cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/2995708
The report, makes a definitive link between the Premier’s Office, the housing minister, a central political staffer who drove the project, and developers who benefitted from the deal.
The end result: the owners of 15 parcels of land removed from the Greenbelt will see the value rise by $8.3 billion, according to the auditor general.
What’s with all the downvotes on this post?
Edit: For context, this post was at -10 total votes when I commented. Seems to be better now for the most part
I’ve run afoul of a bot-army from elsewhere (hexbear). edit: damn! literal bot army! 7 downvotes in 10 minutes of the comment being posted. Just show yourself won’t you.
Jesus Christ no kidding lol
I’ve experienced the same here because I argued against an anarchist.
I argued against CCP and commie China. lol
LOL wow 6 downvotes within minutes!
people who are logged into hexbear can’t downvote brainiac
I got so used to being in a downvote free environment, having them really makes it easy to quietly quell this stuff
Bonnie Lysyk and team, the heroes Ontarians do not deserve but desperately need… Corruption investigated and documented publicly. Let’s see some terminations and hopefully charges.
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If this is a surprise to anyone I would insult their critical thinking. How could that have gone any other way? Obviously that land was going to be more valuable as single family detached homes in a wildly speculative real estate environment and of course developers would know that. Of course these developers would have influence too, they were Ford’s base in the 905!
The development industry is basically run like a mafia in most countries.
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Good video coverage on the topic if someone wants to learn more https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4WYgE9iHSMc
