@@TheOneManWhoBeatYou Do you even know where the #413 runs? Right through prime Green Belt farmland. Do you know why the project has been stalled for past 10 years? The same reason why Drug Fraud had to withdraw his sweetheart development deal with home builders. It runs right through prime Green Belt farmland.
I'm totally glad the press has kept pulling at threads, and doggedly kept this issue in the spotlight. This is a great example of how important and effective the 5th estate is.
@lilystonne4108....Hopefully Ontarians and the rest of Canadians have taken lessons from all that and won't be repeating their mistake by voting for Poilievre who will only be a Federal version of him!...He's already hinting at starting a Greenbelt Scandal of his own on a Federal level by mentioning a "housing crisis" all the time and sounding more and more like a tape recording of Doug Ford every time he opens that hole on his face!
Definitely, a public inquiry is needed. Also, the giveaway of development rights has to be reversed and laws passed to stop them from being given away again. Yes, I know the land should never be taken out, but if we remove the ability to easily give billions to political friends it will be harder to justify trashing the Greenbelt. Need a law saying that any land removed from the Greenbelt has to have development rights paid to the government by whoever develops it. Yes again this law can be changed by future governments but they will have to rescind an existing law to do it and that will be more visible.
You are sorry about the greenbelt "mistake" the only mistake you did was getting caught you knew what you were doing. You can never convince us you knew nothing and most of these owners of greenbelt lands some just purchased were your "friends' what you actually did was try to reward your friends. Maybe they will flip on you now they lost all that money.
Caught with his fingers in the pie I think! Much more to be discovered on who did what and quite a bit of dirty money exchanged hands from the top down.
Doug Frord has always struck me as most likely being a con man. How is it that this isn't more obvious to most people? (I don't believe that I have a special ability as a judge of character.) For instance, the allegation by a senior police officer that Doug Frord tried to get the OPP to personalize his RV and lose the cost in the books went mysteriously quiet. I wonder what powerful interests are behind Doug Frord, seeking to subvert our democracy for their own ends?
@@pontifixmax Only 17% of the electorate voted Tory. Most voters wanted a more progressive government, but got Tories, because of our 'first past the post' system.
Democracy at work. Thank you all those that contacted his office, organized and went to demonstrations and made sure this guy and his government knew we were not happy.
It never ceases to amaze me how these politicians can make knowingly, bad decisions with our tax dollars, and think that giving a public apology fixes the problem. Must be nice! If I get a speeding ticket, can I just apologize and not pay the fine? Funny, how politicians can get away with the things that the taxpayer cannot.
@@johnathonkelly5117 Agree!At least he's man enough to admit a possible mistake but also a potential solution to the housing crisis unlike Trudeau who never admits ANYTHING!!!
@johnathonkelly5117 this wouldn't have solved the housing crisis. We need affordable homes - they would have paved paradise and put up McMansions. And, to accept corruption because the ends are beneficial is how societies eventually find themselves in very, very dark places.
I think they thought they were dealing with Americans instead of Canadians. 😂 Any of the outrageous politicians in the states would never be allowed to stay in office here. That’s the big difference. We are leaning more righ/left than we used to because of social media influence from them. We are still a more rational educated society.
Deconstruct the suburbs and the cottages in once natural lands and fully renaturalize those spaces and build vertically in cities where people want to live. We need to limit our footprints, not pave over earth.
The Ontario Place deal is so upsetting. I like using that space for nice bike rides. Just turn it into a big, lovely park for everyone to use, not just rich spa patrons.
I voted PC the last 2 elections because of the Wynn Liberal government's complacency and expensive movement too far to the left. I am voting Liberal in the next election because of the Ford government's arrogance and corruption. I experienced what happened when we elected an NDP government and that was a big mistake. Remember "Ray days"? So, what are we left with? At 73 years old, my skepticism about the ethics of politicians and politics has morphed into cynicism and contempt.
