Ontarios Greenbelt, Doug Ford and an explosive audit
Last Wednesday, Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk delivered a scathing report about the province\u2019s plans to build on parts of the protected Greenbelt. While Premier Doug Ford had promised to preserve this vast network of vulnerable greenspace, he announced in November that the province would lift protections on thousands of acres to build more houses.\n\nThe auditor general\u2019s report finds there\u2019s no evidence the land was needed to meet the government\u2019s housing target and says that it was chosen under heavy influence from a small group of well-connected developers. The report goes on to say that those same landowners now stand to make a lot of money and could \u201cultimately see more than a collective $8.3 billion increase to the value of their properties\u201d.\n\nTo make sense of the report, we\u2019re joined by an Ontario reporter with The Narwhal, Fatima Syed.\n\n\nFor transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts