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.
The development industry is basically run like a mafia in most countries.
Good video coverage on the topic if someone wants to learn more https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4WYgE9iHSMc
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!