At least this government hasn't wasted $2 billion in one feel swoop and doubled hydro prices, pushing manufacturers across the border and Ontarians into the poorhouse!
Coming from QC, but now living in Toronto, I simply cannot understand the continued level of vitriol / disparagement of the NDP over Rae Days. My understanding is that the NDP was in-between a rock and a hard place, coming out of a recession: either lay off public servants completely, or have everyone keep their jobs and their ability to make ends meet, and share the burden through unpaid days off. Or, do nothing and increase provincial debt (something the Conservatives consistently say they hate the prospect of). The people most affected were teachers and subsequently it seems like they ended up supporting the PC party and Mike Harris in the next election (which feels like a pig voting for a butcher because the vegetarian farmer gave him less slop). This all occurred during the ascendancy of the Reform Party and conservative economic theory, ie Milton Friedman, that has become dogma for all shades of Conservative politics.
Consider not voting for either of the two neoliberal parties. The Libs are not so different from the Cons, as you have already noticed for yourself. Why forgive the Liberals and not the NDP? We know the Liberals will also steal from us. We can't hold the neoliberals, in general, to account if we keep electing both their parties in turn.
Agree - once the criteria for eligibility is re-evaluated and recipients are reassessed every 2 years as with many other social programs/benefits, there are many collecting cheques who shouldn't be....Our provincial computer systems haven't been cross referencing within or between departments - people have been caught accessing welfare from several jurisdictions - this oversight requires expansion.
These lands should never have been included in the Greenbelt to begin with. The boundaries were politically motivated at that time. Homes just got more expensive in the GTA.
Yeah I bet he is upset. He got caught and if you look quick you'll see the money slip out of his pocket. If you want to affect the housing crisis build apartments in city center on empty lots
Anyone involved in this deal should be expelled from office . Your heart is for your own pockets doug, your not trustworthy. Who are these homes your building for when interest rates are high , rents are threw the roof , the cost is living is atrocious. What kind of game are you people playing with us. Nothing good will come from oppressing the people of Canada. I think you personally have taken your share of wealth, now move on.
I'm not for developing the Greenbelt and truly believe it should be left alone. That said, somebody has to do something about the housing crisis. And with almost another half million immigrants coming into Canada next year, it seems the only solution is to tear down existing old homes in Toronto to build more high-rises and convert all the abandoned government buildings into homes. Should this become the solution, in a matter of 10- 20 years, and if we're all still alive, Toronto will look and feel like most major congested cities in China with nothing but buses, subways, bike paths, foot paths and high-rises. Of course if inflation and interest rates continues to rise, or worse - if everything begins to deflate in value, many more people will lose their homes and Toronto will become one massive Tent City.
Do you think the homes that were to be built on the greenbelt would have actually helped solve the housing crisis? These houses would have sold for millions. Millionaires are not the most suffering majority. It's middle class and less affluent. It's students, families with both parents working. It's small towns and big cities. The problem is not even buying a house. It's renting an apartment or a house. A room in a home is over $900 a month.
@@carisaunders2346Agreed. There needs to be a comprehensive plan going into the housing crisis solution that doesn't cater to the rich or even the wealthy upper middle class. They can afford to buy existing properties. It's everyone else that needs good policies and planning to get the types of housing built that we actually need.
ARE WE PAYING BILLIONS TO TAKE THE GREEN BELT BACK????? IS HE INSANE. His developer buddies just made so much money and we are paying for it. Omfg THROW HIM IN JAIL
Still he won't do anything about this issue. House don't mean building apartments for big landlords whom charge 2300 a month. Making millions of the backs of Canadians, Canadians want their own affordable home. Not all hurded together in commercial buildings.
So he has figured out another way to generate money to his pals and is now apologizing? Or he has new pals he can benefit? He already stashed the money he got from this and he is happy with that? Leopards don't change their spots.
Too late. Houses NEED to be built AFFORDABLE for the ppl who can’t pay a mortgage unless JOBS help PAY for that costly home!! Good Grief. Not Rocket Science!!
