<html><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div class="ApplePlainTextBody"><div class="MuiGrid-root-421 jss25 MuiGrid-item-423 MuiGrid-grid-xs-12-467 MuiGrid-grid-md-10-493" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 0; max-width: 83.333336%; flex-basis: 83.333336%; caret-color: rgb(22, 23, 37); color: rgb(22, 23, 37);"><div class="jss23" style="margin: 0px;"></div></div><div class="MuiGrid-root-421 jss28 MuiGrid-item-423 MuiGrid-grid-md-1-484" style="margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 0; max-width: 8.333333%; flex-basis: 8.333333%; caret-color: rgb(22, 23, 37); color: rgb(22, 23, 37);"></div><div class="MuiGrid-root-421 jss28 MuiGrid-item-423 MuiGrid-grid-md-1-484" style="margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 0; max-width: 8.333333%; flex-basis: 8.333333%; caret-color: rgb(22, 23, 37); color: rgb(22, 23, 37);"></div><div class="MuiGrid-root-421 jss27 MuiGrid-item-423 MuiGrid-grid-xs-12-467 MuiGrid-grid-md-10-493" style="margin: 0px 0px 31px; box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 0; max-width: 83.333336%; flex-basis: 83.333336%; caret-color: rgb(22, 23, 37); color: rgb(22, 23, 37);"><p class="MuiTypography-root-528 jss24 MuiTypography-caption-531" style="margin: 0px 113.859375px; font-size: 0.875rem; font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(114, 118, 133);">An Ontario Greenbelt sign is shown by farmland on October 12, 2023. 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After six years in power, after countless shortcomings and scandals of varying levels of notoriety, the government is hanging on. Better than that, in fact: it’s <a href="https://338canada.com/ontario/polls.htm" aria-label="ahead opens in a new window" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style="color: rgb(34, 91, 228);">ahead</a> in the polls and may even <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10526815/ontario-opposition-parties-ready-for-early-election-call-after-premier-fuels-speculation/" aria-label="be preparing for an early election opens in a new window" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style="color: rgb(34, 91, 228);">be preparing for an early election</a>. But the Greenbelt affair hangs over the heads of the Tories nonetheless — and it may someday come crashing down on them, once and for all. One hopes it does.</p><p class="MuiTypography-root-528 jss39 MuiTypography-body1-530" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; line-height: 2.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; padding-bottom: 44px;">In the latest development in the scandal that keeps on giving, the Ontario’s information and privacy commissioner is <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10524484/ford-government-special-report-greenbelt-communications/" aria-label="preparing a special report opens in a new window" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style="color: rgb(34, 91, 228);">preparing a special report</a> on how the government handled communications and documents related to its land-swap plans. The report, which doesn’t yet have a release date, will contain a look into <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/greenbelt-privacy-commissioner-deleted-emails-1.7215604" aria-label="deleted Greenbelt emails opens in a new window" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style="color: rgb(34, 91, 228);">deleted Greenbelt emails</a> and alleged codewords in internal communications that might have been used to circumvent freedom-of-information laws and public access to details about the plan.</p><div style="font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><p class="MuiTypography-root-528 jss58 MuiTypography-caption-531" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(114, 118, 133); text-align: center; padding-top: 24px; padding-bottom: 32px;">Article continues below</p></div><div class="jss57" style="font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: -20px; margin-right: -20px; margin-bottom: 68px;"><div class="jss627" style="display: flex; padding: 0px 24px; flex-direction: row; justify-content: center;"><div class="jss628 jss629 jss59" style="width: 562.65625px; border-radius: 8px; background-color: rgb(30, 34, 46); max-width: 835px !important;"><div class="jss36" style="padding: 0px 40px;"><div data-banner-position="1" data-banner-position-paragraph="2" class="jss632 inpageBanner" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen62544245_115="9171" style="margin: 40px 0px; display: grid; row-gap: 40px; column-gap: 40px; grid-template-columns: 5fr 5fr;"><div><h2 class="MuiTypography-root-528 jss634 jss642 MuiTypography-h3-535 MuiTypography-colorTextPrimary-553" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 2rem; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline-block;">May is Leave a Legacy Month </h2><p class="MuiTypography-root-528 jss596 jss635 MuiTypography-body1-530" style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Including TVO in your will ensures continued access to quality educational programming, supporting lifelong learning opportunities for generations of Ontarians.</p><a class="MuiButtonBase-root-679 MuiButton-root-652 jss651 MuiButton-contained-660 jss647 inpageBannerButton MuiButton-containedPrimary-661" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Learn More, opens in a new window" href="https://tvo.me/get-involved/gift-in-your-will/?utm_source=tvo.org&utm_medium=Web&utm_campaign=Legacy-Giving" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 91, 228); border: 2px; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; display: inline-flex; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 24px; position: relative; align-items: center; border-radius: 40px; vertical-align: middle; justify-content: center; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(231, 19, 26); appearance: none; font-size: 1.125rem; min-width: 64px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: background-color 250ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) 0ms, box-shadow 250ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) 0ms, border 250ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) 0ms; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: 0px; box-shadow: none;"><span class="MuiButton-label-653" style="width: 97.015625px; display: inherit; align-items: inherit; justify-content: inherit; font-family: SuisseIntl, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Learn More</span></a></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>