{"id":20576,"date":"2023-08-10T14:56:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T21:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ford-asks-integrity-commissioner-to-review-senior-aides-role-in-greenbelt-decision\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T14:56:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T21:56:10","slug":"ford-asks-integrity-commissioner-to-review-senior-aides-role-in-greenbelt-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ford-asks-integrity-commissioner-to-review-senior-aides-role-in-greenbelt-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford asks integrity commissioner to review senior aide&#8217;s role in Greenbelt decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 The Ontario Integrity Commissioner says it is reviewing a request from Premier Doug Ford\u2019s office to investigate a senior aide about his role in selecting which lands in the protected Greenbelt would be approved for housing development.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario\u2019s auditor general recommended the province ask the integrity commissioner to determine if Housing Minister Steve Clark\u2019s chief of staff, Ryan Amato, acted contrary to the Public Service of\u00a0Ontario\u00a0Act.<\/p>\n<p>Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk said Amato told them he received packages from two prominent developers at a conference dinner last September that included proposals to build homes on protected Greenbelt land owned by the developers.<\/p>\n<p>Amato told the auditor general he did not tell the developers that the province would open up the Greenbelt.<\/p>\n<p>Lysyk said the developers who had access to Amato at the dinner ended up with 92 per cent of the land that was removed from the Greenbelt.<\/p>\n<p>Amato did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ui-provider fy b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u00a9 2023 The Canadian Press<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/government\/2023\/08\/ford-asks-integrity-commissioner-to-review-senior-aides-role-in-greenbelt-decision\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 The Ontario Integrity Commissioner says it is reviewing a request from Premier Doug Ford\u2019s office to investigate a &#8230; 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