in the dark.”
We unpack this story with Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager for Environmental Defense.
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