Shawn Menard sees parallels between Greenbelt land swap in GTA and a 2022 urban boundary expansion in Ottawa

"Barely a week after Ontario’s housing minister resigned in the fallout of a report into the Greenbelt land swap in the GTA, a city councillor wants the province’s auditor general to look into another controversial land decision the same minister made in Ottawa.

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The auditor general’s report found the land swaps benefited certain developers. Capital Ward Coun. Shawn Menard sees parallels with Clark’s 2022 decision to expand Ottawa’s urban boundary by 654 hectares, overriding a previous city decision and concerns development there would be costly for taxpayers."