Agree.At least he's man enough to admit a possible mistake but also a potential solution to the housing crisis unlike Trudeau who never admits ANYTHING!!!
I'm relieved that more permanent damages have not been done to the land, but this should never have happened in the first place. Ford should resign.
All parties should resign!!!! The party is over!!!! We are awake to the lies!!!!!
Drug Fraud's Highway #413 to nowhere was halted.
He still thinks it's a great idea, ...for his developer buddies.
@@robertlee4172The 401 is the most congested highway in North America, more than the LAX, a city twice Toronto's size, keep lying to yourself
@@TheOneManWhoBeatYou
Do you even know where the #413 runs?
Right through prime Green Belt farmland.
Do you know why the project has been stalled for past 10 years?
The same reason why Drug Fraud had to withdraw his sweetheart development deal with home builders. It runs right through prime Green Belt farmland.
I'm totally glad the press has kept pulling at threads, and doggedly kept this issue in the spotlight.
This is a great example of how important and effective the 5th estate is.
@@edpeesker5087 We know they are often complicit with government failures, but in this case the system worked.
Finally something valuable from press after Kardashians
@@edpeesker5087 uh….they have. Nothing there dude. Give it up
He apologized and reversed course only when he was caught trying to break the law.
exactly, but people are sheep.
@lilystonne4108....Hopefully Ontarians and the rest of Canadians have taken lessons from all that and won't be repeating their mistake by voting for Poilievre who will only be a Federal version of him!...He's already hinting at starting a Greenbelt Scandal of his own on a Federal level by mentioning a "housing crisis" all the time and sounding more and more like a tape recording of Doug Ford every time he opens that hole on his face!
He didn't break any law, but keep guzzling down every drop of CBC propaganda
Definitely, a public inquiry is needed. Also, the giveaway of development rights has to be reversed and laws passed to stop them from being given away again. Yes, I know the land should never be taken out, but if we remove the ability to easily give billions to political friends it will be harder to justify trashing the Greenbelt. Need a law saying that any land removed from the Greenbelt has to have development rights paid to the government by whoever develops it. Yes again this law can be changed by future governments but they will have to rescind an existing law to do it and that will be more visible.
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I'm still waiting for the RCMP announcement, that Drug Fraud is under investigation.
The whole thing was shady from get go. There's plenty of other places to build housing with infrastructure more easily available.
Name. One.
@@georgedavidson1221 the entire gta
@@McGoogger Agreed, let's tear down a few thousand single family homes to build condos
Like Golf courses would be good to use for housings.
@@georgedavidson1221 55 acres sitting in the middle of St. Catharines ,waiting to be cleaned up and turned into housing for years now
Ford should be held accountable & resign.. not the first time he does shady deals & lies .enough is enough
Sounds like someone else we know.
Another great job of getting down to the nuts and bolts of the story. Kudos.
"I'm very, very sorry"... I didn't get away with it this time.
Boy, I really hope people don't fall for the "apology"....he'll just find another way to get it done. "best of intentions." NOT.
You are sorry about the greenbelt "mistake" the only mistake you did was getting caught you knew what you were doing. You can never convince us you knew nothing and most of these owners of greenbelt lands some just purchased were your "friends' what you actually did was try to reward your friends. Maybe they will flip on you now they lost all that money.
Wow, Doug Ford has gotten a long way with that "I'm so sorry I stole the cookie from the cookie jar" face. That's definitely a skill.
Sorry doesn’t pay the bill
Sorry is not enough. Investigate and if evidence is warranted prosecute and jail the criminal. Ontario deserves no less for justice.
Caught with his fingers in the pie I think! Much more to be discovered on who did what and quite a bit of dirty money exchanged hands from the top down.
