The Ontario government wants Ottawa liberals to back off in criticizing Ontario’s plans to build 50,000 homes in the Ontario Greenbelt. It shows that hypocrites never know when the other guy is bluffing. Why would federal environment minister, Steven Guilbeault, muse about having a legislative responsibility to intervene in Ontario building homes in the Ontario Greenbelt?
Premier Ford just about gave up the entire scam last week when he ridiculed the people who thought the developers had a leak from the Ford government as to where the developers should buy the land. I would suggest to you that Ford was right. It was more logical that the ‘leak’ came from the developers, not the politicians.
And where does Guilbeault get off criticizing Ontario when his government is wasting billions in federal money on the Trans Mountain pipeline? The feds hope to complete the Trans Mountain later this year. It is highly unlikely that they will be bringing out the brass bands for that event.
It never ceases to amaze environmentalists that Alberta politicians can ignore the gift the feds are presenting them with—a $22 billion dual pipeline over the Rockies to Burrard Inlet. This pipeline is specifically designed for the transmission of tar sands bitumen. It heats the bitumen like the milk in a baby’s bottle and puts it under increased pressure to get twice as much tar sands bitumen to the ocean-going tankers in the Inlet.
Premier Danielle Smith of Alberta talks instead about her Alberta legislation that says she can build pipelines anywhere she wants in Canada without interference from Ottawa. It is unlikely that she would get very far testing that idea.
And meanwhile, Doug Ford can stand his ground in Ontario. He is opening up 7400 acres of the Greenbelt that is (maybe) close enough to serviced land to make the servicing costs reasonable. Whether that land is suitable for 50,000 homes, is another matter.
But some questions have to be left for the engineers. All I know is that if you have trunk sewers designed to service 10,000 homes, you would not expect it to have the capacity for another 5000. Mr. Ford should check with the guys and gals who know.
If this B.S. keeps going, we will never get anything built in Ontario.
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