Doug Ford doubles down on commitment to Ontario housing amid Greenbelt controversy

Doug Ford doubles down on commitment to Ontario housing amid Greenbelt controversy | FULL

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11 ай бұрын

Alongside housing minister Steve Clark, Ontario Premier Doug Ford held a press conference in Toronto on Wednesday regarding the province’s housing crisis - going on to acknowledge the controversy surrounding his government’s recent and “biased” Greenbelt land swaps and development plans.
Before admitting his team needed a “better process” and claiming his government will “implement 14” of 15 recommendations by Ontario’s auditor general regarding the Greenbelt, Ford emphasized his priority to develop not only more properties, but affordable ones for young adults and immigrants across Ontario.
Developers in Ontario, however, supposedly had direct influence over the province’s recent decision to extract lands from the Greenbelt and received “preferential treatment,” according to an explosive report from auditor general Bonnie Lysyk earlier Wednesday - a report which showed the Ford government began working to remove protected land as soon as it won re-election.
According to the auditor general, the owners of 15 parcels of land removed from the Greenbelt could see the value rise by $8.3 billion.
As a result of the Ford government's Greenbelt land swaps, opposition leaders and journalists are calling for the resignation of Ford, Clark and the minister’s chief of staff who supposedly drove the project.
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@suziec6070 11 ай бұрын

DOUG FORD ENOUGH WITH YOUR LIES LEAVE NOW!!!!!

@muneahmed5473 11 ай бұрын

Be ready to vote.

@Atite_Lometen 11 ай бұрын

People loves him, he was re-elected.

@rusirius913 11 ай бұрын

Folks, let me tell ya. It's not about my friends and donor developers making billions on something I had control over. It's about homes and families, rainbows and gumdrops. Folks I promise to never do what I did, ever again. But I don't regret it. Because some family will have a home. And my developer friends will have bigger and better homes. Because folks that's what Canada is all about. Affordable family homes that are built on land that friendly developers flip in a couple of years and make billions on.

@josephsmith594 11 ай бұрын

Excellent summary. There’s nothing more to say than this.

@EricBurke-uu4lw 6 ай бұрын

What are you talking about.. that's the issue in Canada. Is there is a supply issue. Not enough supply to meet the demand. Ppl are willing to pay a million for 3-4 bedroom family homes. If ppl are willing to pay it will artificially inflate prices.

@sabiondo1629 11 ай бұрын

Time for a general strike to force his resignation.

@ashleyladouceur8610 11 ай бұрын

This is corruption in full view. 2 floundering giant thumbs saying absolutely nothing while also admitting their guilt.

@TheCrayonMaster 11 ай бұрын

Expanding the GTA by building on the Greenbelt is not going to help anyone except for the Con party and their developer friends. Doug Ford is the worst 😒

@MobyShamu 11 ай бұрын

where u gonna put all the new people coming in?

@marilynification 10 ай бұрын

Has anyone looked at the options available? I haven’t heard much about that. I hear that in Vienna, over 60% of the people live in social housing that is owned by the city or not-for-profit cooperatives (the local government decided, decades ago, that housing was a human right and so ought to be kept affordable for all; the rents are just a fraction of those in comparable European cities…)

@liangyuaq-qoyunlu407 10 ай бұрын

Millions of people need houses to live in Karen

@TheCrayonMaster 10 ай бұрын

@@marilynification Yes, they have. But the Cons keep blocking Toronto from going forward with building and it's costing Ontarians money every day that they don't build.

@TheCrayonMaster 10 ай бұрын

@@MobyShamu there is enough approved building space outside of the Greenbelt, apparently, the approved space outside of the Greenbelt is the size of Paris. Also, we need the Greenbelt because it's the best-growing land in Canada. edit: Most people won't be able to afford the massive houses they're going to build. And the Con government was told we don't need the Greenbelt, we have plenty to build on already.

@tracevelvets1 11 ай бұрын

Reporter - "What did you eat for lunch?" Corrupt politician - "We recognize the process needs to be changed, and are committed to moving forward"

@maryannkowalski7813 11 ай бұрын

Lies. Thieves. Greed. Corruption.

@13coyote13 11 ай бұрын

Doug Ford should resign period.

@ArabicReja973 11 ай бұрын

It sounds like somewhere in China, not Canada 🇨🇦.

@Tom21356 11 ай бұрын

Bluh. Bluh. Bluh. Lots of hot air

@Jackie.Daytona 11 ай бұрын

Resign please

@roninronin6405 11 ай бұрын

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims … but accomplices.”

@user-db6wv4rd9m 11 ай бұрын

So, is this a trickle down expectation? The new housing developments in the green belt will not be affordable to most. So, is the idea that people will move out of Metro and leave cheaper housing behind? This is NoT affordable housing.

@galactic904 11 ай бұрын

Doug is teaming up with Olivia Chow. Soon, much more affordable rentals are coming.

