{"id":22374,"date":"2023-09-29T12:15:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T19:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ndp-ask-ontario-auditor-to-probe-urban-land-expansions-in-wake-of-greenbelt-report\/"},"modified":"2023-09-29T12:15:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T19:15:29","slug":"ndp-ask-ontario-auditor-to-probe-urban-land-expansions-in-wake-of-greenbelt-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ndp-ask-ontario-auditor-to-probe-urban-land-expansions-in-wake-of-greenbelt-report\/","title":{"rendered":"NDP ask Ontario auditor to probe urban land expansions in wake of Greenbelt report"},"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 Ontario New Democrats are asking the auditor general\u2019s office to investigate the province\u2019s expansion of some municipal boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>The NDP says in a letter today (Sept. 29) to the acting auditor general \u2014 Bonnie Lysyk\u2019s term expired and the province has not yet named a new auditor general \u2014 that its request follows the office\u2019s \u201cexplosive\u201d Greenbelt report that found the process to select lands for removal from the protected area favoured certain developers.<\/p>\n<p>Premier Doug Ford ultimately reversed his\u00a0Greenbelt\u00a0plan after that report and another one from the integrity commissioner made similar findings.<\/p>\n<p>The NDP says there is evidence that preferential treatment was given in the urban boundary expansions to some of the same developers that stood to benefit from the\u00a0Greenbelt\u00a0land removals.<\/p>\n<p>CBC has reported that in Hamilton, land added to the city\u2019s urban boundary for growth contains properties owned in part by two developers with lands in the\u00a0Greenbelt\u00a0parcels in question.<\/p>\n<p>The NDP is asking the office to conduct a value-for-money audit and assess the financial and environmental impacts of urban boundary expansions and Ministerial Zoning Orders, which override local zoning bylaws.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ui-provider ec aza azb azc azd aze azf azg azh azi azj azk azl azm azn azo azp azq azr azs azt azu azv azw azx azy azz baa bab bac bae baf bag bah bai\" 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\/09\/ndp-ask-ontario-auditor-to-probe-urban-land-expansions-in-wake-of-greenbelt-report\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 Ontario New Democrats are asking the auditor general\u2019s office to investigate the province\u2019s expansion of some municipal boundaries. &#8230; 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