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But the premier has a bold new plan to dig himself out:</p></div><div class="subscriber-preview" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Bulldoze even more protected lands.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 43.051468px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Enrich even more developers.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 70.110291px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Just when you thought it couldn’t get more scandalous, Ford is reaching rock bottom on the Greenbelt.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 124.227936px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Bad enough that his government rezoned 14 properties to benefit 14 lucky landowners to the tune of roughly $8 billion. Never mind that two watchdogs cried foul, two police forces started asking questions, and a public furor erupted over the giveaway.</p><div id="magniteoutstream" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0px;"></div></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 70.110291px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Rather than returning those lands to the Greenbelt, as urged by the auditor general, Ford has a better idea:</p></div><div id="fsk_splitbox_5176_onscreen" class="fsk_splitbox_5176_onscreen" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div id="fsk_splitbox_5176" class="fsk_splitbox_5176" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 603px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; height: 0px; text-align: center;"><iframe name="fsk_frame_splitbox" id="fsk_frame_splitbox" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" allow="autoplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: medium; border-style: none; width: 602.996277px; height: 0px; margin: 0px;"></iframe></div></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 97.169113px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">Now, the premier is declaring open season on the entire Greenbelt — leaving any and all of its remaining 800,000 protected hectares up for grabs by developers with the best pitches.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 336.580872px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); overflow-wrap: break-word;">When in doubt, double down.</p><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_top" class="tncms-region hidden-print tsArticleRegion subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px; height: 273.529419px; position: relative; width: 755px; right: 65px;"><div id="tncms-block-2835228" class="tncms-block tnt-has-block-bg" data-lpos="you-might-be-interested-in" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) 0px 2px 8px 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) 0px 2px 8px 0px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><section id="block-2835228" class="block emphasis-h3 tnt-no-margin-bottom" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 40px;"><div class="clearfix" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="block-title title-2835228" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 5px;"><div class="block-title-inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 720.661743px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 1rem;">You might be interested in</h3></div></div></div><div class="custom-card-liftigniter card-grid" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div data-filled="true" class="storyPack pack23 card-img-md region-bg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(12, 1fr); padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><article id="card-summary-e2e3c8c5-0724-58f6-8fc6-68a7a2c68ca3" class="packStory1 letterbox-style-blur tnt-asset-type-article tnt-section-news" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column-start: span 12; grid-column-end: auto; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(216, 216, 216); margin-bottom: 15px;"><div class="card-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto 90px; column-gap: 15px;"><div class="card-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-radius: 5px;"><div class="media-preview media-preview-e2e3c8c5-0724-58f6-8fc6-68a7a2c68ca3 undefined-asset" data-aspect="1:1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><figure class="photo letterbox-style-blur" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><div class="image" data-toggle="modal" data-target=".modal-{{uuid}}" style="box-sizing: border-box; z-index: 9; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/motorcycle-caught-fire-after-road-rage-incident/article_e2e3c8c5-0724-58f6-8fc6-68a7a2c68ca3.html?li_source=LI&li_medium=ymbii_top" class="tnt-asset-link" aria-label="Motorcycle caught fire after road rage incident" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--link-color); text-decoration: none;"></a></div></figure></div></div></div></article></div></div></section></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>