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Developers had direct influence over Ontario Greenbelt land removal, AG finds | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/2995708

The report, makes a definitive link between the Premier’s Office, the housing minister, a central political staffer who drove the project, and developers who benefitted from the deal.

The end result: the owners of 15 parcels of land removed from the Greenbelt will see the value rise by $8.3 billion, according to the auditor general.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

What's with all the downvotes on this post?

Edit: For context, this post was at -10 total votes when I commented. Seems to be better now for the most part

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I've run afoul of a bot-army from elsewhere (hexbear). edit: damn! literal bot army! 7 downvotes in 10 minutes of the comment being posted. Just show yourself won't you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Jesus Christ no kidding lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've experienced the same here because I argued against an anarchist.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I argued against CCP and commie China. lol

LOL wow 6 downvotes within minutes!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

people who are logged into hexbear can't downvote brainiac

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I got so used to being in a downvote free environment, having them really makes it easy to quietly quell this stuff