Premier Doug Ford walks to his office at Queen’s Park, in Toronto, on Oct. 30, 2023. The Ford government is facing fresh scrutiny after a trove of internal documents were released.
Premier Doug Ford met face-to-face with Hamilton developer Sergio Manchia about removing his land from the Greenbelt in 2021, documents reveal.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss opening up Manchia's Greenbelt land at Barton Street and Fifty Road for development, according to an email to Ford's executive assistant from Scott Beedie, a planner at Manchia's company UrbanSolutions. On the same day, an Ontario PC fundraising event was held in Ancaster, Ont., with tickets costing $1,200 each, according to an archived Ontario PC webpage.
"Mr. Manchia said he does not believe he talked to the premier about the Greenbelt at these events, and that it was usually a handshake and hello," the report said.Ford has denied having close ties to Manchia. He told the integrity commissioner "he had no recollection of meeting him, having any telephone or other conversations with him about the Greenbelt or communicating to any staff about Mr. Manchia.
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