Just in case anyone forgot that this guy is a *Conservative* and his loyalties   
   will always be where the money is.  In this case, it's with condo developers   
   that are eyeing farm land for their next projects.   
      
   But Ford will try to sell this as 'building more affordable housing'.  All the   
   voters have to do is get him to release numbers on how much those condos will   
   be sold for - and how many will become rental units.     
      
   Short of that this is just another example of how Conservatives work 'for the   
   people'.   Those would be the people with deep pockets to help elect the Cons.   
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   Doug Ford assured developers he plans to open up Greenbelt to housing   
   development   
      
   PC leader told them he will “open a big chunk” of the Greenbelt of   
   protected GTHA farmland to build housing if the Progressive Conservatives win   
   the June 7 election.   
      
   Doug Ford has privately assured developers he will “open a big chunk” of   
   the Greenbelt of protected GTHA farmland to build housing if the Progressive   
   Conservatives win the June 7 election.   
      
   In a video recorded Feb. 12 and shared with the media Monday by the governing   
   Liberals, Ford said the 800,000-hectare swath of land is “just farmer   
   fields.”   
      
   “It’s right beside a community. We need to open that up and create a   
   larger supply,” he said, noting that will lead to “price drops” in   
   housing in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.   
      
   “I’ve already talked to some of the biggest developers in the country,   
   and, again, I wish I could say it’s my idea, but it was their idea, as   
   well,” the PC leader said in February.   
      
   “ ‘Give us property! We’ll build and we’ll drive the cost down.’   
   That’s my plan for affordable housing,” he said.   
      
   Speaking to reporters at a campaign event later in Whitby, Ford confirmed he   
   was, indeed, looking at opening up the Greenbelt to development.   
      
   “I support the Greenbelt in a big way. Anything we may look at to reduce   
   housing costs — because everyone knows housing costs (are) through the roof   
   and there’s no more property available to build housing in Toronto or the   
   GTA — it will be    
   replaced,” he said.   
      
   “Anything that we will look at on the Greenbelt will be replaced, so there   
   will still be an equal amount of Greenbelt.”   
      
   It was unclear how Ford could expand the Greenbelt if the preserved land is   
   paved over for development.   
      
   More:   
   https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/04/30/doug-ford-ass   
   red-developers-he-plans-to-open-up-greenbelt-to-housing-development.html   
      
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