The Ontario Liberals are getting in touch with the RCMP to supply an upgrade into their criminal examination of Doug Ford’s Greenbelt scandal before citizens head to the surveys next month.
In a letter shown 680 NewsRadio, Liberal MPP John Fraser composed straight to RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme over the weekend asking for more details.
“Given the Premier plans to call an early election this Wednesday, it is now an immediate matter that the RCMP offer an upgrade into this examination before individuals of Ontario cast their votes next month,” Fraser composed.
“In reaction, the RCMP specified, ‘‘ The RCMP comprehends this is a problem of considerable interest to individuals of Ontario.’ I concur with that evaluation.”
In October 2023, the RCMP officially introduced an examination into the Ford federal government’s choice to open secured Greenbelt lands for advancement, which the Liberals call an “$8.3 billion free gift” to a choose group of “abundant designers.”
The RCMP questions came exactly one year after then auditor basic Bonnie Lysyk released a scathing report which discovered Ontario’s choice to open secured Greenbelt end up to real estate advancement discovered the procedure favoured designers with ties to the real estate minister’s chief of personnel. She likewise discovered the choice of lands eliminated was “prejudiced,” “seriously problematic,” and was “dismissive of reliable land-use preparation.”
Ford ultimately reversed his questionable strategy in September 2023, calling it a “error,” however that hasn’t stopped his political challengers or the authorities from asking concerns.
Ontario produced the Greenbelt in 2005 to safeguard farming and ecologically delicate lands in the Greater Golden Horseshoe location from advancement.
With files from Richard Southern of 680 NewsRadio
