As the owners of two areas scheduled to be lifted from the Ontario Green Belt raised controversy, an incident occurred in which the land was tied back to the Green Belt.
The Ontario government said the owners of two planned green belt sites (765 and 775 Kinston Rd. E.) in Ajax, east Toronto, ignored the relevant regulations and put the land up for sale. The state added that it would cancel plans to release the greenbelt here and send warnings to other owners.
Previously, the Ontario government announced at the end of last year that it would release 7,400 acres of green belt to solve the housing crisis and supply 1.5 million homes within 10 years. However, the state government was embroiled in a major scandal as an investigation by the Board of Audit and Inspection revealed that some privileged people, such as developers, enjoyed preferential treatment due to the lifting of the green belt. The federal government has already launched an investigation into the scandal.