Doug Frord has always struck me as most likely being a con man. How is it that this isn't more obvious to most people? (I don't believe that I have a special ability as a judge of character.) For instance, the allegation by a senior police officer that Doug Frord tried to get the OPP to personalize his RV and lose the cost in the books went mysteriously quiet. I wonder what powerful interests are behind Doug Frord, seeking to subvert our democracy for their own ends?
6 out of 10 Ontarians didn't vote in the last provincial election, so this is the democracy we get.
@@pontifixmax Only 17% of the electorate voted Tory. Most voters wanted a more progressive government, but got Tories, because of our 'first past the post' system.
The Canadian Trump crime family.
Remember those $500-dollar invoices his campaign committee sent out?
It's a doozie of a story.
What I hear is "I'm sorry I got caught trying to illegally enrich my friends."
Democracy at work. Thank you all those that contacted his office, organized and went to demonstrations and made sure this guy and his government knew we were not happy.
It never ceases to amaze me how these politicians can make knowingly, bad decisions with our tax dollars, and think that giving a public apology fixes the problem. Must be nice! If I get a speeding ticket, can I just apologize and not pay the fine? Funny, how politicians can get away with the things that the taxpayer cannot.
Thank you for the excellent reporting as usual, Andrew. 👍
Housing minister resign with top benefits, pension big home 🏡 and lots of money. While Canadians that actually deserve a home are set out in the cold.
Ontarions think you should resign. If Ford was in opposition he would be screaming for his opponent 's resignation from the CN Tower!
Can't ignore the housing crisis tho.. what was he supposed to do? Watch rent cost and homelessness keeping rising? No one wants that either
@@johnathonkelly5117 Agree!At least he's man enough to admit a possible mistake but also a potential solution to the housing crisis unlike Trudeau who never admits ANYTHING!!!
@johnathonkelly5117 this wouldn't have solved the housing crisis. We need affordable homes - they would have paved paradise and put up McMansions.
And, to accept corruption because the ends are beneficial is how societies eventually find themselves in very, very dark places.
Doug is not sorry, he is just sorry he didn't get away with it.
Sorry won't cut it for him. His natural corruption has been exposed and he can't go back. /Get rid of him !
I think they thought they were dealing with Americans instead of Canadians. 😂
Any of the outrageous politicians in the states would never be allowed to stay in office here. That’s the big difference. We are leaning more righ/left than we used to because of social media influence from them. We are still a more rational educated society.
Really, no politician in USA would be allowed to stay in office….. really, smoke another , boebert, mtg ,gaetz, gossar, etc…
@@jennibartlett2029 please reread the original post. Your reading comprehension seems to be lacking.
Lol you don't know much about American politics then
The big developers are sooo powerful in this country omg...
If criminal investigation is warranted, it should be done ASAP
Sorry he got caught…
He's just sorry he got caught, nothing else, he should resign immediately.
Deconstruct the suburbs and the cottages in once natural lands and fully renaturalize those spaces and build vertically in cities where people want to live. We need to limit our footprints, not pave over earth.
Maybe someone should try to rob a bank and if they get caught, just say sorry. There is no rule of law in Canada!!
For the rich and powerful
So full of it.
Another U turn for Ford Nation, how many more?
Whole government is shady. Look into Ontario place and other developer deals
The Ontario Place deal is so upsetting. I like using that space for nice bike rides. Just turn it into a big, lovely park for everyone to use, not just rich spa patrons.
Build on a place that can't be used for agriculture, the shield is the only right place for new development.
The last four years my life has gotten worse... the government is not doing it's job
love this kind of content CBC, way to catch up with the people :D
I said about six months ago to a friend of mine, that Doug Ford hasn’t done anything to not be reelected. Well, that changed!😂😂😂
Why does not he resign.?? Doug Ford resign PLEASE.
Bravo Andrew!! Thank you for shedding light on this issue! 👍
So is his daughter gonna give the money back?
