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Ford says new housing minister will ‘re-evaluate’ sites in Greenbelt land swap as part of sweeping review | CBC News

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has ordered his new housing minister to “re-evaluate” the remaining sites included in a controversial land swap that saw thousands of hectares removed from the protected Greenbelt for development.

Larger review will look at all lands inside the Greenbelt, Ford says

Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds news conference amid ongoing Greenbelt controversy

Steve Clark, Ford’s former minister of housing, resigned Monday in the wake of two scathing reports into the selection of land removed from the protected Greenbelt for housing development.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has ordered his new housing minister to “re-evaluate” the remaining sites included in a controversial land swap that saw thousands of hectares removed from the protected Greenbelt for development.

More to come.

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