{"id":20736,"date":"2023-08-15T03:07:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T10:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/bild-defends-networking-dinner-where-greenbelt-packages-exchanged\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T03:07:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T10:07:48","slug":"bild-defends-networking-dinner-where-greenbelt-packages-exchanged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/bild-defends-networking-dinner-where-greenbelt-packages-exchanged\/","title":{"rendered":"BILD defends \u2018networking\u2019 dinner where Greenbelt packages exchanged"},"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>Homebuilding stakeholders kept a low profile in the aftermath of Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk\u2019s damning report on the Doug Ford government\u2019s decision to remove 15 sites from Greenbelt protection in December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Lysyk said Aug. 9 the landowners could potentially reap $8.3 billion in added value from the decision. Ford and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark admitted the review process was flawed but have refused to reverse the designation of the 7,400 acres.<\/p>\n<p>Lysyk highlighted a Building Industry and Land Development Association\u2019s (BILD) Chair\u2019s Dinner held in September at which Clark\u2019s chief of staff Ryan Amato sat with two prominent developers and received packages containing information on sites they proposed be removed from the Greenbelt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDirect access to the housing minister\u2019s chief of staff resulted in certain prominent developers receiving preferential treatment,\u201d Lysyk wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAltogether, those who had access to the chief of staff at the September BILD event ended up with land removals that accounted for 6,784 acres, or 92 per cent of the 7,412.64 acres ultimately removed from the Greenbelt in December 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A BILD spokesperson offered a brief comment on behalf of the association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBILD, like all other associations, routinely holds events to provide networking, recognition and educational opportunities for its membership and the building and development community at large.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBILD fully complied with the auditor general\u2019s information requests and is compliant with all provincial and municipal requirements pertaining to lobbying registry and disclosure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the developers benefiting from the process was TACC Developments. Lysyk noted TACC refused to answer her questions.<\/p>\n<p>TACC\u2019s legal counsel said in a statement to the Canadian Press that there\u2019s \u201cno way of knowing the value of the land at this point in time, as there are significant costs to develop the land, which will be paid by the developers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe TACC Group is one of the few developers with the breadth of experience, knowledge and resources, as well as the land, to build complete and environmentally responsible communities to meet Ontario\u2019s housing needs,\u201d the lawyer stated.<\/p>\n<p>Other stakeholders in the homebuilding sector declined to offer comments to the Daily Commercial News.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the author on Twitter @DonWall_DCN<\/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\/economic\/2023\/08\/bild-defends-networking-dinner-where-greenbelt-packages-exchanged\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homebuilding stakeholders kept a low profile in the aftermath of Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk\u2019s damning report on the Doug &#8230; <a title=\"BILD defends \u2018networking\u2019 dinner where Greenbelt packages exchanged\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/bild-defends-networking-dinner-where-greenbelt-packages-exchanged\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about BILD defends \u2018networking\u2019 dinner where Greenbelt packages exchanged\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1066,1037],"tags":[357,295],"class_list":["post-20736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-posts","category-daily-commercial-news","tag-blog","tag-technology","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}