The province says it is creating a working group to implement recommendations made in a damning auditor general's report on the government's decision to remove land from the protected Greenbelt.
A memo from Premier Doug Ford's chief of staff and the secretary of the cabinet to ministers' chiefs of staff and deputy ministers says all cabinet submissions to address the recommendations must be complete and include options and risks during the approval process.
Last year, the province took 7,400 acres of land out of the Greenbelt and replaced it with about 9,400 acres elsewhere. Until the working group is operational, chiefs of staff and deputy ministers must provide appropriate consultation, including with Indigenous leaders. The memo also said submission timelines for cabinet and cabinet committees allow enough time for due diligence by officials and consideration by committee members.
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