Can we still charge Doug Ford?! Huh, can we??😅
I voted PC the last 2 elections because of the Wynn Liberal government's complacency and expensive movement too far to the left. I am voting Liberal in the next election because of the Ford government's arrogance and corruption. I experienced what happened when we elected an NDP government and that was a big mistake. Remember "Ray days"? So, what are we left with? At 73 years old, my skepticism about the ethics of politicians and politics has morphed into cynicism and contempt.
At least this government hasn't wasted $2 billion in one feel swoop and doubled hydro prices, pushing manufacturers across the border and Ontarians into the poorhouse!
Coming from QC, but now living in Toronto, I simply cannot understand the continued level of vitriol / disparagement of the NDP over Rae Days.
My understanding is that the NDP was in-between a rock and a hard place, coming out of a recession: either lay off public servants completely, or have everyone keep their jobs and their ability to make ends meet, and share the burden through unpaid days off. Or, do nothing and increase provincial debt (something the Conservatives consistently say they hate the prospect of).
The people most affected were teachers and subsequently it seems like they ended up supporting the PC party and Mike Harris in the next election (which feels like a pig voting for a butcher because the vegetarian farmer gave him less slop).
This all occurred during the ascendancy of the Reform Party and conservative economic theory, ie Milton Friedman, that has become dogma for all shades of Conservative politics.
@@BogusBambini Hydro bills are still sky high, Cletus. Ford fixed NOTHING.
Consider not voting for either of the two neoliberal parties. The Libs are not so different from the Cons, as you have already noticed for yourself.
Why forgive the Liberals and not the NDP? We know the Liberals will also steal from us. We can't hold the neoliberals, in general, to account if we keep electing both their parties in turn.
Sorry don't mean a thing unless you get the land back
Increase the income for ODSP and Ontario Works.
Agree - once the criteria for eligibility is re-evaluated and recipients are reassessed every 2 years as with many other social programs/benefits, there are many collecting cheques who shouldn't be....Our provincial computer systems haven't been cross referencing within or between departments - people have been caught accessing welfare from several jurisdictions - this oversight requires expansion.
Good idea but will never happen under the sociopathic CONS>
He got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Ah, shucks you caught me and I'm sorry now, doesn't cut it.
Very, very sorry they got caught.
being sorry is not enough resign and let people decide.
These lands should never have been included in the Greenbelt to begin with. The boundaries were politically motivated at that time. Homes just got more expensive in the GTA.
Yes we have a housing crisis, but, I'm sure there are alternatives to destroying our greenbelt. Wth was Ford thinking?
Yeah I bet he is upset. He got caught and if you look quick you'll see the money slip out of his pocket. If you want to affect the housing crisis build apartments in city center on empty lots
Anyone involved in this deal should be expelled from office . Your heart is for your own pockets doug, your not trustworthy. Who are these homes your building for when interest rates are high , rents are threw the roof , the cost is living is atrocious. What kind of game are you people playing with us. Nothing good will come from oppressing the people of Canada. I think you personally have taken your share of wealth, now move on.
Put Doug in prison now😅
Great reporting, thank you!
@@edpeesker5087 More funding for CBC. Nationalize Globe & Mail and CTV and make it CBC2
Arrest DRUG FORD.
An elected official actually listening to his constituents? Crazy
it's just sad.
Conservatives mind your money. Very closely. and everything else you cherish.
What an effing ACT! 😅
Andrew Chang is really good, he should start his own RUclips Channel. He’s like the Canadian Jonny Harris.
Ford should be out of a job
the road to hell is paved with good intentions
Time to give Doug Ford the Boot.
Just way he went about craving up the Green Belt.
Ah, the slime of the shellfish.
I'm not for developing the Greenbelt and truly believe it should be left alone. That said, somebody has to do something about the housing crisis. And with almost another half million immigrants coming into Canada next year, it seems the only solution is to tear down existing old homes in Toronto to build more high-rises and convert all the abandoned government buildings into homes. Should this become the solution, in a matter of 10- 20 years, and if we're all still alive, Toronto will look and feel like most major congested cities in China with nothing but buses, subways, bike paths, foot paths and high-rises. Of course if inflation and interest rates continues to rise, or worse - if everything begins to deflate in value, many more people will lose their homes and Toronto will become one massive Tent City.
