Ontario Reverses Plan to Build Housing on Protected Land

The decision comes after months of controversy over an earlier decision to allow development on 2,700 acres of land. 

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will reverse a contentious plan to allow development of previously protected lands around Toronto.

“We aren’t going to touch the greenbelt,” Ford told journalists during a news conference on Thursday.