@user-db6wv4rd9m 11 ай бұрын

@@galactic904 well, that is an odd pairing

@rideandkayak 11 ай бұрын

Interesting math that every immigrant that comes to Canada will eventually end up in Ontario when the numbers suggest otherwise that people are fleeing the province with 40k going to Alberta alone in 2022

@TheCrayonMaster 10 ай бұрын

And the east coast. So many Ontarians have fled to NS that it's becoming unaffordable for NS residents to buy and rent.

@lastChang 11 ай бұрын

Follow the money! All roads lead to Rome, and all corruptions lead to Beijing, China 🇨🇳. - I am not surprised if his bank account is full of Chinese money.

@porqme 11 ай бұрын

"Folks, I panicked." - Dougy

@tony--james 11 ай бұрын

Wow, just the table of contents is vicious. Hope there’s an RCMP investigation. I don’t think this could even go to OPP due to conflict of interest

@62Cristoforo 11 ай бұрын

Folks, I’m a corrupt politician, as corrupt as they come. These super wealthy developers tell me to jump, and folks, I say ‘how hi?’

@bibiburns3236 11 ай бұрын

2016 corrupt Doug Ford. 2023 corrupt Doug Ford.

@RustyMaverick3337 11 ай бұрын

Nothing wrong with building homes and lining your pockets and buddy developers pockets. Only a little corruption. Look a squirrel. Really? I bet you the price of these new homes will be listed way above what most Canadians can afford.

@cantfindausernamedam 10 ай бұрын

aren't most already? Trudeau is on the edge of bankrupting Canada. There is no way that the housing strategy can come up with almost $100 Billion. But hey.. higher prices means more revenue for the government

@hillsje 11 ай бұрын

Slimey Doug giving billions to his buddies.

@Gurbhejsingh-on1cz 11 ай бұрын

$400k houses are now starting from $1.5 million in GTA this is what developers making for us and people expecting affordable housing from this government.😂😂

@marie-helenefluet4884 11 ай бұрын

All that biodiversity and natural carbon capture and exchange for$$$$ sad, very sad

@jmcb3411 11 ай бұрын

What a great opportunity to make some big bucks!

@jenniferrumbolt2965 11 ай бұрын

Doug ford is so out of touch. Make it easier for actual people to be able to buy homes. When you can kick renters out to increase your rent profits but double almost triple prices. There is something wrong my foes is so Out of touch with the real world

@HR-sg7ug 11 ай бұрын

Facts is that no Ontarian expect government will serve them appropriately by breaking ethical laws and norms and justifying the crisis to cover up. If this is a case, theft shouldn’t receive punishment as financial crisis could be responsible for their action!

@stevenazzz 11 ай бұрын

when u seee money u do whatever u can to get it is what i hear

@galactic904 11 ай бұрын

Oprah Winfrey's solution; You get a BARBIE HOUSE, and you get a Barbie house, everyone gets a BARBIE HOUSE!

@NarrativeObserver 11 ай бұрын

Way more crooked then JT. Old school graft.

@kfcdeliverytnt7479 11 ай бұрын

“Bumbaclot, mon.”

@feliciaregina8602 10 ай бұрын

Doug Ford stop deflecting, stop diverting, stop acting like you are the victim of your wrongdoings. Everything you've strategically done was for your benefit and power, not for the people of Ontario or our planet.

@yoshisatoshi3206 11 ай бұрын

BUILD MORE HOUSING. GREAT JOB DOUG !!!! 🍻

@MotherRat-ii6ji 11 ай бұрын

33:44 can we get these questions asked about c19 and the vax please...?

@Nbeg_Backthorn 11 ай бұрын

Big fat Pizza 🍕 Make sure everyone has a slice 😋 Otherwise, you'll be in troubles.

@user-bl4jq2qe3r 11 ай бұрын

Provincial Conservatives and Federal Conservatives - Hack Chop Services but it wasn't ME

@user-jd2qe1yn9v 11 ай бұрын

and how does he expect to feed them?

@nigelsenchez 11 ай бұрын

They can get a job.

@davidmenear895 10 ай бұрын

Ford's Greedbelt.

@bighoss7437 11 ай бұрын

Tisk tisk tisk…

@nigelsenchez 11 ай бұрын

First they complain about housing then they complain about making more houses in available land. Why not build more houses? Isn't that what everyone wants?

@62Cristoforo 11 ай бұрын

How are mega mansions in Vaughan going to help with Toronto’s worst ever housing shortage?

@tony--james 11 ай бұрын

@@62Cristoforo exactly . these were to be very prestigious, exclusive, very expensive houses, with very large lots,

@nigelsenchez 11 ай бұрын

@@62Cristoforo If there's no space in T.O then why not move out further and own your own home? It doesn't have to be MEGA. Reasonable size. I think that's better than an apartment or condo.

@liangyuaq-qoyunlu407 10 ай бұрын

@@62Cristoforo Why do you think houses built in Vaughan must be mega mansions?