Do you think the homes that were to be built on the greenbelt would have actually helped solve the housing crisis? These houses would have sold for millions. Millionaires are not the most suffering majority. It's middle class and less affluent. It's students, families with both parents working. It's small towns and big cities. The problem is not even buying a house. It's renting an apartment or a house. A room in a home is over $900 a month.
@@carisaunders2346Agreed. There needs to be a comprehensive plan going into the housing crisis solution that doesn't cater to the rich or even the wealthy upper middle class. They can afford to buy existing properties. It's everyone else that needs good policies and planning to get the types of housing built that we actually need.
In Toronto infill condos are going up like wildfire. Old beerstore lots are being torn down, replaced with condos.
What about all the land that Amazon bought along the proposed 413??
Sorry for getting caught I think that’s what it is. He’s not sorry for what he did. So all I can say is don’t vote him back in next election.
How many residential units can the CBC building converted into!?
If you get caught robbing a bank, can you apologize for it? Just tell the cops that you made a mistake and you just want to move on.
I enjoyed, what appeared to be, a refreshing lack of bias in this short but concise report. Well done.
MONEY should be returned to tax payers
ARE WE PAYING BILLIONS TO TAKE THE GREEN BELT BACK????? IS HE INSANE. His developer buddies just made so much money and we are paying for it. Omfg THROW HIM IN JAIL
Why doesn't he build SMALLER, LESS EXPENSIVE for the growing numbers of homeless people?
Still he won't do anything about this issue. House don't mean building apartments for big landlords whom charge 2300 a month. Making millions of the backs of Canadians, Canadians want their own affordable home. Not all hurded together in commercial buildings.
So he’s reversing course? Who’s going to pay for all of the broken contracts? We the people. No consequence Ford. 😡
In a deal for 8.3 billion, or 8,300 million, they could easily flip 100 million Ford's way and it would be 1/83 of the cost. Greed cost him his job.
So he has figured out another way to generate money to his pals and is now apologizing? Or he has new pals he can benefit? He already stashed the money he got from this and he is happy with that? Leopards don't change their spots.
Just an honest mistake folks. Honest
You’re very very caught. He’s going to swindle it another way. Too much money to lose out.
Lock him up, including his Conservative voters!
I really don't like Doug Ford and the PC's but I do appreciate a politician who can admit a mistake and own up to it, and then reverse course.
Doug has to go. Should be fined and possibly jailed
Military action will be taken on 25th in canada by Bharat...
Parties become old and the people tire of them. That opens doors. Problem: who is on the other side waiting to come in?
Too late. Houses NEED to be built AFFORDABLE for the ppl who can’t pay a mortgage unless JOBS help PAY for that costly home!! Good Grief. Not Rocket Science!!
Yes you did, and you should be Sorry! Sick of your apologies! Don’t trust you anymore!
I am so sorry I got caught 😂😂😂
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Ford needs to go.
Sorry😢. Now time to resign.
Doug Ford is not rustic at all
A better and much more appropriate apology would be for Druggie Ford to simply RESIGN,
I'm surprised to see any politician apologize lol also, this guy completely F up trying to develop it lolololololol
... so what about the new houses?
Doug Ford is only sorry he got caught!! Resign Doug!!!
Useless lawbreaker.
Youll only fix when u get caught
bye bye ford
Wow a politician who admits and apologizes- how unique.
Agree.At least he's man enough to admit a possible mistake but also a potential solution to the housing crisis unlike Trudeau who never admits ANYTHING!!!
But count the times he's done it BEFORE getting caught.
This apology wouldn't ring quite so hollow if Ford would quit making the same mistake again and again and again.
Only for rich people godly mansions and anchors of greed
Where is my precentage how much maked from gren belt
So no HWY 413 😢