Ontario’s newly-minted Housing Minister Paul Calandra says he plans to launch a promised review into land development in the Greenbelt “very soon” as part of a “suite of measures” proposed on the file Wednesday.
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Speaking to reporters at Queens Park, Calandra said he spoke with his Deputy Minister Tuesday and asked her to put in place a “fulsome” review of the lands chosen to be removed from the Greenbelt for development.The appearance marked Calandra's first as Housing Minister after Steve Clark resigned Monday in the wake of two damning Greenbelt reports outlining a deeply flawed process that favoured certain developers and lacked transparency.
"I've given [the provincial facilitator] a clear mandate as to what I expect to happen with these forecasts. I said, ‘It's very, very clear. We're building communities. I expect significant community benefits on these lands. I expect the natural heritage and the natural heritage features on these lands to be protected,’” he said.
“I'm working with my department and I've instructed them as they said to bring forward a ‘use it or lose it’ policy,” the minister said. “We have to put shovels in the ground and we are relying on our partners in the development industry to get those shovels in the ground faster.”
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